The Blue Mountains and Grey Highlands

'Not in my backyard.' Markdale residents sound off on a proposed cannabis processing facility at a Grey Highlands public meeting held Tuesday evening.

A final report from the Comparative Review of Municipal Services is due Sept. 18 and is expected to deliver actionable takeaways to save costs and improve efficiencies.

Currently, the fee for a processing a development application only covers a portion of the cost, the rest comes from taxation

The new president of Georgian Triangle Development Institute hopes to increase communication with the public, municipalities and work to bring attainable housing and young, new residents to the Georgian Bay.

'It is a very ambitious plan,' says Bryan Plumstead, manager of tourism for Grey County

The Town of the Blue Mountains' joint municipal physician recruitment committee is asking its neighbouring municipalities – including Collingwood – to join its efforts in recruiting doctors to the South Georgian Bay region

'Of the tax dollars you are paying, less of it is kept locally to pay for infrastructure, versus the other communities. That might be why Hanover has a nice community centre and you don’t,' said Rob Sampson, TBM Councillor

The department of emergency services for the County of Grey reports reaching and exceeding call response targets in 2019, but adds improved dispatch technology would be a benefit moving forward.

Operators of the Sarawak Quarry have placed an application with the county seeking to expand operations by 33.14 hectares.

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