Tag: Provincial
Unemployment rate drops in region that includes Grey-Bruce
The unemployment rate in the region that includes Grey-Bruce fell last month, coming in at less than half of the provincial rate. The rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased 0.6 per cent to 3.2 per cent, the second lowest unemployment rate in the province. The provincial unemployment rate decreased 0.4 per cent to […]
Doug Ford promises to get tougher on the homeless. Is it a good idea
Ontario’s premier is pledging new legislation which promises a crackdown on public drug use and encampments and get more people indoors and into treatment, whether it violates their rights or not.
Saugeen Shores Mayor Luke Charbonneau acclaimed Bruce County warden
Saugeen Shores Mayor Luke Charbonneau has been acclaimed Bruce County’s warden for the 2024-2025 term. Huron-Kinloss Mayor Don Murray, was also named deputy warden during the inaugural Bruce County council meeting Thursday at the county administration centre in Walkerton. Charbonneau was elected to municipal council in Saugeen Shores in 2006, served one term as councillor, […]
Owen Sound city council to debate draft budget Monday
When Owen Sound councillors sit down Monday to preliminarily set the 2025 tax levy, they’ll be starting with a 2.65 per cent increase. That would amount to just less than $10 more per month for the average bungalow owner. That increase is less than what council asked staff for — a draft operating budget with […]
Police watchdog launches probe after driver, 35, killed in crash
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating a fatal crash north of London involving a vehicle officers had attempted to pull over, the provincewide agency said Friday.
Huron-Kinloss Mayor Don Murray elected deputy warden of Bruce County
Huron-Kinloss’ mayor is the new deputy warden of Bruce County. “I am honoured to have been chosen as deputy warden of Bruce County,” said Deputy Warden Don Murray in a news release. “I look forward to working closely with Warden Charbonneau and my fellow members of council to continue advancing the growth and well-being of […]
Tow operator struck by vehicle that sped off after being pulled from ditch: OPP
A tow operator was struck by a vehicle that drove away without paying after being pulled from a ditch, Ontario Provincial Police say.
Crash snarled westbound Hwy. 401 for seven hours amid snowstorm
The westbound lanes of Highway 401 east of London were snarled for seven hours on Thursday after a crash involving several vehicles amid heavy snowfall, Ontario Provincial Police say.
Letters to the Editor: December 6, 2024
Many readers do not understand “induced demand.”
West Grey mayor worries about Durham’s new frazil ice threat
West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles is worried the threat of frazil ice — the slush that clogged up the Saugeen River in Durham in 1997, flooded part of town and displaced a couple hundred people — will be a bigger threat this year. Sometime after that frazil ice jam at a bend in the Saugeen […]