Last spring, Sydney McCourt noticed a significant change. Kids were becoming less and less engaged with their community.
North Perth councillors offer budget proposals
Council members have submitted proposals to be considered for the 2025 budget, and the requests range from physician recruitment, to municipal speed cameras to childcare spaces.
Hamlets, villages eligible for CIP incentive programs
Council here approved the expansion of the Attainable Housing Secondary Community Improvement Project Area (CIPA), effectively making hamlets and villages in the municipality eligible for financial incentive programs.
Morris-Turnberry councillors updated on provincial policy
Council heard updates on the PPS on Oct. 15 with key changes to policies surrounding areas such as housing, energy, and agriculture.
Listowel District Secondary School hosts AgScape career competition
Students circulated booths, learning about careers in agriculture.
The Well Community Collective brings measurement-based care to youth
The Well Community Collective are unified sites throughout Huron and Perth Counties – and soon Grey-Bruce – providing safe spaces for youth to access resources. They were recently chosen to be part of an initiative which will help them offer measurement-based care across their locations.
Moving the flag is lowering the flag
A flagpole in North Perth, currently located at the municipal office, took on a role as a crier for hate, it appears, at a council vote on Oct. 7.
Listowel Cyclones flash some offense with 7-0 win against Komoka Kings
The Listowel Cyclones had an exciting start to their Thanksgiving weekend, hosting the Komoka Kings on Oct. 11 closing out the game with an impressive 7-0 win.
Listowel takes a step forward in affordable housing availability
North Perth Council approved funding for Phase 1 of the Listowel Gardens housing project at their Oct. 7 meeting, a decision Mayor Todd Kasenberg called “monumental” for affordable housing in the area.
North Perth Council votes against committee recommendation on community flag practice
At their Oct. 7 meeting, North Perth Council heard a recommendation from the North Perth Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Committee to not install a new community flagpole in a separate location, and to continue flying community flags at the municipal office on Wallace Ave.
Municipality offers to purchase property near landfill
Council here authorized the purchase of a property at 41440 Brandon Road, and a subsequent offer to purchase the land during their Oct. 1 meeting.
The Independent Motorcycle Club of Wingham made its annual donations to school breakfast programs
The club runs barbecue fundraisers throughout the summer with the aim of helping provide kids with access to food at school, year after year.
Two North Perth residents receive Coronation Medals
At a ceremony at Listowel’s Royal Canadian Legion Branch 259, twenty area citizens received King Charles III Coronation Medals.
South Bruce discusses county-level investment in local services; childcare and paramedic services at the forefront of concern
Council here heard a delegation on the benchmarked investment Bruce County makes in upper tier local services in the municipality of South Bruce. Council raised questions about services that relate to some of the most topical issues locally – childcare and paramedic services.
South Bruce adopts locker and vandalism policy
Council here passed a bylaw to adopt and implement a locker and storage use policy.
