Tag: South Bruce
OPP investigating serious collision north of Clifford
Grey Road 10 is closed between Concession 6 and Concession 8, north of Clifford, in South Bruce while police investigate a serious collision. Police said in a news release that they responded to a report of the collision about 2:30 a.m. Monday. Police ask people to avoid the area. Grey Bruce OPP asks anyone with […]
South Bruce mayor confident DGR is safe and necessary
When the Municipality of South Bruce raised its hand in 2012 and formally expressed interest in potentially storing Canada’s nuclear waste deep underground, Bill Goetz sat in the mayor’s chair. Twelve years later, Bill’s son Mark, now mayor, signed a $418 million hosting agreement with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), which details the organization’s […]
South Bruce mayor confident DGR is safe and necessary
When the Municipality of South Bruce raised its hand in 2012 and formally expressed interest in potentially storing Canada’s nuclear waste deep underground, Bill Goetz sat in the mayor’s chair. Twelve years later, Bill’s son Mark, now mayor, signed a $418 million hosting agreement with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, which details the organization’s commitment […]
South Bruce residents digest dense $418 million hosting agreement
The $418 million hosting agreement signed May 1 by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization and South Bruce is a complex 50-plus page document. Perhaps it is fittingly dense for a first-of-its-kind project in Canada with a 100-plus year lifespan that will transform whichever municipality is chosen to host Canada’s high-level nuclear waste deep underground. Some […]
South Bruce residents digest dense $418 million hosting agreement
The $418 million hosting agreement signed Wednesday by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization and the Municipality of South Bruce is a dense and complex 50-plus page document. Perhaps fittingly dense for a first-of-its-kind project in Canada with a 100-plus year lifespan that will transform whichever municipality is chosen to host Canada’s high-level nuclear waste deep […]
South Bruce to hold DGR referendum in October
South Bruce has set the date for a referendum to decide if the community is a willing host for Canada’s growing high-level nuclear waste stockpile. From Oct. 21 to Oct. 28, eligible voters in South Bruce will answer the question: “Are you in favour of the Municipality of South Bruce declaring South Bruce to be […]
South Bruce seeks input on potential DGR referendum question
South Bruce is asking its residents to share their opinions on the big question expected to be put to a referendum later this year. The municipality is considering passing a bylaw to authorize the submission of the following question to electors: “Are you in favour of the Municipality of South Bruce declaring South Bruce to […]
South Bruce seeks input on potential DGR referendum question
The Municipality of South Bruce is asking its residents to share their opinions on the big question expected to be put to a referendum later this year. The municipality is considering passing a bylaw to authorize the submission of the following question to electors in a future by-election: “Are you in favour of the Municipality […]
Hosting agreement negotiations for proposed DGR progressing in South Bruce
South Bruce Mayor Mark Goetz said he’s hoping to finalize the municipality’s hosting agreement for the proposed deep geological repository (DGR) early next year. “We’ve been negotiating for a few months now, but I think we’re going to step it up a notch in the new year,” Goetz said in an interview Nov. 30. “We’ve […]
Police seek dash-cam footage of vehicle in fatal crash
The lone occupant in a single vehicle crash died early this morning south of Formosa, South Bruce OPP said. Police, firefighters from the Mildmay Fire Department and Bruce County paramedics were called at 2:17 a.m. to a serious motor vehicle collision on Concession 10, south of Formosa in South Bruce, a police news release said. […]