Tag: south bruce peninsula
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 […]
Police say man tried to disarm officer during scuffle
Police charged a South Bruce Peninsula man after police say an attempt was made to disarm a police officer during a scuffle Sunday. Grey Bruce OPP responded to a report of an assault on John Street in Wiarton. One man was arrested but he began to resist and caused minor injuries to an officer, who […]
Vandalism at Sauble Medical Centre sparks $5K security camera purchase
The Town of South Bruce Peninsula will install security cameras at the Sauble Medical Centre after somebody shattered a glass door and broke a window with a pellet gun in September. According to a staff report presented at the Town of South Bruce Peninsula’s regularly scheduled council meeting Tuesday, the town was forced to replace […]
All-candidates meetings in South Bruce Peninsula, Georgian Bluffs
There will be a South Bruce Peninsula all-candidates meeting Saturday, and a Georgian Bluffs all-candidates meeting Tuesday. As the Oct. 24 municipal elections draw nearer, a South Bruce Peninsula all-candidates meeting will be held at Peninsula Shores District School on George Street in Wiarton on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. This is […]
South Bruce Peninsula extends OPP contract until end of 2023
The Town of South Bruce Peninsula will continue to contract the Ontario Provincial Police for its municipal policing services for at least one more year. At its meeting Tuesday evening, council approved extending its current contract with the OPP for one year under the same terms and conditions. The contract between the town and OPP […]
Wiarton to be site of new Community Living apartments
Nine new studio apartments with rent subsidies from Bruce County are planned to be built in Wiarton to house Community Living clients on a waiting list, with hopes that construction will begin before it snows. The Bruce Peninsula Community Association for Community Living, which supports people with developmental disabilities, secured support from South Bruce Peninsula […]
Multisport race is gruelling but for these athletes, that’s OK
Spencer Summerfield made the gruelling Bruce Peninsula Multisport Race look like a walk in the park. Summerfield, 36, of London, won the run duathlon, which like all the races this year, started and finished in Wiarton’s picturesque bayside Bluewater Park Saturday. He was one of about 340 competitors either in the kids’ races, the paddle-bike-run […]
Lures N Lines Spring Trout Derby reels in fish
Fishing in the Lures N Lines Spring Trout Derby closed at noon Sunday with 125 anglers entering 125 fish. The 10-day derby took place in the waters around Wiarton, Owen Sound and Leith. It raised about $12,000, half awarded as cash prizes and half going towards work of the Bruce Peninsula Sportsmen’s Association fish hatchery. […]
Man concerned plovers might pass Sauble by this year
There’s still time for the endangered piping plovers to arrive and get busy at Sauble Beach, but one of their biggest allies is a little worried. Don Kennedy rises daily and checks the beach for the little winged travellers, and was surprised at the unmistakable sight of a one-footed visitor from Mexico, dubbed Nubbins, on […]
Third court loss for town in Sauble plover habitat case
Ontario’s appeal court dismissed South Bruce Peninsula’s appeal of convictions on two counts of damaging piping plover habitat at Sauble Beach — the third time a court has found against the town in this case. The municipality was convicted of damaging the beach habitat of the endangered migratory shorebird on April 13, 2017 and between […]