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 […]
The new year has begun – out with the old and in with the new. This could be true, but does it apply in the Municipality of South Bruce? Five years ago, the South Bruce community became very divided. Remember that big announcement on Jan. 24, 2020, that landowner Darren Ireland and former Nuclear Waste […]
(By Pauline Kerr) Jessica Linthorne, president and CEO of the Nuclear Innovation Institute, provided an update on NII activities and accomplishments over the past year to Bruce County council on … Continue reading NII president Jessica Linthorne provides update to Bruce County council
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Area residents have lost nearly $200,000 through cryptocurrency investment frauds in recent months, police say. South Bruce OPP issued a warning on Dec. 7 saying they have received several reports of residents being scammed with total losses amounting to over $190,000. According to the news release, the majority of investment scam reports involve residents deciding […]
The Tom Thomson Art Gallery exhibition spaces are to close until spring as aging HVAC systems in the facility are replaced. But while the exhibition rooms will be closed as of Monday, the tourism desk at the gallery will remain open to the public Monday to Friday to purchase merchandise, movie tickets and Supporter’s Circle […]
Three Bruce County entrepreneurs are each receiving $3,000 and tourism mentoring after being named winners through the sixth round of the Spark program. Five finalists pitched their innovative and sustainable tourism ideas, and three winners were selected to receive a tourism mentorship and a $3,000 grant to help them take their concepts to the next […]
(By Liz Small) Move over, dragons. It’s time for the hawks to take flight. Partners Saugeen Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) and Bruce Community Futures Development Corporation (Bruce CFDC) are once … Continue reading Opportunity to let your business idea soar with Hawk’s Nest
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Police are investigating the theft of a Polaris side by side from a Kincardine residence. On Dec. 24, South Bruce OPP received a report of a break and enter at a residential property located on McFarlan Road. According to police, a black 2018 Polaris 900 side by side was stolen from an outbuilding on the […]
The Grey-Bruce Board of Health recently announced the appointment of Nicholas Saunders as chair. His one-year term began Dec. 20. Saunders is the first Indigenous chair of the local board of health and the health unit said he’s likely the first Indigenous person to serve as chair in the province. “I welcome the opportunity to […]
Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce says it won’t be shutting down operations. “Despite a lack of funding from the majority of Ontario Provincial Police serviced municipalities at this time, Crime Stoppers is still here to take the public’s tips anonymously as it has since 1987,” the organization said in a Dec. 19 news release. On […]
