Tag: news release
Careless driving charge after crash involving buggy in Southgate
One person was sent to hospital and a driver was charged after a collision between a vehicle and a horse-drawn buggy in Southgate. On July 14 just before 8 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP, Grey County Paramedic Services and the Southgate Fire Department responded to the collision on Grey Rd. 9. Police learned that a vehicle […]
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP taking nominations for coronation medal
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff is accepting nominations for deserving residents of his riding to receive a King Charles III Coronation Medal. Each member of parliament has been allocated 20 medals to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution to Canada or a particular province, territory, region or community in the country, or attained […]
Blue Mountains man arrested after stabbing at cemetery
A Blue Mountains man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly stabbed a co-worker with a knife while they were conducting repair work at a cemetery near Collingwood. On Friday afternoon, several individuals were conducting repair work at the Collingwood Presbyterian Cemetery on Poplar Sideroad in Clearview Township. At some point during the work, […]
Kelso Beach at Nawash Park unsafe for swimming
Kelso Beach at Nawash Park in Owen Sound is unsafe for swimming, say Grey Bruce Public Health and the city Grey Bruce Public Health said in a news release water-sampling results received Friday afternoon showed bacterial levels exceeded Ontario Ministry of Health standards. The beach will remain posted as unsafe until samples return with levels […]
Residents sitting in room as car crashes through wall: Police
Police say no one was injured when an impaired driver crashed into a Shallow Lake home just before midnight on Wednesday.Â
Provincial funding will help homeless move into permanent housing
A local program that temporarily houses and prepares homeless people to live independently is now provincially funded. “It’s a huge commitment from Ontario Health for Grey-Bruce,” said Stephen Musehl, CEO of Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce. The Ontario government agency has committed $853,600 annualized funding for the program. “We’ve all seen the opioid crisis, […]
Drug diversion sparks return of panel reviewing London’s ‘safe supply’ programs
The news that London police are seizing more opioids prescribed through safe supply programs has raised questions about who’s running the programs and what diversion safeguards are in place.
Pride banner stolen from city church, woman in custody
Owen Sound police charged a woman with theft after a Pride banner was taken from Georgian Shores United Church Saturday. Police said Tuesday in a news release that a 41-year-old, of no fixed address, was charged after a citizen photographed the suspect “trying to conceal” the banner in her bag on Saturday, July 13. […]
Six arrested after thefts from unlocked vehicles in Owen Sound
Residents in Owen Sound are being reminded to lock their vehicles at all times after police received numerous reports of thefts from unlocked vehicles in the city in recent days. The investigation into the thefts over the previous two days had led to the arrest of six Owen Sound residents who were facing a total […]
Brantford woman missing for five days found, reunited with family: Police
A Brantford woman who disappeared after she left work in Woodstock five days ago has been found and is safe, Brantford police said Wednesday evening. Jenny Da Silva is âsafe in the company of family,â police said in a news release. Police didn’t say where or when Da Silva was found. “(We) do not have […]