Queen's Park News

Former Meaford councillor and Progressive Conservative candidate Paul Vickers is heading to Queen's Park after last week's provincial election, held on February 27. The 58-year-old dairy farmer earned 44.14 percent of the vote in the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound riding, followed by Liberal Party candidate Selwyn Hicks with 29.44 percent, and Green Party candidate Joel Loughead found the support of 12.47 percent of BGOS voters. Of eligible voters, 50.3 percent cast ballots in the election, slightly higher than the 45.4 percent voter turnout...

The Grey Bruce Climate Action Network (GBCAN) and Grey Bruce Health Coalition will host an All Candidates Meeting on Climate Change, Health Care and the Future of our Region. The meeting will be held Monday, February 24, 7 – 9 p.m., at the Harmony Centre, 890 4th Ave. E. in Owen Sound, and the meeting will be streamed on Rogers Cable. Moderators David Walton (Climate Action Team, Owen Sound) and Norah Beatty (Grey Bruce Health Coalition) will explore our local candidates’...