Chris Peabody, Bruce County warden and Brockton mayor, identified several items in Thursday’s Bruce County council agenda that have the potential to be quite important to the entire area.
GrandPals encourages inter-generational communication, connection
There is a misconception that people from different generations don’t even speak the same language.
Neighbours fed up with cigarette butts, food wrappers, intimidation
A group of neighbours in the area of Fischer Dairy Road and Hinks Street would like something done about the debris strewn on their lawns and driveways on a daily basis by students stopping on their way to school, or on lunch break, for a smoke.
Cassidy retires after 46 years with South Bruce Fire Rescue
CAO Leanne Martin presented Fire Chief Guy Gallant’s report, in his absence, during the March 12 South Bruce council meeting.
Owen Riegling granted Mildmay sign request
South Bruce is undergoing a rebranding process that will involve updating signage and letterhead.
Peabody holds meeting with MPP Rick Byers on long-term care
BRUCE COUNTY – Chris Peabody, warden of Bruce County, met with Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP and parliamentary assistant to the finance minister, Rick Byers, on Tuesday, March 12.
Area nursing shortages continue to be an issue
SOUTH BRUCE-GREY – The March 6 meeting of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre’s board of directors had little that was new regarding the ongoing temporary ER closures, especially in Durham and Chesley.
Bruce County supports SOIC vision, but wants ‘more collaborative’ terms of reference
BRUCE COUNTY – James Scongack, Bruce Power’s chief development officer and executive vice-president, made two presentations to Bruce County council on March 7. The first was on the Southwestern Ontario Isotope Coalition (SOIC); the second was an update on the Bruce C project.
International Women’s Day event in Chesley inspiring, entertaining
The theme of the International Women’s Day event, put on by Business to Bruce and Women’s House Serving Bruce and Grey on March 7 at the Klages Mill and Garden in Chesley, was “Count Her In: Accelerating Gender Equality Through Economic Empowerment.”
Dean Leifso to chair joint council meeting on airport
A joint meeting of the councils of Brockton, West Grey and Hanover has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 17, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Elmwood Community Centre, to discuss the Saugeen Municipal Airport.
Immediate repairs needed to Durham Street bridge, whatever the final option
The much-anticipated final report of the third-party review on the Durham Street bridge project came before Bruce County council on March 7.
IPM 2026 begins to take shape during volunteer meeting
BRUCE COUNTY – The decision to change the March 8 meeting for International Plowing Match and…
Fraud Prevention Month: The target is still your bank account
March is Fraud Prevention Month. This year’s theme is, appropriately enough, “20 years of fighting fraud: From then to now.”
IPM 2026 begins to take shape during recent volunteer meeting
The decision to change the March 8 meeting for International Plowing Match and Rural Expo 2026 volunteers to a larger venue proved to be a good one – the upstairs room at the arena was filled to overflowing with prospective volunteers.
Brockton Deputy Mayor James Lang abruptly resigns
In the closing minutes of the regular council meeting on March 5, Deputy Mayor James Lang announced his resignation, effective immediately.
