Category Archives: Port Elgin News
NBP To Consider Awarding $348K Tender For Lion's Head Dock Replacements
Northern Bruce Peninsula is going to consider awarding a $348,000 contract to replace a couple docks in the Lion's Head harbour. The tender is being recommended to go to Kroph Industrial Inc. to repla...
Nov 11, 2024 Lion's Head Harbour (Image from Visit Lion's Head website)
Bruce County Launches Ride-Share App As Part Of Expanding Transit Options
Bruce County is announcing the official launch of the Smart Commute ride-matching app. The Smart Commute app is meant to help increase transit options by matching drivers with riders. The app was deve...
Nov 10, 2024 Bruce County has launched its Smart Commute Ride-Sharing App to help reduce single-person trips, and connect people without a vehicle to the community.
Bruce County Road 19 Designated As Highway For Peace
Bruce County Road 19 is being designated as the Highway for Peace to honour those who fought in World War One. The County says on Nov. 8, community members, local historians and officials in Walkerton...
Nov 10, 2024 Highway for Peace Sign (Photo provided by Bruce County)
South Bruce OPP Seize Large Quantity Of Suspected Cocaine
South Bruce OPP says it has seized a large quantity of suspected cocaine. Police say on Nov. 6, officers executed search warrants at addresses in Dundalk and Clifford, while the accused was taken into...
Nov 09, 2024 Seized Suspected Cocaine (Photo provided by South Bruce OPP)
Brockton Marks Opening Of New Apartment Building In Walkerton
Brockton is marking the opening of a new 60-unit apartment building in Walkerton. The municipality says staff gathered at the what it calls an upscale apartment building in the East Ridge Business Par...
Nov 09, 2024 East Ridge Business Park Apartment Opening. From left to right, Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody, WT Living’s Jay Tremble and Brad Wilson, Brockton Councillors Steve Travale and Kym Hutcheon, Brockton CAO Sonya Watson, Councillor Carl Kuhnke, and Community Development Coordinator Christine Brandt.
(Photo provided by Brockton)
Former Chesley Reeve Danard Bell Has Passed Away
A former reeve of the Town of Chesley has died. Danard Bell (1936 - 2024) served several terms as a Councillor for the former Town of Chesley and held the position of Reeve of the Town of Chesley in 1...
Nov 08, 2024 Danard Bell. Image from the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie
Bruce Power Is Expanding Its Medical Isotope Program
Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce was at Bruce Power in Tiverton today for the announcement of an expansion of the nuclear operator's medical isotope program. A new hot cell will be constructed to...
Nov 08, 2024 Energy Minister Stephen Lecce. Image courtesy of Bruce Power
Bluewater School Board To Censure Trustee For Code Of Conduct Violations
The Bluewater District School Board is planning to censure one of its trustees and bar him from sitting on all committees for 90 days, after he was found to have breached several sections of the board...
Nov 08, 2024 Derrick Long (Photo from BWDSB website)
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Unemployment Rate Falls To 3.8%
The unemployment rate in the area that includes Bruce and Grey counties fell to 3.8 per cent in October. That's down from 4.3 per cent in September. The Four County Labour Market Planning Board says t...
Nov 08, 2024 Bill Smith / CC
Bruce County Council Considers 2025 Draft Budget, Directs Staff To Make Priority-Based Cuts
Bruce County council has directed staff to pare down the 2025 budget to keep a tax increase in check. When the original budget projections were presented to council during the October 10th meeting, th...
Nov 08, 2024