Meaford ready to party like it’s 1874

Meafordites are celebrating a sesquicentennial. Say that 10 times fast. The bayside community is celebrating its 150th birthday this year and the municipality is set to party like it’s 1874 when the booming little town formally known as St. Vincent (Peggy’s Landing and Stephenson’s Landing before that) was welcoming both steamships and train cars with […]

Meaford pumped storage project advances

Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith has advanced TC Energy’s $4-plus billion pumped storage proposal in Meaford and asked for more information. The Ontario Pumped Storage project would draw water from Georgian Bay into a gigantic reservoir atop the Niagara Escarpment at night, when electricity is cheaper, then release it back through turbines to generate power […]

Owen Sound compost site closing for season Jan. 15

Residents of Owen Sound, Georgian Bluffs and Meaford have until Jan. 15 at 5 p.m. to take Christmas trees and any other compostable items to the city’s compost site. After then, the site will be closed until April 1. The site, at 2450 28th Avenue East, is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. […]