Tag: south bruce peninsula
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 […]
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 […]
Proposed Sauble Beach lakeshore hotel nears construction phase
At Tuesday’s South Bruce Peninsula council meeting, a proposed $6.5-million four-storey luxury hotel with 21 rooms and a ground-floor cafe on Sauble Beach’s Lakeshore Boulevard inched closer to shovels in the ground. Council carried a motion directing the necessary bylaw authorizing the mayor and clerk to enter into a site plan control agreement with Lakeshore […]
Appeal court hears arguments in Sauble plover case
Ontario appeal court judges reserved their decision Friday concerning South Bruce Peninsula’s appeal of its two convictions for damaging endangered piping plover habitat. The judges in a virtual hearing heard from lawyers for the town, the provincial Crown and one shared by Environmental Defence and the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, which were granted intervenor status. […]
SBP to amend municipal accommodation tax bylaw to include Bluewater Park Campground
The Town of South Bruce Peninsula intends to remove a Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) exemption from the municipally-owned Bluewater Park Campground and begin charging the four per cent tax on transient bookings at the campground this year. The move will formalize a function already in place in South Bruce Peninsula as town staff have been […]
SBP council waive rental fees, allow legion to meet at town facilities
The Town of South Bruce Peninsula is waiving meeting room rental fees allowing Hepworth-Shallow Lake Royal Canadian Legion members to hold monthly meetings at town facilities for free. At the town’s Feb. 15 meeting of council, a motion was carried to waive usual meeting room rental rates with the understanding it would result in reduced […]
SBP council makes fourth payment to support youth mental health
South Bruce Peninsula council provided its fourth $25,000 annual payment on Feb. 1 towards its $100,000 pledge to the local hospital foundation to support youth mental health, Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation announced. The town pledged the money after the hospital foundation approached council four years ago to help fund a Grey Bruce Health Services effort […]