“Better Together!” That’s the buzz around Mildmay-Carrick as the community is now less than 50 sleeps away from hosting its 2023 homecoming.
South Bruce 4-H Dairy Club tours Belmoral Farms
The third meeting of the South Bruce 4-H Dairy Club was recently held at Belmoral Farms, outside of Teeswater.
Rotary Club announces grand prize winner of Walkerton Lottery
The Rotary Club drew the grand prize-winning ticket of this series of the Walkerton Lottery on June 15.
Land of the big smoke
In early June 2023, smoke from wildfires in Quebec blanketed Ontario and turned New York City skies orange. Bruce County escaped the worst of the big smoke, but it hasn’t always been so lucky.
Brockton Police Services Board makes donation to food bank
The Brockton Police Services Board donated a portion of the proceeds from their OPP unclaimed items auction to the Walkerton and District Food Bank and Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce Inc. Members of the Brockton Police Board, Coun. Carl Kuhnke, left, and Coun. Tim Elphick, right, present the donation
Strolling down Memory Lane with the Walkerton Horticultural Society
This is the sixth in a series of garden articles from the early 2000s about Walkerton Horticultural Society activities. Articles will be published several times over the next few months in loving memory of longstanding society president, Nancy Bajurny who was always dedicated to beautifying our town
Province’s new mobile clinic aims to make mental health, addictions help easier for rural residents to access
The new mobile mental health and addictions clinic in Huron-Bruce and Perth-Wellington will help to connect people to high-quality, low-barrier mental health and addictions services in underserved regions of the province, as stated in a press release from Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson’s office.
Bruce County appoints new director of transportation
Bruce County has announced the appointment of Adam Stanley as the new director of transportation and environmental services, effective June 19.
Mildmay students paint ‘poppy rocks’
Over the past couple of weeks, several classrooms at Sacred Heart School in Mildmay were painting ‘Poppy Rocks’ with Mrs. Price in their library program. Members of Walkerton Legion will soon place the rocks on the graves of veterans in St. Matthew’s Lutheran Cemetery and Sacred Heart Cemetery in Mi
Local artist to be featured on Art Wall at Walkerton library
The Bruce County Public Library Walkerton Branch will host Debbie Schenk’s dynamic art until July 15.
Love, Nichol honoured for volunteer service at Elma TPS
Rhonda Love and Bev Nichol were recently recognized for their many years of volunteer service at Elma Township Public School. Both ladies have been dedicated volunteers in the Reading Assistance Program and various other volunteer capacities for over 15 and 20 years, respectively. They received the
Hattie Baker worked tirelessly for Perth County boys
The book Water Under the Bridges: Fullarton Township, 1824-1997 tells the story of Hattie Baker’s Farm Centre for Boys and her devotion to housing and educating vulnerable youth.
Remembrance Day needs to be more
Before this year, I knew Remembrance Day was important, but I never thought about how much. In October, our class created a performance to share at our school’s Remembrance Day ceremony as well as at the local Legion luncheon. It included the song “One Tin Soldier” and ended with us holding up lett
Sacred Heart Teeswater student smashed 40-yearo-old shot put record
A four-decade-old track and field record at Sacred Heart Teeswater has been broken. Luke McDonald etched his name in the school’s history books last week with a record-setting throw in the intermediate boys shot put competition. His throw of 10.47 metres bested the previous record of 10.10 metres, w
