Walkerton Herald-Times

With only 10 games remaining in the 2023-24 PJHL campaign, the Walkerton Capitals have some heavy lifting ahead of them if the junior club hopes to secure a top-four spot in the Pollock Division standings.

The Durham Thundercats saw their modest two-game win streak halted on the weekend, losing a pair of Ontario Elite Hockey League games to Ripley and Seaforth.

People pass away. That is the unfortunate side effect of living. Every single person alive today will die, eventually. But where the similarity ends is how loved ones say goodbye.

The Jan. 19 Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) annual general meeting (AGM) included a celebration of accomplishments from 2023, and milestones that have been achieved.

The Hanover Community Players (HCP) presented the Salvation Army Food Bank with a sizeable donation on Jan. 17. The donation is a result of the $1 per adult ticket sold program HCP runs for all productions, both winter and spring. A total of $1,152 was available through patron support of Roald Dahl’

Mudmen, “Canada’s Celtic Rock Warriors,” return to Victoria Jubilee Hall later this year.

Council received a brief update from the Physician and Retention Committee of Brockton and South Bruce on Jan. 9.

The meeting of Hanover council on Jan. 15 included discussion about the old John Diefenbaker Secondary School (JDSS) property.

On Jan. 18, the Rotary Club conducted the third drawing of the Walkerton Lottery. Winners in this round include Jacques Gosselin/Lannie Reid ($1,000), Ruth Hobley ($500), Dan Weber ($300), Alice Jackson ($250), George Holm ($200) and Mary Jane Sayles ($150). The draw was made by Rick Clayfield (seco

Chris Peabody, mayor of Brockton and warden of Bruce County, took a few minutes Tuesday morning to speak with the Herald-Times during a very busy Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) conference.

Although most snowmobile trails in the province still remain closed, enough snow has fallen in this area to get snowmobile enthusiasts onto local trails – evidenced by the roar of the machines heading to a Walkerton gas station.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 102 Walkerton recently presented a cheque to the Walkerton Golf and Curling Club. Accepting the cheque on behalf of the curling club was Randy Purves. From the left are Jon Critchfield, Ron Lamont, Phil Englishman, Purves, Rich Henry, Rick Clayfield, and Wally Halliday.

The message in the county’s community development office update on housing supply and affordability was clear – all but the higher income categories will have a problem with affordability in ownership or rental, but the county has a plan to deal with that.

Brockton council took its first look at the draft 2024 budget during a special meeting on Jan. 16.

The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) had a busy and successful year, with plenty of challenges in 2023; 2024 promises more of the same.