Tag: grey bruce
Tornado watch in effect for much of Grey-Bruce
A tornado watch is in effect for most of Grey-Bruce this afternoon and into the evening. Environment Canada issued its tornado watch at 12:10 p.m., for the Bruce Peninsula, Sauble Beach, Tobermory, Hanover, Dundalk, Southern Grey County, Owen Sound, The Blue Mountains, Northern Grey County, Saugeen Shores, Kincardine and Southern Bruce County. According to Environment […]
Mission Zimbabwe ready for takeoff again after COVID-19 hiatus
The Mission Zimbabwe team sponsored by Hanover’s Hope Community Church is departing for Zimbabwe from Toronto Sunday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic grounded the group’s annual international trip. The three-member team departs from Pearson International Airport on July 17 and will arrive in Zimbabwe’s capital of Harare after a planned 20-hour trip. […]
Peninsula volleyball star set to rise on world stage this summer
Wiarton’s Jonny Pickett said he’s living the dream and still dreaming big. Most days, the former Peninsula Shores District School student wakes up and rollerblades the lakeshore boardwalk in Toronto to practice at Volleyball Canada’s Ashbridges Bay training centre with the national program’s summer development team. It’s been a successful summer. Pickett and his beach […]
Pandemic challenged mental health but may have eased stigma
Desiree van Dijk was among dozens of cyclists who raised more than $40,000 for community-funded mental health programs Sunday. The 9th annual Ride Don’t Hide event was the community’s biggest chance to support heavily used mental health programs which aren’t funded by the government. Van Dijk waited at a balloon archway at Kelso Beach Park […]
OFA: statistics show Ontario is losing 319 acres of farmland per day
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is sounding the alarm as a recent census from Statistics Canada showed Ontario is losing 319 acres of farmland every day. “While urban growth isn’t the only cause of farmland loss, it can’t be denied that development is putting intense pressure on Ontario farmland. Urban development is leap-frogging the Greenbelt […]