During Archives Awareness Week last week, the Bruce County Archives at the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre announced its extensive newspaper digitization project aimed at preserving the county’s historical news and making it more accessible to the public.
Walkerton Herald-Times
Library brings Forest of Reading program to Bruce County
Bruce County Public Library is bringing the Forest of Reading Program to Bruce County.
Walkerton and District Hospital Foundation raises $485K for mammography machine
The Walkerton and District Hospital Foundation (WDHF) announced last week that $485,000 has been raised for the new mammography machine at South Bruce Grey Health Centre’s Walkerton Hospital.
The swans have arrived
The weather may not show it, but the swans know spring is on the way. They’ve arrived in the Grey-Bruce area en route to their nesting grounds in the far north.
Brockton home sales see year-over-year decline in February
While the number of homes sold was down from a year ago, the average sale price jumped nearly 40 per cent in February.
Local communities to have access to high-speed internet by end of 2022
As part of the Ontario government’s plan to connect every community to high-speed internet by 2025, the governments of Canada and Ontario are investing $11 million to bring high-speed internet access to more than 6,100 homes, farms and businesses in Bruce and Grey counties by the end of 2022.
Brockton council updated on Walker West booster pumping station
Council continues to have regular communication with the contractor and engineering partners as the Walker West booster pumping station project proceeds.
Peabody sees room for optimism in province’s ‘Learn and Stay’ grant plan
While there’s nothing new regarding the continuing overnight closing of hospital emergency rooms in Walkerton and Chesley, there is one provincial item of interest that promises to benefit the local hospitals in the long term, said Mayor Chris Peabody.
Brockton council approves false alarm bylaw
Any business with a faulty alarm system would be advised to get it repaired. Failure to do so could be expensive.
South Bruce moves toward hybrid council meeting format
With the easing of many of the public health policies associated with the pandemic, South Bruce council has decided to follow the trend.
Electrical work for new Formosa outdoor arena approved by council
Council approved electrical work to be completed at the Formosa Recreation Complex for the construction of the new outdoor multi-use pad, however, council said the additional costs will need to be added to the Lions Club’s fundraising amount.
Del Duca: An Ontario Liberal government will invest in children with autism, their families
Ontario Liberal Party Leader Steven Del Duca says “cuts and delays to the Ontario Autism Program by Doug Ford’s Conservatives have been disastrous for many families across Ontario, who have children stuck on long and growing waitlists.”
Mixed reactions follow papal remorse
Pope Francis told a delegation of Indigenous, Métis, and Inuit people that he was sorry for some bad apples who ran the residential schools, but he fell short of apologizing on behalf of the church for the horrors that happened behind closed doors at these institutions.
Teeswater Medical Centre fundraising campaign gets $500K kickstart
The fundraising campaign for the new Teeswater Medical Centre kicked off with $500,000 in funding.
Foxton Fuels celebrates its 50th year in business
For most of Mark Foxton’s life, he can remember his father, Bob Foxton, being an entrepreneur. When Mark was young, he remembers his father running a mobile lunch business, and prior to that, he was a foreman at Lloyd Doors.
