Pauline Kerr

The newly-rebranded Walkerton Capitals started the season with a new and exciting energy, and the crowd that packed the stands loved it.

Members of the Grey Bruce board of health heard a presentation by Lindsay Johnston, vaccine preventable disease program manager, in addition to updates on the COVID-19 vaccine and the seasonal flu vaccine.

Séan McCann (the Shantyman) treated an enthusiastic Victoria Jubilee Hall audience to a rousing set of sea shantys from his new album, Shantyman, and threw in some crowd favourites from his days with Great Big Sea.

And the winner is … Run4Health! Even the rain couldn’t put the damper on the annual fundraising run for the local hospital.

Brockton council expressed concern about recent emergency room closures in the area.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 102 held a special ceremony at the Walkerton Cemetery to remember our veterans. Along with Legion members, participants included Air Cadets, Knights of Columbus, Masons, and Ontario Provincial Police. Several members of the public attended. In all, 422 names were read o

It’s not an easy problem that suddenly appeared, with a quick, straight-forward solution.

The county’s planning and development committee has approved a six-month pilot program – the creation of the temporary role of regional support economic development co-ordinator.

Bruce County has won three prestigious Hermes Creative Awards for the  “outstanding work in creative economic development video work and marketing campaigns,” said CAO Derrick Thomson.

Mayor Chris Peabody said, prior to Tuesday night’s council meeting, that he was very interested in hearing what Bruce County had to say about housing – primarily the response to homelessness.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kincardine and District has been in the Walkerton area for about a year.

The Terry Fox Run in Walkerton on Sunday, Sept. 18, had only about 20 people – most of whom have been participating in it for at least a decade – but raised a remarkable $4,500. Here, run organizers John Markauskas, left, and Karen Walsh, right, stand with run participants Nathan McGurgin, and Judy

When Queen Elizabeth II last visited Canada in 2010, Second World War naval veteran Pat Onions was part of the group of about 200 that welcomed Her Majesty to Halifax on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy.

It would be easy to say that the community leaders who laid the cornerstone for Victoria Jubilee Hall in 1897 could never have imagined that 125 years later, the building would be the scene of a gala celebration featuring music, the arts and a demonstration by the fire department.