OTTAWA - The Walkerton jail that served the Bruce County area for over 144 years could be reopening.
Council gets dog park pilot project update
BROCKTON - Colleen Gillis, director of community services, provided council with an update on the dog park pilot project during the Aug. 12 council meeting.
Province takes over Grey Bruce Public Health; seven municipal appointees back on the board
GREY BRUCE – The province’s medical officer of health, Dr. Kieran Moore, announced Aug. 14 that the Ontario government has temporarily assumed control of the Grey Bruce Public Health board.
Elected representatives from Grey and Bruce counties no longer listed on Grey Bruce board of health website
OWEN SOUND - As of Aug. 8, the Grey Bruce Board of Health website listed only four members, all provincial appointees – chair, Nick Saunders; vice-chair, Chad Richards; Helen-Claire Tingling, and Beverly Wilkins.
County council turns down amendment application for Tara battery project, due to flood-prone location
WALKERTON - Bruce County council backed the decision made by Arran-Elderslie regarding the Tara Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) application by NEOEN.
Saugeen Valley Children’s Safety Village officially opens new ‘build a barn’ project
HANOVER - The Saugeen Valley Children’s Safety Village is a unique educational safety facility, even compared to the nine other children’s safety villages (and the two more being built) in the province.
Bruce County council looks at options for county-wide organics recycling
BRUCE COUNTY - As of Jan. 1, 2026, the provincially-mandate change from municipality operated recycling programs, to one that’s the responsibility of producers, will be implemented in Bruce County.
Search for intelligent life needs revisions
Some things make you wonder. One is the ongoing quest to find intelligent life on other worlds.
SVCA announces real-time water monitoring data now available online to municipalities and the public
FORMOSA - Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) has announced in a press release that real-time data from its hydrometric monitoring network is now available online through the Collaborative Water Data Viewer (CWDV).
No bull – it’s a great view from here
Anyone in attendance at the recent Holmdale Rodeo in Brockton might have noticed some spectators taking in the action from the unusual vantage point shown in the photo.
Brockton mayor prepares for busy meeting prior to AMO conference
WALKERTON - Mayor Chris Peabody commented in an interview the morning of the Aug. 12 meeting of council that the agenda was a busy one, including what he termed “a rare piece of sunshine” in a generally gloomy tariff environment.
Economy needs support, but ‘not at expense of health care’
GREY-BRUCE - When Canada’s premiers held a three-day conference in Muskoka July 21-23 to discuss tariffs, the economy and health care, there was a parallel conference nearby – Ontario Health Coalition and their counterparts from other provinces, labour leaders and Indigenous groups.
Chesley Homecoming 2025: Home really is where the heart is
CHESLEY - The unveiling of an exciting new mural on the side of the Bijou Theatre kicked off a week of celebrations for Chesley’s 145th Homecoming, July 31-Aug. 3.
Peabody: Someone at IESO should be ‘held accountable’ for poor location choice for battery energy storage facility
BROCKTON - Thursday’s meeting of Bruce County council promises to be an interesting one.
An act does not have to be criminal to be wrong
The outcome of the trial of five hockey players accused of sexual assault, has been greeted with shock from some, relief from others, and disgust by more than a few. All five were found not guilty; the judge determined the testimony of the woman who claimed they victimized her seven years ago, “not
