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Brockton council discusses draft rec master plan

Pauline Kerr February 8, 2023Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Council got a look at the recreation master services and facilities plan that’s intended to guide decision making for the next decade.

Downward trend in real estate market continues in January

Mike Wilson February 8, 2023Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

2023 started in much the same way as 2022 ended for real estate sales in Brockton – on a decline.

Brockton council approves 2023 budget

Pauline Kerr February 8, 2023Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Brockton residents will see the municipal portion of their property tax bill go up by 7.43 per cent, which amounts to an increase of $188 per year or $15.73 per month for the average property.

Bruce County approves 2023 budget

Pauline Kerr February 8, 2023Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Bruce County council approved its 2023 capital and operating budget during the Feb. 2 meeting.

Ironmen double up first-place Patriots

Dan McNee February 8, 2023Sports, Wingham Advance Times

The Wingham Ironmen were facing a tough slate over the PJHL club’s first five games to open February, but so far so good following a pair of victories over the North Pollock Division’s top team last week.

Huron County looking for changes to Cannabis Act

Cory Bilyea February 8, 2023Local News, News, Wingham Advance Times

County councillors are advocating for a review of and improvements to the Cannabis Act and current legislative framework for cannabis in Canada after receiving correspondence from an Elgin County resident seeking help with a large-scale marijuana operation next door to her home.

South Bruce CLC hears updated plans for transportation of used nuclear fuel

Cory Bilyea February 8, 2023Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) reviewed its transportation plan for nuclear waste with the South Bruce Community Liaison Committee (CLC) during the education portion of their monthly meeting on Feb. 2.

Stories from the lodge

Cory Bilyea February 8, 2023Columns

This is a story told by the Onkwehón:we and it tells how the Great Law and the Great Tree of Peace came to be.

Another normal Monday

Bob Murray February 8, 2023Columns

It was a quiet weekend, as most weekends are. We stayed home and just relaxed.

Self-inflicted problems

Mike Wilson February 8, 2023Columns

What was supposed to be a two-minute trip to the North Perth municipal office the other day turned into a 20-minute one.

B.C. decriminalizes possession of small amounts of hard drugs

Editorial February 8, 2023Editorials

In British Columbia, it is no longer an offence for a person over age 18 to possess a very small amount (2.5 grams) of illegal drugs including heroin, fentanyl, crack and powder cocaine, meth and ecstasy.

Cartoon: Feb. 9, 2023 – Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

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Bross resigns from South Bruce council

Mike Wilson February 8, 2023Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Audrey Bross has vacated her seat as South Bruce councillor in the Mildmay-Carrick Ward.

Three charged following raid in Wroxeter

Midwestern Newspapers February 8, 2023Local News, Police, Wingham Advance Times

An investigation conducted by the Huron-Perth OPP Community Street Crimes Unit (CSCU), Grey-Bruce CSCU, Huron OPP Major Crime Unit, West Region Tactics and Rescue Unit and West Region Emergency Response Team (ERT) last week resulted in the seizure of various property, fentanyl and methamphetamine.

Verdict in court case between HPPH, Wingham restaurant expected Feb. 28

Cory Bilyea February 8, 2023Local News, News, Wingham Advance Times

A date was set on Jan. 31 to hear the verdict in the trial of Stephen and Joanne Hill, owners of Buck and Jo’s Restaurant in downtown Wingham, who allegedly failed to comply with an order from the region’s medical officer of health on Nov. 12, 2021.

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“Erie Belle” blows up off Kincardine

KINCARDINE - On Nov. 21, 1883 the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine.

McGugan briefs Huron County Council on amalgamation pitfalls

GODERICH – “The bottom line is that we expect this amalgamation to be more costly for the…

See all Kincardine area articles.

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Panthers senior beach volleyball wrap-up

LISTOWEL – Panthers senior girls volleyball teams played their final beach volleyball games…

See all Listowel area articles.

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Teeswater arena roof repair approved as council opts for lower-cost fix

TEESWATER – A lower-cost roof repair will move ahead at the Teeswater-Culross Community Centre after council approved a $37,940 project that addresses current leaks while keeping the door open for a larger replacement if provincial funding is approved.

See all Mildmay area articles.

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Steve Travale elected to the 2026/28 AMO board of directors

OTTAWA – Steve Travale, Brockton council member, has been elected to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) board of directors’ rural caucus.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

See all Wingham area articles.

Editorial

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Learning from Ignatieff, Pierre’s son, ‘Titanic’

“If this is the direction the rats are going, that’s good enough for me.”

Here we go again with the value of the Sunshine List

If you read last week’s Listowel Banner you will have seen that North Perth Coun. Allan Rothwell, a retired government employee, thinks the public salary disclosure (also known as the Sunshine List) needs to be adjusted for inflation.

Columnists

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

By Rachel Hammermueller

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

By Rachel Hammermueller

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

Conservation consolidation limits representation for local counties

By Denny Scott

After months of pushback from local lower- and upper-tier councils, the Province of Ontario released the ‘Improving Ontario’s Conservation Authority System’ document, detailing the amalgamation of the province’s conservation authorities.

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