2024 was an amazing year at the Bruce County Public Library. The Cargill and Walkerton Branches were as busy as ever with all the regular happenings plus some great special events.
Walkerton
Resolutions for others
The coming of a new year is generally viewed as a time of renewal – an opportunity to shake off the shackles of past imperfection and move on with a view to revitalization.
It takes a village
The longer I am on this planet, the more the age old saying “it takes a village to raise a child” resonates with me.
Proposed development for lands adjacent to Kincardine Airport discussed by county council
In the wake of a presentation from David Hocking on the Saugeen Municipal Airport at Brockton council, there’s another airport in Bruce County that’s getting some attention.
South Bruce appoints new firefighters
Council here appointed Erika Strucke, Samuel Thompson, Simon Milley, Nicole Weishar and Cameron Hogg as Firefighters for the Municipality of South Bruce at their Dec. 10 meeting.
Final performance of The Sound of Music wows sold out crowd
After a season of seven running performances, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s, The Sound of Music, closed with sell-out audiences over its final run this past weekend at the Hanover Community Players.
Hanover man faces murder charge
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Hanover Police Service (HPS) have laid charges in an ongoing homicide investigation in the Town of Hanover.
Brockton moves forward with implementing development charges
Cash-strapped municipalities have been looking at ways to pay for the infrastructure developers need, without saddling existing taxpayers with the entire burden.
NWMO exits South Bruce; council dissolves committee, outlines funding
council here heard a post-election report with voting statistics, NWMO’s payment breakdown and officially dissolved the long-standing Community Liaison Committee (CLC).
Ontario Court of Appeal upholds 2023 Superior Court ruling
The Ontario Court of Appeals dismissed the appeals of the Government of Ontario, the Town of South Bruce Peninsula and two landowners from a lower-court ruling that Saugeen First Nations was wrongfully dispossessed of approximately 1.4 miles of Sauble Beach after signing Treaty 72 in 1854.
