Tag: South Bruce
Big changes coming to boys’ rep hockey in Grey-Bruce
Big changes are coming to boys’ representative hockey in Grey-Bruce next season. Beginning with the 2025-26 season, the Western Ontario Hockey Association (WOAA) will begin a two-year “A-Zone” pilot project aimed at providing local hockey players with more opportunities to develop and compete in A and B-level representative hockey closer to home. This will be […]
One person in custody following a large police response north of Chepstow
One person is in custody following a large police response north of Chepstow. According to a police media release, South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), West Region OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), West Region OPP K-9, and OPP Aviation Unit responded to an incident in the Municipality of Brockton in Greenock Township on Schmidt Lake […]
Grey-Bruce’s New Year’s Baby adjusting to life in the spotlight
Walter Boone Twigger-Swannell is adjusting to newfound fame and the bright lights of the outside world after becoming Grey-Bruce’s New Year’s Baby at 2:56 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2025, at the Brightshores hospital in Owen Sound. Weighing in at just over seven pounds and born to Devon Twigger and Travis Swannell of Meaford, Walter is […]
South Bruce Peninsula to seek permission to appeal Sauble case to Supreme Court
South Bruce Peninsula officials plan to ask the Supreme Court of Canada for permission to file an appeal related to its boundary dispute with Saugeen First Nation over a section of Sauble Beach. The town announced in a news release on Friday that while a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision includes some “encouraging statements,” […]
Sauble Beach to celebrate winter on Jan. 17 and 18
An annual celebration of winter in a community better known for sand than snow will mark its 45th year. Sauble Beach Winterfest 2025 will be held in the South Bruce Peninsula lakeside community Jan. 17 and 18 with numerous activities planned for residents and visitors to have some mid-winter fun. “It is our winter homecoming,” […]
New family doctors coming to northern Grey-Bruce
Two new family doctors are accepting patients in South Bruce Peninsula and Georgian Bluffs and one of them also will be working in Wiarton hospital. Dr. Mylash Mylvaganam is joining the Sauble Family Health Team and will be accepting patients without a primary care physician who live in South Bruce Peninsula and the surrounding area. […]
Cryptocurrency scams on the rise in Bruce County
Area residents have lost nearly $200,000 through cryptocurrency investment frauds in recent months, police say. South Bruce OPP issued a warning on Dec. 7 saying they have received several reports of residents being scammed with total losses amounting to over $190,000. According to the news release, the majority of investment scam reports involve residents deciding […]
Kincardine assault investigation results in charges against 2 men
Both men involved in an alleged assault that took place in Kincardine on Sunday evening have been charged. Just after 10:30 pm., South Bruce OPP received a report of an assault at an address along Upper Lorne Beach Road in the Municipality of Kincardine. The investigation found that two individuals were engaged in a physical […]
Over 700 drivers charged in Ontario during RIDE campaign
The Ontario Provincial Police charged 743 drivers with impaired driving between Nov. 21 and Jan. 1 as part of its holiday RIDE campaign. These drivers rang in the new year with the threat of losing their driver’s licence for a full year and paying the tough financial penalties associated with a serious criminal code offence. […]
Obituary – Alberta Munro
ALBERTA MUNRO Alberta Grace Munro (née Wightman) passed away peacefully at the South Bruce Grey Health Centre in Kincardine on Dec. 21, 2024, at the age of 84. Beloved wife … Continue reading Obituary – Alberta Munro
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