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Staff - October 24, 2024. Editorial. GBPH’s Report on Food Affordability Highlights What Many Already Know. Stephen Vance, Editor - October 24, 2024. Community News. Brightshores Health System Brought Awareness to National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Staff - October 23, 2024. Crimes & Misdemeanors.
News - The Meaford Independent
Staff - October 28, 2024. The Ontario government is investing $15,274,632 to help renew and rehabilitate critical infrastructure in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. The funding will be delivered in 2025 through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) and is part of the government’s $190 billion capital plan to build and expand more homes ...
Obituaries - The Meaford Independent
Obituary: Zwering-Button, Bonnie. September 20, 2024. Bonnie Zwering-Button passed away peacefully with her partner of 32 years, Jackie P. Curtis, and family by her side at the age of 61, on September 13, 2024, at Brightshores Hospital in Meaford. Bonnie Zwering was born in Sarnia, Ontario, on September 30, 1962, along with her twin sister ...
Community News - The Meaford Independent
Staff - November 4, 2024. Grey Bruce Public Health has issued its 24th Opioid Alert of 2024 after receiving notification of a suspected fatal opioid-related poisoning. The suspected overdose occurred in Owen Sound on Monday, October 28. Fentanyl is the substance believed to be responsible for the overdose. “On behalf of Grey Bruce Public ...
Editorial - The Meaford Independent
Stephen Vance, Editor - August 1, 2024. If you have been on local social media pages in recent months, you are no doubt aware of the spike in property crimes that has been experienced in the Municipality of Meaford, particularly since the summer weather arrived. Among the most reported items stolen from residential properties in recent months ...
Municipal Budget Season Has Begun | The Meaford Independent
Jan 18, 2024 · True, the Blue Mountains managed to reduce their required increase from 9.58 percent to just 2.5 percent, but as was noted during council’s budget discussions on Monday, they did so using one-time funding to balance their budget, a practice that is not recommended.
Council Will Soon Approve a ‘Good News’ Budget
Updated: February 15, 2024. By Stephen Vance, Editor. Meaford’s municipal budgets for 2024 will soon be approved, and this year residents of the Municipality of Meaford will see one of the lowest tax rate increases in all of Grey County. Described from the outset as a ‘lean’ budget, barring any last minute changes prior to final council ...
It’s Time For a Break - The Meaford Independent
Dec 16, 2021 · By Stephen Vance, Editor. It has been a long year, a long two years in fact, and with 2021 winding down, it is time for this scribe, and our Meaford Independent team, to take a little break. On Monday the final council meeting of the year was held at Meaford Hall, an important meeting to close out the year as the draft budgets for 2022 were ...
It Has Been a Busy First Year For This New Term of Council
Sep 7, 2023 · The first nine months have been busy ones for this new council. While five of the seven members of council elected last year are experienced, with at least one term of council under their belts, and some with many more terms, the two newly elected councillors have now had months to get their feet wet, and learn the basics of the job.
A Busy Summer Weekend Ahead | The Meaford Independent
Aug 3, 2023 · A Busy Summer Weekend Ahead. Editorial. August 3, 2023. Updated: August 3, 2023. By Stephen Vance, Editor. Summerfest is returning to downtown Meaford this weekend, on Saturday, August 5. The event was considered by many to be a smashing success after the inaugural Summerfest last year, and I am certain this year’s event will build upon last ...