HURON EAST – Huron County OPP, Huron East Fire Department, and Huron County Paramedic Services…
Muse-Talk at museum explores orchid species
Join local experts Willy Waterton and Audrey Armstrong at the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre on Oct. 26 as they share stories from their two-year adventure documenting and photographing native orchid species in Bruce and Grey regions.
Formosa Saugeen Conservation office closed due to lightning strike
The line of thunderstorms that swept through the area on Sunday, Oct. 6, resulted in a lightning strike at the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority headquarters in Formosa.
Ticket sales are now open for Grey-Bruce Singers concert
HANOVER – We may not yet be past Halloween, but it’s not too early to reserve tickets for the…
Formosa Lions hear of exchange student’s trip to Indonesia
Formosa Lions held their Sept. 11, meeting at the Formosa Hall.
Walkerton turnbacks from Oct. 3, 1990
From October 3, 1990 – New Seniors’ apartment complex in Formosa to be officially opened…
Huron Emergency Services participates in multi-agency training exercise
From Sept. 24 to 26, the County of Huron’s Emergency Services Department and Paramedic team participated in a multi-agency training exercise simulating a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI), held at the North Huron Fire Training Grounds in Blyth.
Spirit Walk focused on local history planned for Oct. 9 in Wingham
When most people think of a “Spirit Walk,” they think of things like something spooky on a dark Halloween night, a way that indigenous people connect with ancestors, a religious ceremony, or perhaps a trip to a distillery.
Tri-county tour features memorable machines
It may be confusing to a casual observer, but Perth County farmer Brian Purcell says his 1490 David Brown tractor is also a CASE 1490.
Laying of the Pathway Through the Atwood Lions Park began
On the morning of Sept. 28, volunteers and community members were hard at work laying stones on the new Pathway Through the Park at the Atwood Lions Park.
Pathway to the Past: Local healthcare history
It’s October. A season of falling leaves, cooler temps, cozying up with a good book and warm drink, and the Healthcare Heroes Radiothon. Now entering it’s 23rd year, I thought this would be a fitting time to delve into a little bit of the history of healthcare and hospitals in North Perth.
Pieces of the Past: Revisiting the Milverton Sun
One of the local newspapers that you can now access from home via the Stratford-Perth Archives Digital Newspaper Database at vitacollections.ca/s-pacollections/search is the Milverton Sun from 1891 to 1919. Later issues are available on microfilm in the Archives’ Reading Room.
Local group invites all to join in weekly card games at Lions Club hall in Chepstow
Last year a few local residents decided to get people together and invite the public to join in euchre games.
Suspected blue-green algae bloom at Conestogo Lake, other GRCA properties
Warm weather in late summer and early fall creates the perfect conditions for algae to grow and bloom in large bodies of water like the Grand River Conservation Authority’s (GRCA) Belwood Lake, Conestogo Lake, Guelph Lake, and Woolwich reservoirs.
Barn lost to blaze, no injuries reported
Three area fire departments, responded to a barn fire last week, which destroyed the farm structure.
