This week, May 5 to 11, is Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada. This year’s provincial theme is, “Plan for every season.”
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Listowel-Wingham FHT celebrates Nursing Week
LISTOWEL/WINGHAM – “We are not an option. We are a necessity.” - That’s the theme of Nursing Week 2024, being celebrated across Ontario from May 6 to 12.
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck …
There was a time when “spin,” used as a verb, involved turning fibre into yarn.
Howick approves agreement on producer recycling
HOWICK – At its recent April 25 meeting, Howick Council passed a bylaw authorizing the Reeve and Clerk to enter into an agreement contract with Circular Materials Ontario (CMO).
Hikes for Saugeen Hospice held in several area communities
The rain let up just in time for this year’s Hikes for Saugeen Hospice – unlike past years when hikers got thoroughly soaked.
South Bruce, NWMO sign hosting agreement for nuclear waste project
The Municipality of South Bruce Council endorsed a hosting agreement between the municipality and the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) at its meeting May 1. Mayor Mark Goetz and CAO Leanne Martin signed the agreement on behalf of the municipality following a vote of council on Wednesday
A $33,500 capital grant makes a clean impact at the Huron County Food Bank Distribution Centre
On April 27, local MPP Lisa Thompson met with the staff and volunteers with the Huron County Food Bank Distribution Centre to congratulate them on the successful conclusion of their $33,500 Capital grant from the provincial government’s Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF).
Bluewater school board agriculture program celebrated in new Grey Roots location
The start of an exciting new chapter and innovative partnership for Bluewater District School Board’s (BWDSB’s) Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) Agriculture program is being celebrated.
Gutter politics
Official Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre created quite a stir in the past couple of weeks with his pledge to use the notwithstanding clause to override any laws that don’t suit his worldview in a bizarre op-ed piece in which he trashed every form of business association going.
Ty Cross played 8-ball for 30 hours to raise funds for ALS
As part of the Challenge Accepted Foundation, Ty Cross began playing 8-ball on May 4 at 10 a.m. and continued playing until 4 p.m. the following day at Wroxeter Community Hall to raise funds for ALS.
The Blyth Festival Art Gallery’s Community Show features artistic expression from all ages
BLYTH – The Blyth Festival Art Gallery is hosting its annual community show May 11 through May 31, highlighting a diverse range of pieces from local artists of all ages.
Howick Council declared intimate partner violence as an epidemic
HOWICK – Town council is declaring intimate partner violence (IPV) an epidemic as of its April 25 council meeting.
Madill brings home the Dinning Cup
Eight teams vied to claim the top spot at the 16th annual Matthew Dinning Memorial Junior Boys Rugby Tournament, on April 24 in Wingham.
The mind runs the body and the body feeds the mind
You had better believe it. It is seldom that the body and the mind do not work together, but not with me. It is not just ‘old age’ that causes my body and my mind to cease operating together. But that is what has happened to me. A disease called dermatomyositis (DM) has taken over my total body. Thi
Well testing no place to cut
Among the axioms we live by in the world of journalism is that stories, editorials and columns we expect to cause a stir, often don’t, while reports we deem innocuous can end up setting off a firestorm.
