Pauline Kerr

BRUCE COUNTY – Bruce County’s first-ever professional rodeo on the August Civic Holiday weekend – in conjunction with Cargill Homecoming – was a long time in the planning. The Holm family wanted to do something special to celebrate 150 years in farming – and the two performances of Rawhide Rodeo were certainly special, along with…

GREY-BRUCE – Dr. Ian Arra, Grey-Bruce medical officer of health (MOH), provided an update on mpox to the board of health during the Aug. 23 meeting. The World Health Organization has declared mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, a public health emergency of international concern, said Arra. There’s been an upsurge in cases in the Democratic…

CHESLEY – Although the format was the same at the Aug. 27 community engagement meeting in Chesley for South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) as the meeting the day before in Durham, the numbers were fewer and the tone less confrontational. SBGHC confirmed there were 253 people registered to attend the Durham meeting, and 138…

GODERICH – Warden Glen McNeil (Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh) opened the Sept. 4 meeting of county council by congratulating Mackenzie Terpstra, the new Queen of the Furrow for Huron County. The Huron County Plowing Match was held Aug. 15 and 16 in Bayfield. Both McNeil and CAO Meighan Wark attended the first day. McNeil said the competitors had…

HURON COUNTY – Noah Chapman, Huron County Museum collections assistant, presented the report on the North Huron Museum’s deaccessioning project. The project has been underway for the past 11 months. The North Huron Museum has been closed to the public since February 2018; a portion of its collection is being transferred to the Huron County…

BRUCE COUNTY – Bruce County council has voted to stay with a one-year term for the warden and deputy warden positions. Durham the Sept. 5 meeting, council discussed the possibility of amending the terms to two years from the current one year. As stated in the staff report, the matter had been discussed by the…

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BROCKTON – Brockton’s Child Care Centre has seen substantial growth since it opened, from 25 children in 1971 to its current 117 child-care spaces and 106 school-age spaces. With growth and legislative changes, comes the need for adjustments in the way the BCCC operates. In her presentation to council on Sept. 10, Jennifer Kirkham of…

SOUTH BRUCE – Deputy Mayor Mike McDonagh has called for a tax freeze, saying, “We can’t put people out of their homes with our taxes.” During his budget report at the Sept. 10 council meeting, McDonagh proposed that in 2025, there be no increase in municipal taxes over last year. This would be accomplished with…

BRUCE COUNTY – Like the rest of his municipal colleagues, Chris Peabody, Bruce County warden and Brockton mayor, is gearing up for budget deliberations. One of the highlights of Thursday’s county council agenda is the pre-budget report. One of the important issues the budget is tackling is the asset deficit. Peabody noted the asset management…