Pauline Kerr

WALKERTON - A little over a year ago (April 4, 2024), Bruce County staff told council that the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing had asked Bruce County and their counterparts to pause any reviews and updates to their local housing and homelessness plans until they received direction from the

WALKERTON - Jack Van Dorp, director of planning and development, updated Bruce County council on the staff’s comments on the province’s proposed Bill 5 – Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, at the May 15 meeting.

WALKERTON - Jessica Linthorne provided Bruce County council on May 15 with an update on the Nuclear Institute.

Hamilton has become another in the growing number of cities that have decided the solution to the homelessness problem is to root out the folks who live in encampments.

WALKERTON - While most members of Brockton Council agreed there’s public interest in green bin recycling, most said they need more information before they make any decisions on it, and deferred the matter pending a report from staff.

TORONTO - The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) held a day of action at the Ontario Legislature on Wednesday, May 14. The purpose was to ask Premier Doug Ford and his government to stop hospital closures.

BROCKTON - It’s been 25 years since the Walkerton water tragedy, and Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody restated the municipal council’s decision to mark the occasion in a “low-key, respectful” manner, out of consideration for families who lost loved ones and suffered from ongoing health issues and financ

BRUCE COUNTY - The report presented to the Bruce County long-term care committee of management on May 15 raised concerns about use of agency nurses.

GREY-BRUCE - South Bruce Grey Health Centre, like other hospital corporations right across the province, has been coping with a shortage of nursing staff that started during the COVID-19 pandemic.

GREY-BRUCE - Dr. Ian Arra, medical officer of health for Grey-Bruce, told members of the Grey-Bruce board of health that there have been “less than 10 cases” of measles in Grey-Bruce. Most students have been vaccinated.

BROCKTON - In an interview Tuesday, prior to the Brockton council meeting, Mayor Chris Peabody described the meeting agenda as filled with “good news.”

The sexual assault trial of five hockey players in London, Ont. is likely to continue for some time.

BRUCE-GREY - The May 7 meeting of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre board of directors opened with a presentation by Ken Brown and Chuck Bouillion of Saugeen Hospice Inc.