OWEN SOUND - The Government of Ontario is supporting three health care services in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound with over $2.2 million in new funding to reduce waiting times for diagnostic and surgical services. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers announced the funding in a press released issued Monday.
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The Herald-Times 2025 Year in Review
The following is the final sinstallment of a Herald-Times review of events and images from 2025.
OUTDOOR RINK – THANK YOU POLAR VORTEX!
WALKERTON - The extended cold spell has resulted in delightful conditions for Brockton’s ice trail, located behind the Walkerton arena on the ball diamonds.
County pushing to to finish OP review
WALKERTON - The meeting of Bruce County Council originally scheduled for Feb. 5 has been rescheduled to Feb. 12.
AMO releases update to report on homelessness: Municipalities Under Pressure One Year Later
GREY-BRUCE - Last month, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) released the report, Municipalities Under Pressure One Year Later: An Update on the Human and Financial Cost of Ontario’s Homelessness Crisis.
OPG updates Bruce County on its operations, highlights 2025 accomplishments
WALKERTON - Kapil Aggarwal, vice president of nuclear sustainability at Ontario Power Generation (OPG), along with Erik Rogerson, director of operations and maintenance, and Brent Fisher, senior manager of corporate relations, made a presentation to Bruce County Council in January...
Bank move rational displays ‘arrogance’: Wood
To the Editor: The Bank of Montreal has announced it is abandoning branch service in Mildmay and Walkerton. No counter service. No ATM. No human beings. Just a locked door, a press release, and a suggestion that we all “go online.”
Walkerton Senior card results
WALKERTON - Euchre results from Wednesday, Jan. 28 at the Walkerton library.
Investing in wetlands is an investment in shared prosperity for Canadians
Canada’s wetlands are not scenery. They are working infrastructure, and one of the country’s most underused economic assets.
The plague of AI operators
There’s nothing more disheartening than calling a company for help and being met with the flat, emotionless voice of an artificial intelligence (AI) operator, programmed with a narrow list of options it insists will “assist” you.

