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Pauline Kerr

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Pauline Kerr is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with the Walkerton Herald-Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.

South Bruce council endorses new logos for Formosa, Mildmay and Teeswater

Pauline Kerr March 21, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

South Bruce will soon have an updated image, thanks to the rebranding process that’s underway.

Saugeen Municipal Airport: Airport helping to drive economic development

Dave Hocking March 21, 2024Columns, Walkerton Herald-Times

Sometimes the importance of economic development opportunities at the airport are overlooked, misunderstood and understated. This article will focus on recent successes and potential economic development possibilities at the Saugeen Municipal Airport.

Bruce County ‘all in’ on nuclear

Pauline Kerr March 21, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Bruce County council heard two very different presentations during its March 7 meeting.

Protecting Ontario’s thriving economy means looking beyond the boardroom

Pauline Kerr March 21, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

There is an advertisement making the rounds, lauding this province for its thriving, forward-moving economy.

Bruce County council to discuss public transit, insurance and minnows

Pauline Kerr March 21, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

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

Pauline Kerr March 21, 2024Local News, Walkerton Herald-Times

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

Pauline Kerr March 21, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

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

Pauline Kerr March 21, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

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

Pauline Kerr March 21, 2024Local News, Walkerton Herald-Times

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

Pauline Kerr March 14, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

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

Pauline Kerr March 14, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

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

Pauline Kerr March 14, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

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

Pauline Kerr March 14, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

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

Pauline Kerr March 14, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

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

Pauline Kerr March 14, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

The much-anticipated final report of the third-party review on the Durham Street bridge project came before Bruce County council on March 7.

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“Erie Belle” blows up off Kincardine

KINCARDINE - On Nov. 21, 1883 the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine.

McGugan briefs Huron County Council on amalgamation pitfalls

GODERICH – “The bottom line is that we expect this amalgamation to be more costly for the…

See all Kincardine area articles.

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Panthers senior beach volleyball wrap-up

LISTOWEL – Panthers senior girls volleyball teams played their final beach volleyball games…

See all Listowel area articles.

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Teeswater arena roof repair approved as council opts for lower-cost fix

TEESWATER – A lower-cost roof repair will move ahead at the Teeswater-Culross Community Centre after council approved a $37,940 project that addresses current leaks while keeping the door open for a larger replacement if provincial funding is approved.

See all Mildmay area articles.

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Steve Travale elected to the 2026/28 AMO board of directors

OTTAWA – Steve Travale, Brockton council member, has been elected to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) board of directors’ rural caucus.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

See all Wingham area articles.

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Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Learning from Ignatieff, Pierre’s son, ‘Titanic’

“If this is the direction the rats are going, that’s good enough for me.”

Here we go again with the value of the Sunshine List

If you read last week’s Listowel Banner you will have seen that North Perth Coun. Allan Rothwell, a retired government employee, thinks the public salary disclosure (also known as the Sunshine List) needs to be adjusted for inflation.

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Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

By Rachel Hammermueller

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

By Rachel Hammermueller

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

Conservation consolidation limits representation for local counties

By Denny Scott

After months of pushback from local lower- and upper-tier councils, the Province of Ontario released the ‘Improving Ontario’s Conservation Authority System’ document, detailing the amalgamation of the province’s conservation authorities.

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