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OPP Lay 168 Charges Across Grey Bruce and South Bruce Over Civic Holiday Weekend
Grey Bruce OPP laid 30 seatbelt charges over the long weekend, second-highest in West Region, while its speeding total ranked among the region's lowest.
 • Miranda Miller
Vacant Property Tax, Boutique Hotels, Year-Round Season: Inside the Sauble Beach Strategy
A six-week peak season is the problem it sets out to solve. The plan proposes a vacant storefront tax, a new Town staff position and year-round…
 • Miranda Miller
Weds Aug 5: Local News, Views & Events
News and updates involving Town of Hanover, Sauble Beach, Hanover hospital, Music on the Bruce, Crime Stoppers, Saugeen First Nation Powwow, and more
 • Miranda Miller
Hanover Launches Well Upgrade Project Backed by $1.75 Million From Province
Work is starting on Well No. 1 and Well No. 2, with $1.75 million from a $9.5-million provincial allocation across Grey and Bruce. A public meeting is…
 • Miranda Miller
Three Weeks Left to Register as a Candidate in the October Municipal Election
Council candidates need 25 signatures and a filing fee. Bruce County municipalities are moving to internet and telephone voting, with no paper ballots.
 • Miranda Miller
Tues Aug 4: What's Happening in Owen Sound & Across Grey-Bruce
News and updates involving Municipal Elections 2026, the Bruce C Project, Dunblane Presbyterian Church, Southampton's art scene, Wiarton Homecoming, and…
 • Miranda Miller
Between Our Steps: Yesterday and Today
The gardens are thriving, the storms took the old maples down, and the dogs decide when the walk ends. Notes on a restful, laborious July.
 • Cathy Hird
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm to Speak at Southampton Dinner Raising Funds for RCMP Racism Case
Author and publisher Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm speaks on truth-telling at an August 13 dinner raising funds for Lake Babine First Nation's case against the…
 • The Owen Sound Current
Seven Candidates for Seven Seats: Owen Sound Council Could Be Acclaimed if No One Else Files
With the council and deputy mayor races holding exactly enough candidates to fill every seat, only the five-candidate mayoral contest is certain to go…
 • Miranda Miller
In Memory of Paul Mollon
Paul died on Thursday, July 30, 2026 in his 86th year, on his own terms, surrounded by his family, after battling several debilitating illnesses over 14…
 • The Owen Sound Current

July 2026

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