As Canadians gear up to vote on April 28, four candidates have entered the election race in Huron-Bruce. As of March 25, James Rice of the Liberal Party, Melanie Burrett of the New Democratic Party (NDP), and Gregory J. McLean of the Green Party have been named as candidates in the riding alongside five-term Conservative […]
Community-pooled funds are helping boost charities and projects in the region. This is Part Three of Postmedia’s How Canada Wins series.
(By Pauline Kerr) South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC), like everything else in the area, has been affected by recent severe weather. To read the entire article online, click here … Continue reading Severe weather takes its toll on SBGHC
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This year’s Coldest Night of the Year walk in Wingham managed to raise $30,000 for United Way’s Northern Huron Connection Centre. On Feb. 22, dozens of walkers congregated at the Maitland River Community Church to participate in the event, which raised a total of $30,840. Although some area walks were forced to make adjustments due […]
Intense snow squalls continued to result in road closures in Grey-Bruce on Tuesday, while students across the two counties were home from school. Grey-Bruce OPP said they responded to close to 40 collisions on Monday alone, along with numerous other traffic hazard calls, including vehicles stuck in drifts and snowbanks. They were asking people to […]
More snow. More problems. Despite Wiarton Willie’s assurances earlier this month of a waning winter, the season’s end seems even further away after another dumping of snow overnight Wednesday and into early Thursday morning. All school buses in the region are cancelled. Environment Canada issued a blowing snow advisory for the area Thursday morning. The […]
Despite a rise in the unemployment rate in the region that includes Grey-Bruce, the area had the lowest jobless rate in Ontario last month. The Four County Labour Market Planning Board release a report last week that shows the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula region increased by 0.4 percentage points in December to 3.6 […]
Due to the ongoing and forecasted weather conditions today, Jan. 21, the Municipality of Kincardine has announced the following closures and cancellations: Senior Cards at the Underwood Community Centre is cancelled. The Municipal Administration Centre is closed. The Tiverton Sports Centre is closed All Landfit classes at the Davidson Centre are cancelled this morning. Bruce […]