The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) and the University of Guelph have partnered to launch a joint environmental DNA (eDNA) research program to further understand biodiversity conditions around potential repository sites in the South Bruce and Ignace areas.
Incidents from the past can come back to haunt you
The year was 1951. I was 12 years old. The night before, I had eaten a wonderful toasted Spanish onion sandwich with lots of Miracle Whip dressing. Wonderful!
OPP introduces collision reporting centre in Huron County
Huron County OPP is aiming to improve public safety and create efficiencies for drivers involved in property damage collisions with the introduction of a pilot Collision Reporting Centre (CRC).
Province-wide education blitz encourages Ontarians to learn what drinking water protection zone signs mean
Conservation Ontario and local source protection authorities and regions have launched a three-week public information campaign. The campaign about drinking water protection zone signs started on Oct. 7.
Miller family supports Wingham hospital
Elliott and Rebecca Miller of Edgar’s Feed and Seed are supporting medical equipment upgrades at the Wingham and District Hospital with a donation of $6,000.
80 per cent of Grey-Bruce residents are fully vaccinated from COVID
The Grey Bruce Heath Unit announced Tuesday that more than 80 per cent of the eligible population in Grey and Bruce counties have been immunized with at least two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 84.5 per cent have received one dose.
GBHU: Rapid antigen test no substitute for testing at assessment centre
Grey Bruce Public Health continues to report low numbers of new cases of COVID-19 – averaging fewer than five per day.
Hanover hospital board of governors endorses mandatory vaccination for health-care workers
The safety of patients and staff is of the highest priority at Hanover and District Hospital (HDH), and ensuring that staff and physicians are vaccinated is very much a part of upholding this notion. Further, as a health care organization, HDH has a responsibility to provide the safest environment p
Immaculate Conception School students learn fire safety
Immaculate Conception School in Formosa thanks the South Bruce Fire Department for the wonderful…
A big donation and a little park history
The Formosa Lions Club purchased the old Butcher Shop property on the main drag in 1987, followed by the Weiler Sawmill property on Council Road.
The news is out
If you want to know what has been going on behind the scenes at the Walkerton Legion over the past few months, pick up a copy of the Walkerton Legion Newsletter. Members will have received a copy by email or by mail, depending on their preference.
Walkerton resident wins Drayton Entertainment’s Ultimate 50/50 draw
Paul Keip from Walkerton got a surprising fall windfall! Keip was the lucky winner of Drayton Entertainment’s September Ultimate 50/50 draw taking home a final jackpot of $74,820.
Sacred Heart participates in pilot COVID-19 testing program
The Bruce-Grey Catholic School Board reports that both Sacred Heart High School in Walkerton and St. Mary’s High School in Owen Sound were selected for a pilot COVID-19 testing program.
Regional unemployment rate drops to 3.6 per cent
In September, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region (ER) decreased by 0.3 percentage points from 3.9 per cent to 3.6 per cent, which went back to the same lowest rate as in July 2021.
