The Bluewater District School Board announced the appointment of Wendy Louwerse to the position of superintendent of education.
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Regional unemployment rate drops to 4.5 per cent in June
The region’s unemployment rate saw a significant drop in June.
South Bruce conducting survey on DGR project
South Bruce residents are being asked to complete a community survey.
NII Explore gears up for another summer of hands-on science
With new hands-on science activities like building elastic-powered race cars and exploring sound with homemade handheld harps, the NII Explore Science in the Summer team is hitting the road - visiting day camps, libraries, outdoor markets and other locations around Bruce, Grey and Huron counties.
Strolling down Memory Lane with the Walkerton Horticultural Society
This is the eighth in a series of garden articles from the early 2000s about Walkerton Horticultural Society activities, which will be published several times over the next few months in loving memory of long standing society president, Nancy Bajurny ,who was always dedicated to beautifying our town
Don’t let the summer break you
It was 20 some odd years ago that I was sitting in a fitness and health promotion class at Brock University when I learned something I will never forget. Professor Kim Gamage asked us this: “How long does it take to lose the training affect?” What she was asking was, how long does someone need to st
All-Star Blue Jays checkup
Major League Baseball has blown through the midpoint of the season with games on pause this week, as stars head to Seattle for the All-Star Game. Figured I would risk a turf war with Mr. McNee over in sports and give a midseason report card on the bluebirds.
Hectic holiday kicks off summer ‘R and R’
It was pushing 11 months since I had taken a full week of holidays before escaping the office last week for a little R and R.
Hate crimes must stop
The stabbing of a professor and two students at the University of Waterloo in late June horrified us in ways that more serious attacks elsewhere in the world have not.
Walkerton Toyota shows support for Teeswater Medical Centre reno
Walkerton Toyota has made a bronze level donation (between $1,000 and $4,999) toward the Teeswater Medical Centre Building project. Pictured, from left: Paul Cronin (Teeswater Medical Centre Committee co-chair), and Walkerton Toyota employees Ray Luinstra, Matt Dohms, Justin Bogdon (sales manager),
Bruce County gears up plans to help those in need
Bruce County’s housing services department has received $75,000 from Saugeen Shores, to be used for delivery of the Saugeen Shores municipal housing allowance to eligible residents.
Funding for Bruce County’s paramedicine program extended for another two years
County Coun. Milt McIver (Northern Bruce Peninsula), who chaired the county’s paramedic services committee meeting on July 6, announced a “good news” item.
Don’t miss this year’s Walkerton Summer Streetfest
Walkerton’s Summer Streetfest is back, with great shopping and dining specials, free entertainment, and family activities all day long.
Peabody: Finland trip ‘very worthwhile, opportunity to learn’ about DGR science
Chris Peabody, Bruce County warden and Brockton mayor, was among the South Bruce and other municipal officials, and community group representatives, who travelled to Finland on a Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO)-sponsored trip to view that country’s facility for spent nuclear fuel.
