Walkerton Herald-Times

The Sept. 28 meeting of Brockton council began with a moment of silence.

A group of at least 100 people gathered at Memory Lane Park in Walkerton the evening of Sept. 30, to mark the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

To acknowledge Indigenous people here in our region and across Canada, out of respect for the survivors of the Indian Residential School System and the many generations since who have lived the intergenerational trauma caused by the system, but most of all to honour those children who didn’t make it

St. John Ambulance Grey Bruce Huron Branch honoured two key members of the local organization during the meeting of the board of directors on Monday, Sept. 20 – Tony Alberts of Port Elgin, and Kathy Murphy Ermel of Hanover.

Run4Health 2021 lived up to its reputation as a happy and healthy community event to raise funds for the Walkerton and District Hospital Foundation.

Last Sunday was Run4Health and Walkerton Legion donated $5,000 to Mark Gaynor, chair of the Walkerton and District Hospital Foundation, toward the purchase of mammography equipment. Past President Rick Clayfield, on the right, presented the cheque.

Pilot Phil Englishman still has no access to his hangar at Saugeen Municipal Airport (SMA), despite a strongly-worded court decision in his favour earlier in the summer. Since the decision was announced, the SMA has continued to block access despite efforts of another pilot to negotiate a resolution

The local health unit reports that as of Sept. 28, there were 11 active cases of COVID-19, with 41 active high-risk contacts.

A group of people gathered in the pouring rain outside the Mildmay-Carrick Recreation Complex on Wednesday, Sept. 22, to protest Ontario’s new proof of vaccine requirement.

Council has committed $2.2 million from the $4 million Near-Term Investments Program provided by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO).