International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) is recognized each year on Aug. 31. It is a time to honour the lives lost to overdose, to support those grieving, and to take action to prevent drug overdoses.
Wingham
County receives new youth engagement plan, staff intend to follow
Huron County has a new path forward for youth engagement thanks to an initiative by its summer students and a focus group featuring its summer students, though the news wasn’t all good.
84-year-old arrested for intimate partner violence; bank card scam in Huron County
On August 14, Huron County OPP investigated a a report of intimate partner violence (IPV).
Victim loses $95K in cryptocurrency scam
On Aug. 26, the South Bruce OPP were dispatched to an address in Kincardine, where an individual reported being victim of a fraud.
South Bruce Council gives initial support to solar panel farm project
After what organizers called a successful community engagement meeting, South Bruce Council has given a nod of support to Compass Greenfield Development for the Teeswater Agrivoltaics project.
Big Loud Records signs on as Riegling’s U.S. label partner
Rising country star and Mildmay native Owen Riegling has signed on with a major American label.
‘Get into the spirit’ with inaugural Spirit Walk
The Wingham and Area Historical Society (WAHS), in partnership with the Township of North Huron, is hosting its first-ever Spirit Walk event on Friday Sept. 12 from 7 to 9 p.m.
A current update
This has been quite a past month. My health issues – dementia, autoimmune, cancer, arthritis, a bad right knee and melanoma to list just a few – continue as in the last six months, but non-health issues keep cropping up.
Duo performs at Music in the Park
The Township of North Huron held its second Music in the Park event on Aug. 27 at Cruickshank Park on Josephine Street.
North Huron unveils strategic plan progress, future goals at community open house
In a move intended to improve communication between town hall and North Huron constituents, North Huron Council changed the format of its annual town hall meetings.

