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Fire destroys workshop, cause undetermined
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Fire destroyed a workshop near a home along East Bayshore Road/Grey Rd. 15 Wednesday night, on the eastern fringe of the city, Inter Township Fire Department Deputy Chief Andy Redmond said. The homeowner reported the fire just before 8 p.m. and firefighters arrived six minutes later but the roof had already caved in and the…
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Polar dippers brave the bay in opposition of TC Energy’s proposed pumped storage facility
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Talk about going crazy for a cause. Nearly a dozen dippers braved the Georgian Bay water Sunday at Fred Raper Park in support of Save Georgian Bay, a group of residents in opposition of a Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project being proposed by TC Energy at the 4th Canadian Division Training Base in Meaford. On a…
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Paid parking likely to only affect Memorial Park in Meaford again this year
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Meaford may swerve away from plans proposed late last year to expand paid parking in the municipality for tourists and non-residents. Council planned to expand its paid parking program this year to David Johnston Park and the harbour after a pilot program last summer at Memorial Park generated just over $15,000. However, at Monday’s committee…
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Meaford approves 2022 municipal budget
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Meaford councillors approved municipal budgets for 2022 in a unanimous vote at its meeting Monday. The municipal increase is 4.9 per cent increase amounting to $133 for the average residential property in the municipality this year. That’s based on an average assessment of $274,391. The estimated blended rate increase including county and school board rates…
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Save Georgian Bay volunteers to brave the icy waters in fundraising effort
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A group in opposition to TC Energy’s proposed hydroelectric pumped storage facility in Meaford is taking their fight to the frigid waters. The Save the Bay Polar Dip is set for Feb. 27 from 1 to 2 p.m., at Fred Raper Park in Meaford. The Save Georgian Bay team has raised nearly $8,000 of their…
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Drug charges withdrawn, two plead to lesser offences
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Two people pleaded guilty and were sentenced in the Superior Court of Justice Tuesday to offences related to a drug bust in Meaford June 4, 2020. Bernie Picard, 60, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a prohibited weapon, brass knuckles, and was fined $500. Robina Grant, 31, of Meaford, pleaded guilty…
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Pedestrian dies in collision in Meaford Friday
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A pedestrian died in a collision with an SUV Friday night in Meaford. A Grey Bruce OPP news release said police, firefighters and paramedics attended a report of a collision between an SUV and pedestrian on Sykes Street North just before 6 p.m. The person was pronounced dead at hospital. The road was closed while…
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Second fatal house fire this weekend under investigation
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One person died after a rural house fire east of Rockford in rural Meaford Saturday night, the second fatal house fire in Grey County this weekend. Inter Township Fire Department and Chatsworth Fire Department fought the fire, which was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release Sunday morning. Firefighters…
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Meaford’s paid parking pilot program nets $15K revenue, may be expanded in 2022
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Following what staff described as a “generally successful” paid-parking pilot program at Memorial Park in Meaford, council will now discuss expanding the program in 2022. During Monday’s committee of the whole meeting, councillors approved a motion to recommend the permanent continuation of the paid-parking program at Memorial Park while directing staff to expand the program…
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Still Fields Brewery is Meaford Dragon’s Den winner
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A farm-based micro-brewery which uses old techniques won this year’s Meaford Chamber of Commerce Dragon’s Den competition. The Still Fields Brewery is located on 22 acres of a larger parcel along the 3rd Line in Meaford, which Steve Ormsby’s great-grandparents first farmed. The dragons, or judges, each with $1,250 of their own to give, listened…