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Beautiful Ambitions & Co., located at 325 Durham St. in downtown Walkerton, is the kind of business you don’t visit just once. You keep coming back whenever you are looking for something unique and special, at a reasonable price, or simply to see what’s new. And there’s always something new.

The horse affectionately known as “Queen of the Castle” – O’Brien Award winner Adare Castle – has made it to the finals for the Breeders Crown.

The outbreak of the First World War resulted in a surge of patriotism. The army had no trouble finding recruits in Bruce County. By March 1916, 1,156 men had signed up and the 160th Bruce Battalion was rated as “over-strength.”

This year’s Run4Health in Walkerton has raised more than $26,200 for the Walkerton & District Hospital Foundation.

Following a closed meeting of county council on Oct. 19, Bruce County announced the appointment of Christine MacDonald as the new chief administrative officer (CAO), effective Dec. 16.

On Oct. 18, Walkerton Clean Water Centre staff participated in their third annual shoreline cleanup and picked up litter from the trail beside the Saugeen River. The Ocean Wise Shoreline Cleanup is a conservation program that provides Canadians with the opportunity to take action in their communitie

Sacred Heart High School hosted the Bluewater Athletics Association Girls 7s Rugby Championship on Thursday, Oct. 19. The event saw 16 games played over the course of the day in fast-paced, 14-minute games.

Council heard a presentation from Alectra Energy Solutions/Convergent during the Oct. 24 meeting. The company has a proposal that could bring a battery electrical storage facility to this area.

In a matter of a few minutes, the Brockton booth at the job fair was visited by a prospective early childhood educator, a retiree looking for occasional seasonal employment, and a couple of people checking out general employment possibilities with the municipality.

The visiting TCDMHA Rebels were no match for the U15 Wingham Rep squad on Oct. 21 at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex, with the Ironmen dominating their opponent in a 10-0 victory.

While the Wingham Ironmen have went through extended stretches of being unable to find sustained offensive results, the local junior club continues to accumulate points in the early goings of the 2023-24 PJHL Pollock Division campaign.

After another round of discussion, Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority’s (SVCA) board of directors have endorsed a somewhat streamlined version of the 2024 draft budget and will be circulating it to member municipalities for review.

Maitland Conservation (MC) members reviewed the draft three-year work plan and watershed strategy at their regular board meeting held on Oct. 11 in Wroxeter.

This is the eighth part in a series, initiated by the Wingham and Area Historical Society, of write…