Tag: work
Students and seniors plan, plant and celebrate ‘food forest’
Wiarton has its own “food forest” alongside its community garden now. The community garden’s raised beds are used to grow annual fruits and vegetables. The food forest has perennials including elderberries, currents, pears, hazel nuts, echinacea and mint, wild strawberry, rhubarb and lemony seedless sorel. Like produce from the raised beds, the food forest’s production […]
Q+A: New Ontario Hockey League boss Bryan Crawford
The retired Ontario Hockey League commissioner passed the torch with a few simple words of encouragement. âGo get ’em, kid,â David Branch said to Bryan Crawford before an introductory news conference Thursday at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Replacing a 45-year legend at the helm is no small feat, but the 42-year-old from […]
Birds of prey pilot deterring geese at Port Elgin harbour
There’s a new sheriff in town to take care of Port Elgin’s pooping geese problem. More than 100 Canada geese are leaving their mark on the grass and walkway, making for unpleasant walking for harbour visitors. But the birds might have met their match: Michael Thibert’s three Harris hawks, which stand guard while tethered to […]
Southampton residents to have say on High Street redevelopment and cenotaph
The Town of Saugeen Shores is hosting an informal public information centre on July 4 for the proposed multi-year High Street Revitalization project and cenotaph work. The PIC will occur at the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre and run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Residents are invited to drop in and talk one-on-one […]
Owen Sound reaches deal with inside workers
The City of Owen Sound has a new agreement with its inside workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. At its council meeting on Monday, council passed a bylaw ratifying a memorandum of settlement between the city and CUPE Local 1189-00, which represents the workers. Council also authorized the mayor and clerk to […]