Man dies after crash between pickup and moped near Flesherton

Owen Sound Sun Times

One person has died following a collision between a pickup truck and a moped north of Flesherton on Wednesday morning. Grey Bruce OPP, Grey County paramedics and the Grey Highlands Fire Department responded to the collision at the intersection of Hwy. 10 and Grey Rd. 32 at 11:40 a.m. As a result of the crash […]

Dundalk about to see another new subdivision built

Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey County Warden Brian Milne said Grey County council’s approval of another 391 homes in Dundalk can’t happen fast enough.  The phased development includes approval for 292 single detached homes, 24 semis and 75 townhouses, plus land for a new elementary school, which a study found must accommodate 735 pupils.  Milne is also Southgate’s mayor […]

Meaford pumped storage makes no financial sense, county council told

Owen Sound Sun Times

A retired local financial advisor warned Grey County council Thursday that the Meaford pumped storage project makes no financial sense without huge government subsidies and so it “should be shelved.”  Two weeks ago, Grey County council supported the Ontario Pumped Storage project, subject to impact assessments. The project is proposed by TC Energy in potential […]

West Grey mayor apologizes, issues rural health-care warning

Owen Sound Sun Times

West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles told Grey County council Thursday that he has apologized for telling the CEO and president of South Bruce Grey Health Centre “to keep her hands off the Durham hospital and I’ll promise to keep my hands off of your throat.”  Hospital board chair Jim Bagshaw sent a letter addressed to […]

Pedestrian dies in collision west of Owen Sound

Owen Sound Sun Times

One person has died following a collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle on Highway 21 west of Owen Sound.  Just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Grey Bruce OPP, Grey County Paramedics and the Inter Township Fire Department responded to a report of a serious collision on Highway 21 in Georgian Bluffs.  The pedestrian was […]

Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after downtown Owen Sound crash

Owen Sound Sun Times

A motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a collision in downtown Owen Sound on Monday morning.  At about 9:45 a.m., police were called along with the Owen Sound Fire Department and Grey County Paramedic Services to the scene of the collision at the intersection of 9th Street West and 2nd Avenue West, […]

High school ag program’s move to Grey Roots celebrated

Owen Sound Sun Times

A high school agricultural program’s move to Grey Roots Museum and Archives is being hailed as the start of an “exciting new chapter” for both Grey County and the Bluewater District School Board. On Thursday, an open house was held at Grey Roots west of Rockford, where students, current and former staff, trustees, dignitaries, community […]

Rockwood Terrace construction to start in June

Owen Sound Sun Times

Construction of a new, bigger Rockwood Terrance long-term care home in Durham should start in mid-June and be completed in January 2027.  Grey County councillors picked a general contractor Thursday, Melloul-Blamey Construction Ltd., whose $59,230,000 bid, excluding HST, is about $5.8 million less than the county had budgeted.  That 5.8 per cent variance offers a […]

Ontario health minister vows not to end free private well water tests

Owen Sound Sun Times

With assurances from Ontario’s health minister that free well water testing will continue, Grey County council took no action on a local source water protection resolution Thursday.  Instead, the county received for information a letter signed by Carl Kuhnke, chair of the Saugeen, Grey Sauble, Northern Bruce Peninsula Source Protection Committee, and another letter from […]

Grey County conditionally supports Meaford pumped storage

Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey County council conditionally supported TC Energy and Saugeen Ojibway Nation to proceed with their 1,000-megawatt Meaford pumped storage project, subject to getting required approvals, including from SON itself. Six Save Georgian Bay protestors with signs and information cards waited at an entrance to the county building before sitting on one side of the council […]

SON chiefs address upcoming decision on pumped storage project

Owen Sound Sun Times

Saugeen Ojibway Nation’s chiefs said environmental questions must be answered before it makes a decision on Meaford’s pumped storage project. Grey County council on Thursday conditionally supported TC Energy and SON proceeding with the proposed project, subject to the approval process, including federal and provincial environmental and impact assessments and SON’s approval.  Chiefs Greg Nadjiwon […]