Tag: Wiarton
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 […]
Village Fair on at Bluewater Park in Wiarton
The Rotary Club of Wiarton’s Village Fair at Bluewater Park kicked off Friday evening promising a fun-filled Civic holiday weekend event. It’s the 83rd year the Wiarton Rotary Club has hosted the family-fun-orientated weekend at the park. Friday’s schedule of events included the midway plus the Rotary’s food and corn booths. Bingo captivated the evening […]
Wiarton to host Bruce Peninsula Multisport Race
After a two-year hiatus, the 11th Bruce Peninsula Multisport Race and festival presented by Bruce Power makes its big splashy return Saturday, Aug. 6, in Wiarton. Live music, vendors, and food will be available once again this year at Wiarton’s Bluewater Park as the endurance athletes cross the BPMR finish line throughout the afternoon. The […]
Wiarton’s Terry Fox Run in need of volunteers
The Terry Fox Foundation is looking for volunteers to help organize the Wiarton Terry Fox Run on September 18. The foundation is seeking to fill the roles of run organizer and event volunteer for the annual Wiarton run. The Wiarton Terry Fox Run has contributed over $192,000 to the Terry Fox Foundation for cancer research. […]
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 […]
Fireworks, pancakes and air-shows on offer as Grey-Bruce celebrates Canada Day
“The Sound” is pumping up the volume for Canada Day celebrations this year after two years of relatively subdued festivities due to the pandemic. In fact, the vibe is set to reverberate through the city with four days of celebrations in Owen Sound beginning with Youth Day at the Owen Sound Visitor Centre Thursday. From […]
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. […]
Willie’s prognostication will be online-only this year
Omicron has forced Wiarton Willie’s live, annual morning prediction online only, with the public not present, and cancelled Groundhog Day festivities in South Bruce Peninsula. If Willie doesn’t see his shadow at 8:07 a.m. Feb. 2., legend has it we’ll have an early spring. If he does, here come six more weeks of winter. “The […]