KINLOSS TWP – On October 22, 2014 at 6:06 pm, the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a 2 vehicle crash at the intersection of Bruce County Road 1 and Grey Ox Avenue in Kinloss Township. Officers attended with Bruce County paramedics and the Lucknow Fire Department to find that a White Freight Van feed truck was east bound on Grey Ox Avenue when it struck a Silver Chevrolet Impala that was north bound on Bruce County Road 1. Both drivers were taken to hospital for assessment. The driver of the Impala, a 22 year old Huron-Kinloss man, was air lifted to a London hospital where he's receiving treatment for non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the feed truck, 21 year old Christopher MARTIN of Wellesley Township, was charged with disobey stop sign – fail to stop.
On October 22nd 2014 just before 11:00pm a male driver was stopped by police after travelling through a red light in his pick up truck at the intersection of 2nd Avenue West at 10th Street West, Owen Sound. After detecting the smell of alcohol on the driver's breath the Roadside Screening Device was administered by the Officer and as a result the driver registered a "Fail".
The 47 year old male driver blew just over one and one half times the legal limit of 80mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood.
SOUTHGATE – A stolen glider from Southgate Township has been recovered in Wellington County resulting in the arrest of two men on October 15th and 16th, 2014, respectively.
The 25', 1977 Schempp-hirth glider plane and trailer, valued at $27,000, and an older model Kubota tractor, with an attached snow blower, valued at $2,000, were reported stolen to Grey County OPP on March 28, 2014. The break, enter and theft occurred from an outbuilding on a vacant rural property on Southgate Rd. 24 in the Township of Southgate.
As a result of an ongoing investigation, Grey County OPP Crime Unit with the assistance of Wellington County OPP and the Wellington County OPP Street Crime Unit, recovered the stolen glider at the York Soaring Club in Belwood, Ontario. Members of the York Soaring Club assisted police with the investigation.
GEORGIAN BLUFFS – Police have conducted a search of the building and found the threat to be false. The roads have been re-opened.
Source - OPP
Ottawa, ON – Larry Miller, MP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, is pleased to see that the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority has been selected as a recipient for funding from the Federal Government for a local project that will involve the removal of the Lockerby Dam. These funds will be received through the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program (RFCPP).
Under the RFCPP, the Government of Canada partners with local groups to implement a variety of projects that restore, rebuild or rehabilitate recreational fisheries habitats in Canada. The RFCPP was announced as part of the 2013 Federal Budget. The program received $10 million over two years. The 2014 Federal Budget added $15 million to the program and extended it by 1 year (2015-16).
The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) is approved for funding up to $125,000 to support their project that involves the removal of the Lockerby Dam located in the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie.
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