WALKERTON - Bruce County’s new Official Plan, seven years in the making, will be a step closer to becoming reality at the Feb. 12 meeting of Bruce County council – but the process still has a number of steps still to cover.
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County approves 2026 budget despite councillor’s concerns about tax affordability
STRATFORD - The 2026 budget – which includes an 8.75% increase – was approved at the Feb. 5 Perth County Council meeting.
North Perth signs $5.4M agreement with province for new sanitary pump station
LISTOWEL - North Perth Council passed a bylaw authorizing the signing of a transfer payment agreement with the Ontario Minister of Infrastructure at the Feb. 9 meeting.
Prominent homes: Listowel’s lawyer
Continuing on with my series on homes in Listowel and the people who lived in them, the first home in this month’s article is the home built by William Champley Kidd in 1901.
This is the time to start the work of Christmas
“I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.” -Jesus -John 12:46
Playoffs begin for A-ZONE level teams, tournaments continue on
Midwestern Newspapers follows minor hockey cation for the week of Jan. 5 through Jan. 11.
Battery report lacking information on new technologies says MacLellan
While Huron County Coun. Bernie MacLellan (Huron East, Mayor) was appreciative of a staff report on battery energy storage systems, he felt it missed the mark in not including new technologies.
History isn’t just the big events: everything is within the author’s scope
Journalists, reporters, editors – whatever the title is, these are the people that are responsible, as a previous boss of mine said, for crafting The First Draft of History (my apologies to my coworkers for the near-flippant use of capitalized characters, I promise, it will only happen once).
South Bruce Council looks to run some equipment ‘until failure’ as part of budget discussions
The Council of the Municipality of South Bruce is taking a “wait and see” approach with a number of proposed capital projects for the 2026 budget, removing them in lieu of running the equipment longer.
Schoelier provides council with information on initiative
Huron County Council has some food for thought heading into its budget meeting this week as Nathan Schoelier, stewardship and lands manager for the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA), reminded council members of the benefits of the Huron Clean Water Project.
One Care celebrates first accessible vehicle purchased through the Driven to Care campaign
One Care Home and Community Support Services recently announced the purchase of a new accessible vehicle. One Care officials stated the purchase was made due “the unwavering support of the community.”
Memories of Wingham: John Congram remembers the Maitland River and the trombone
By most standards the Maitland River is just a small river but to me as a kid it was greater than the greatest rivers of the world.
Impaired driver in West Perth
One person has been charged for driving impaired after being stopped following a traffic violation on Jan. 27, a police report states.
Maitland Conservation pushes for joint working group, equal funding
Maitland Conservation (MC) board members are calling on local municipalities, watershed groups and residents to press area MPPs and the environment minister for changes to the province’s proposed consolidation of conservation authorities.
Howick Council planning to draft bylaw to enter agreement with +VG Architects for potential daycare facility
In the works for a couple of months now, council here is beginning to make final decisions on whether or not to proceed with building a daycare centre beside the township’s community centre.
