Tag: Walkerton
What if they held an Ontario election and nobody noticed?
Ontarians will be headed to the polls next week, and you’d be forgiven for not noticing. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, seeking a third straight majority mandate, triggered a snap election more than a year before the scheduled vote, plunging Ontario into a subdued campaign hampered by blizzard conditions and drowned out by U.S. President […]
Police charge man with assault police in Chesley
Police charged a 35-year-old from Arran-Elderslie with assault police and obstruct a peace officer in Chesley Feb. 13. South Bruce OPP was called about a disturbance at an address on 1st Avenue South. Police arrived and “an individual became assaultive with officers,” a police news release said. There were no injuries to police or the […]
‘Just Say Yes’ event sees a dozen couples tie the knot in Owen Sound
“I was happy, ecstatic,” the new bride said.
Bruce County council asks if Walkerton courthouse worth cost
Bruce County council voted to help Brockton pay court security and prisoner transportation costs, as Grey County recently did for Owen Sound. But Bruce councillors weren’t prepared to do it all at once, or to commit to more than one year of relief. And the Brockton request for help kicked off a discussion about whether having […]
All-candidates meetings being planned in Grey-Bruce area ridings
Upcoming all-candidates meetings in Grey-Bruce will give the public a chance to hear from the candidates on a variety of topics, including health-care, climate and the environment and agriculture. Local groups and organizations have begun to organize meetings, held to inform and educate voters prior to the Ontario election on Feb. 27. The Grey Bruce […]