Solicitor General checks out Walkerton jail during recent visit

September 18, 2025 @ 7:51 amNews, Walkerton Herald-Times

Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody says Ontario Solicitor General Michael Kerzner was impressed with the “potential” of the Walkerton Jail, which the province is considering reopening, during a recent visit to the community. The mayor noted the process is still in early discussion stages. (Herald-Times file photo)

WALKERTON – Mayor Chris Peabody updated council during the Sept. 9 meeting on the recent visit by Ontario’s Solicitor General, Michael Kerzner.  Kerzner was present in Walkerton on Monday, Sept. 8 for the announcement of $242,796.09 funding over two years for the South Bruce OPP’s Mobile Crisis Response Team, to pay for two professional crisis…

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Pauline Kerr is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with the Walkerton Herald-Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.