The Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) playoffs started locally over the weekend and, despite a significant point difference at the end of the season, the Walkerton Capitals are keeping pace with the Kincardine Bulldogs.
Ignoring the benefits of a county, court building is disingenuous
Huron County Council is finally getting to the nitty gritty of its budgetary process after a couple meetings worth of closed sessions where the public had no idea what was being discussed.
Ironmen force overtime in game one of PJHL playoffs against Hanover
After forcing overtime and being edged out 2-1 in the first game of a playoff series with the Hanover Barons, the Wingham Ironmen were downed 6-2 by the Barons on home ice over the weekend.
Roundabout, ambulance bay divide council
Huron County Treasurer Michael Blumhagen once again advised Huron County Council that the coming fiscal years will be difficult without increasing spending.
‘If you maintain it, they might come’ just doesn’t have the same ring
To paraphrase one of the greatest movies of all time (and probably the greatest baseball movie of…
Ironmen post one win, two losses to finish out 2025-26 season
The Wingham Ironmen, after posting one win and two losses over the weekend, remain in last place in the North Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League with no further games scheduled for the season.
South Bruce uses interest from NWMO legacy fund to lower levy
TEESWATER – South Bruce Council will start with a 2.55 per cent increase to the residential tax…
Multiple local teams compete in South Huron memorial tournament
Feb. 9, 2026 – Playoff games U15B – Midwest 49ers (1) at Southeast Surge (4) Feb. 10, 2026 –…
Capitals clinch fifth in division despite dropping final three games
Despite the team falling short in its final three games of the season, the Walkerton Capitals finished out in fifth place thanks to having one more win than the trailing Mitchell Hawks.
Playoffs begin for A-ZONE level teams, tournaments continue on
Midwestern Newspapers follows minor hockey cation for the week of Jan. 5 through Jan. 11.
Battery report lacking information on new technologies says MacLellan
While Huron County Coun. Bernie MacLellan (Huron East, Mayor) was appreciative of a staff report on battery energy storage systems, he felt it missed the mark in not including new technologies.
History isn’t just the big events: everything is within the author’s scope
Journalists, reporters, editors – whatever the title is, these are the people that are responsible, as a previous boss of mine said, for crafting The First Draft of History (my apologies to my coworkers for the near-flippant use of capitalized characters, I promise, it will only happen once).
South Bruce Council looks to run some equipment ‘until failure’ as part of budget discussions
The Council of the Municipality of South Bruce is taking a “wait and see” approach with a number of proposed capital projects for the 2026 budget, removing them in lieu of running the equipment longer.
Schoelier provides council with information on initiative
Huron County Council has some food for thought heading into its budget meeting this week as Nathan Schoelier, stewardship and lands manager for the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA), reminded council members of the benefits of the Huron Clean Water Project.
Municipality of South Bruce offers no discounts on affordable housing taxation
With Mayor Mark Goetz not putting forward a mayor’s budget for the municipality of South Bruce, council is preparing to work, as a whole, towards the 2026 budget.
