Walkerton Herald-Times

In February, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 0.3 percentage points to 4.5 per cent. Meanwhile, the provincial unemployment rate increased by a 0.3 percentage point to 6.1 per cent, both unadjusted for seasonality.

How many people know that Midwestern Newspapers Corporation has had its very existence under threat through the past many weeks, because the federal government might have discontinued its Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) fund?

The Ontario government is investing up to $380,000 in Canadian Women & Sport’s The Next Play program to create more opportunities for girls to be active.

In the closing minutes of the regular council meeting on March 5, Deputy Mayor James Lang announced his resignation, effective immediately.

The Fraser Institute released its annual rankings of Ontario elementary schools, allowing parents to compare the academic performance of schools across the province.

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault stirred up a hornet’s nest recently when he said Ottawa will stop investing in new large-scale road infrastructure projects.

On the early morning of March 15 in 44 BC, Julius Caesar was on top of the world. Quite literally.…

Manager of Finance and Treasurer Kendra Reinhart provided a Finance Activity Report to South Bruce council at its Feb. 26 regular meeting.

A month ago, some of the richest and most powerful people on the planet gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. 

Anyone planning to travel over Spring Break is being advised to make sure they and their children are properly immunized. We are not talking about visiting some exotic location; we are talking south Florida. And we are not talking about a rare, new disease; we are talking about measles.

The Feb. 23 meeting of the Grey Bruce Board of Health began with discussion about the role public health plays in what has become a major issue in the area – intimate partner violence.