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Snowplows catching up with widespread snowfall in Bruce County
Winter storms slammed Bruce County particularly hard this week but by Thursday afternoon, just one county road remained closed. County road crews have contended with widespread snow accumulations of 50 to 70 centimetres and at times wind gusts of 80 – 100 kilometres per hour this week. Thursday afternoon the county ended its significant weather event […]
Local author’s memoir of a chaotic childhood and spousal abuse to be turned into screenplay
Local author Gwen Lamont’s life story about uncovering the buried memories of a chaotic and abusive childhood is being converted into a screenplay. Lamont signed an agreement with Dog Eared Productions for Penny Eizenga to write, produce or co-produce the screenplay of her book The View From Coffin Ridge: A Childhood Exhumed for a feature-length […]
Conservation organizations partner to protect land near Stokes Bay
Donations and government grants have secured a 19.6-acre swath of coastal fen and forest on the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula. On Tuesday, the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy and the Greenough and North Bruce Wilderness Alliance (the Wilderness Alliance) announced the Simon Bay Coastal Fen and Forest Nature Preserve, located near Stokes Bay, is now preserved land. “Protecting […]
LiUNA construction training centre to be built in Walkerton
A new LiUNA Local 1059 training centre planned for Walkerton will provide workers and apprentices with the hands-on experience needed for careers in the skilled trades. The Ontario government announced on Wednesday that it was investing more than $6.3 million from its Skills Development Fund to support the development of the approximately $12.5-million project in […]
With forage acres shrinking, how can growers reverse the trend?
With the area under grass and legumes shrinking, expanding forage acres remains a tough sell.