The answer to food unaffordability isn’t food banks and other stop-gap programs but rather to give people money to buy food for themselves, a local poverty reduction advocate says. That’s the long-term solution advocated for in Jill Umbach’s blog posts on the Grey Bruce Poverty Task Force website which began Feb. 23 and will run […]
Coldest Night of the Year walkers raised more than $175,000 in Grey-Bruce last Saturday. Walkers in Saugeen Shores, Kincardine, Grey Highlands and Meaford raised $103,000 with fundraising walks to help people who are hungry or homeless. These two- and five-kilometre walks involved 527 walkers and volunteers, co-ordinated by the United Way Bruce Grey and local […]
Grey-Bruce residents who took the national Push-Up Challenge raised more than $33,000 for mental health support this month. The event challenged participants to do 2,000 push-ups between Feb. 1 and 23. As a result, more than 49,000 Canadians raised $2.4 million for the Canadian Mental Health Association. Collectively, they did 44.8 million push-ups, the event […]
It was cold as walkers departed the farmers’ market and the bright late afternoon sun cast long shadows Saturday. It helps to be cold when walkers embark on the national Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser’s two- and five-kilometre walks, as a simple reminder of the importance of helping shelterless people. There were 261 registered […]
SHANE RINK WINS MAJOR CURLING LEAGUE CROWN Skip Les Shane along with Pete Newton (third), Derek Regier (second) Jim Roberts (lead) and Tim Church (fifth), won the 2023-24 BrokerLink Insurance Grey-Bruce Major Curling League championship. The Ainsdale Golf Course sponsored rink from the Kincardine Curling Club topped Joe Rettinger’s squad out of Walkerton with a […]
Brightshores Health System announced the launch of a Mental Health and Addictions Services Navigation Line Friday. The service will connect users with a navigator who will direct callers to a program that suits their needs within the layout of resources and programs currently available. The phone number for the new Mental Health and Addiction Services […]
Grey-Bruce politicians will head to Toronto this weekend to meet fellow rural municipal leaders and try to get provincial ministers and their assistants to see things their way at the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference. It’s an opportunity discuss common causes and plead cases to those with the power to help – even if […]
In October, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 0.6 percentage points to 3.6 per cent, but there are several employment vacancies in the region. “Those who want to work are working,” said Dana Soucie, executive director of the Four Country Labour Market Planning Board. The provincial unemployment rate increased slightly […]
In October, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 0.6 percentage points to 3.6 per cent, but there are several employment vacancies in the region. “Those who want to work are working,” said Dana Soucie, executive director of the Four Country Labour Market Planning Board. The provincial unemployment rate increased slightly […]
Burnout and staffing challenges are making it so pet owners in Grey-Bruce will have to drive over an hour to an emergency vet clinic to get potentially life-saving care for their animals. “I’ve never had an emergency happen between the hours of 9 to 5, Monday to Friday,” said Candice Christian, who operates Just Woof […]