Author Archives: Jill Charlebois
OPP Marine Unit Patrolling Waterways This Long Weekend
OPP Marine Unit officers are hoping boaters follow the safety rules this long weekend. Wearing your lifejacket, having proper safety equipment on board your boat and leaving the alcohol behind, and ne...
Jul 30, 2022
Hanover Hospital To Reinstate Visiting Hours Next Week
The Hanover & District Hospital is expanding its visiting hours starting on Tuesday. HDH is making gradual changes to its visiting policies and is doing so in what the hospital says is a measured ...
Jul 29, 2022
Bruce County Confirms August 10 Closure Date Of Teeswater River Bridge
As Bruce County continues construction to replace the Teeswater River Bridge, the municipality is announcing the closure of the existing bridge location from August 10th until September 2023. Construc...
Jul 29, 2022 The detour through Paisley during construction of Teeswater Bridge (image via Bruce County)
Kincardine Seeks Feedback On Accessibility
The Municipality of Kincardine wants to understand people's experiences when it comes to accessibility. They've launched an Accessibility Survey that can be found on their website and will help the mu...
Jul 29, 2022
Goderich Council Updated On Harbour Expansion
Council got the 2021 Annual Report from the Goderich Port Management Corporation. Rowland Howe, the President of the GPMC shared the annual report reflected that there was no change in budget for this...
Jul 25, 2022 Jennifer Aitkens / CC
Worker Shortage Caused By More Than Just COVID: Economists
Economists are saying that COVID-19 isn't the only reason for a shortage of workers. Experts are saying that it's also because there are actually fewer workers to fill job vacancies, namely those aged...
Jul 24, 2022 Christopher Burns / Unsplash
WHO Says Monkeypox Qualifies As "Global Emergency"
The World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that qualifies as a global emergency. A global emergency is the WHO's high...
Jul 24, 2022 Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regnery/CDC/Handout via REUTERS
Rogers Blames Network Update For Country-Wide Outage
Rogers says it was a network update that caused a country-wide outage two weeks ago. The telecommunications giant said in a letter posted on the CRTC website that an update in their core internet prot...
Jul 23, 2022
Huntsville Unveils New Pride Bench
A new Pride bench has been installed in Huntsville. Muskoka Pride and members of Huntsville Council unveiled a new Pride bench this week. The bench is located in Kent Park, along Huntsville's Main Str...
Jul 23, 2022 Unveiling the new Pride bench in Kent Park (image via Torstar)
New TV Series Being Filmed In Orangeville
A film production company is in Orangeville to shoot a new television series. Aircraft Pictures is filming their series called "The Popularity Papers," based on an award-winning middle-grade book seri...
Jul 23, 2022