Tag: Volunteers
Huron-Kinloss launches time capsule video for 25th anniversary of amalgamation
The Township of Huron-Kinloss is celebrating 25 years since amalgamation with a special commemorative video. “In 1999, the Township of Huron-Kinloss was formed through the amalgamation of Ripley-Huron, the Township of Kinloss, and the Village of Lucknow. This significant restructuring united our rural and village communities under one municipal government,” the Township said in a […]
Wellness and recovery centre in Owen Sound operating at capacity
Less than six months after it opened, the Brightshores Wellness and Recovery Centre has reached its capacity of 45 patients. Ann Ford, Chief Executive Officer of Brightshores Health System was at Owen Sound council on Monday for a presentation about advancing health and wellness in its communities, and provided an update on the wellness and […]
Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce facing closure due to lack of funds, volunteers
Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce will run out of cash to operate in just over three months. “Without new sources of funding sufficient to take the program through the 2025–2026 fiscal year, Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce would only have enough funding to operate until March 31, 2025, at which point the program would be […]
‘Desperate need’ for winter apparel donations in Kincardine
Local volunteers are putting out a second call for winter clothing donations, as the region experiences its first blast of frosty weather. “There is still a desperate need,” said volunteer Wendy Cox in an email Dec. 2. Donations were accepted in the fall for the annual Winter Warmth Coat Drive, which saw the items distributed […]
Sauble ski club is back in business
Winter weather has arrived and Sauble Beach Ski & Snowshoe Club is ready to put that snow to use, when more arrives. Even if this first blast of winter is short-lived, the ski club successfully weathered the theft of its trail-maintenance and grooming equipment last summer and is back in business this season. “We have […]