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Director of Public Works Jamie McCarthy presented a new plan for managing the fleet of vehicles owned by North Huron and used by several departments, including public works, recreation, facilities, and utilities.

Huron County OPP is aiming to improve public safety and create efficiencies for drivers involved in property damage collisions with the introduction of a pilot Collision Reporting Centre (CRC).  

orth Huron council received a report from Vicky Luttenburger, director of recreation and community services, at the Oct. 4 council meeting regarding the request for tender (RFT) for replacing the Dectron unit at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex in Wingham.

Conservation Ontario and local source protection authorities and regions have launched a three-week public information campaign. The campaign about drinking water protection zone signs started on Oct. 7.

Carson Lamb, clerk for North Huron, has taken the lead in a county-wide working group established to address the current need for animal control officers in several of the lower-tier municipalities.

The Community Liaison Committee (CLC) received the results of a recent survey conducted to answer the question, “how the community will determine willingness for allowing the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) to build a Deep Geological Repository (DGR) in South Bruce.”

Dr. MaryLynn West-Moynes, president of Georgian College, and Steve Lowe, of the college’s board of governors, updated Bruce County council on changes that will benefit Georgian College students, and the college’s substantial economic benefit to the community.

The Grey Bruce Heath Unit announced Tuesday that more than 80 per cent of the eligible population in Grey  and Bruce counties have been immunized with at least two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 84.5 per cent have received one dose.

Grey Bruce Public Health continues to report low numbers of new cases of COVID-19 – averaging fewer than five per day.