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A report from Director of Fire and Emergency Management Chad Kregar informed council here that the department was successful in its grant application to the provincial Fire Protection Grant Program.

Council here approved delaying the opening of both Mildmay Carrick Swim Pool (MCSP) and Teeswater Culross Swim Pool (TCSP) by two weeks until June 16, 2025, as well as the closure of the pools on Sundays for public swims moving forward. 

In response to recent staffing changes within the township’s finance department, Annette Fletcher, Huron County’s deputy treasurer, has been appointed North Huron’s interim director of finance/treasurer.

In January, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula  Economic Region jumped to 5.8 per cent, also the biggest increase (2 percentage points) across Ontario, after sitting at one of the lowest in the province for months.

Council here held a public meeting during the recent regular council agenda on Feb. 4, outlining the third draft of Howick’s 2025 municipal budget.

An individual was charged with multiple criminal offences following a traffic complaint involving a snowmobile on Feb. 2.

Over the course of two meetings on Feb. 4 and 6, council here approved  draft 2025 capital and operating budgets in principle, after lengthy discussion and resulting caveats.

Howick Reeve Doug Harding spoke out at the Huron County council meeting on Feb. 5, raising questions about who was erecting new utility poles in Howick to carry internet cables and who permitted them to do so.