The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) was recently awarded an 11 per cent salary increase in arbitration.
Brockton council approves school crossing
The intersection at Robinson and South streets in Walkerton is getting a school crossing.
Bruce, Grey counties join forces to lobby at AMO for more justice of the peace appointments
With this year’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in London, Ont. a month away (Aug. 20-23), plans are already underway among area municipalities for delegations to speak with various provincial cabinet ministers and ministry officials.
Streetfest draws crowds to downtown Walkerton
Brockton celebrated everything downtown with Summer Streetfest on July 21.
A matter of building co-operation
Build it and they will come.
Centennial Park tennis and pickleball court project now underway
The municipality is rehabilitating the tennis courts in Centennial Park.
Bruce County votes to strike school board capacity, transportation conditions from subdivision, condo applications
In recent years, the Bluewater District School Board has been regularly commenting on certain county planning matters, namely draft plans of subdivision.
Bruce County discusses high cost of using agency nurses
Megan Garland, director of long-term care and senior services, presented a report at the July 13 meeting of the long-term care homes committee of management.
Brockton to apply for federal housing accelerator fund
In May of this year, the federal government launched a $4 billion housing accelerator fund that will provide funding for cities, towns and Indigenous governments to develop innovative measures to “unlock new housing supply and fast-track the creation of 100,000 new homes across Canada,” according to
Brockton to apply for federal funding for Valleyside project
Council has approved a grant application to the federal disaster mitigation and adaptation fund for Valleyside Drive erosion control.
Intersection at Highway 9, Bruce County Road 3 to get traffic signals
“I hold my breath every time I go through that intersection.” Those were the words of Coun. Kym Hutcheon during the July 11 Brockton council meeting.
Market Garden opens in downtown Walkerton
The official opening of Market Garden in downtown Walkerton on July 12 was a celebration of the diverse elements that make up the lively and vibrant downtown.
Leave behind only your footprints
A Canadian teen who scratched a name into a wooden pillar at a 1,200-year-old Japanese temple caused a bit of an international furor recently.
Kincardine council says people in this area ‘get it’ about nuclear
Kincardine council met the evening of July 5, hours after the announcement that the province is beginning the planning and consultation process for what the council is already referring to as “Bruce C.”
Hate crimes must stop
The stabbing of a professor and two students at the University of Waterloo in late June horrified us in ways that more serious attacks elsewhere in the world have not.
