Tag: Bruce County

Peabody to focus Bruce County on affordable housing file as warden

Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody will serve as Bruce County’s warden after being elected during the inaugural council meeting Thursday at the Walkerton Administration Centre. He’ll serve a one-year term as warden. It’s Peabody’s first term as county warden. He was elected to Brockton’s municipal council in 2000 and served five terms as a councillor before […]

Students compete in GIS Day contest using StoryMaps

Students across Grey and Bruce counties recently competed in a map-making competition using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to help solve local queries and showcase the area’s tourism hot spots. GIS is a scientific framework for gathering, analyzing and visualizing geographic data, often used to help make decisions. Such  systems are used every day by mobile […]

SBP to explore hiring full-time employee to oversee STRA and MAT programs

The Town of South Bruce Peninsula is looking to hire a new part-time short-term rental accommodation (STRA) licensing and compliance officer after a successful first year running the program, according to a staff report presented to council on Tuesday. Staff said the town’s current licensing and compliance officer has decided not to renew their contract […]

Saugeen Shores mayor excited about big projects ahead

Saugeen Shores Mayor Luke Charbonneau enters his second term as mayor safe in the knowledge that no one ran against him. He said in an interview Tuesday that he doesn’t know what if any message he should take from that but there’s lots to do in Saugeen Shores and he said he’s excited by the […]

Judge takes control of Krug trust away from Bruce County

Superior Court Justice G. D. Lemon in January found Bruce County improperly and secretively spent Krug trust funds to purchase property intended for a nuclear innovation centre and now he has removed the county’s trusteeship over the funds. Lemon’s Oct. 12 decision brings nearer to a close a four-year court battle between the county and […]

Bruce and Grey counties to receive over $14.5M from province for ambulance service

Both Bruce and Grey counties are receiving millions of dollars from the provincial government to support the hiring of additional paramedics, wage and cost-of-living adjustments, and general ambulance services operations. According to a media release issued Tuesday, Bruce County will receive $6,355,411 and Grey County will receive $8,413,493 for a total of over $14.5 million […]

Housing solutions and problems shared at city forum

A housing forum in Owen Sound Thursday heard about efforts by local governments, non-profits and others to tackle problems with affordability. Alex Ruff, the Conservative federal member of Parliament for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound who called the meeting, held in-person at Sydenham Campus and online, noted federal housing programs the Liberal government announced this week. The announcements […]