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Municipal Innovation Council disbands after five years, Smart Beach project to continue

3 weeks ago | wiartonecho.com | Greg Cowan

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentThe Municipal Innovation Council, formed in 2020 as a collaborative effort of most of Bruce County’s lower-tier municipalities, is winding down operations this month. Advertisement 2Article contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
Canada's nuclear powerhouse an 'ace' up Bruce County's sleeve

3 weeks ago | wiartonecho.com | Greg Cowan

Advertisement 1Bruce nuclear site expansion called a big dream, but an achievable one. This is an installment in our How Canada Wins series. • • Article contentPicture this: It’s 2045, and Bruce Power is about to switch on Canada’s first new nuclear build in over half a century, the Bruce C Project. The 932-hectare site on the shores of Lake Huron is home to 12 nuclear reactors with a capacity to generate nearly 12,000 megawatts of power, making it the largest nuclear power plant in the world.
Bruce Power investigating after fish trapped in intake channel

3 weeks ago | wiartonecho.com | Rob Gowan

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentBruce Power is investigating and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation has raised concerns after a large number of a fish known as gizzard shad died after becoming trapped in the nuclear power plant’s intake channel last month. Advertisement 2Article contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
The Bruce Peninsula is ready to embrace the shoulder season, are tourists?

1 month ago | wiartonecho.com | Greg Cowan

Advertisement 1Part of the balance between tourism and preserving what draws visitors is extending the season, we see in another installment in Postmedia's How Canada Wins series. • • Article contentTourism on the Bruce Peninsula has steadily rebounded since COVID-19 pandemic restrictions ended. Advertisement 2Article contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
Chi-Cheemaun ferry reservations open

1 month ago | wiartonecho.com | Scott Dunn

Advertisement 1 • • Article contentBookings for the Chi-Cheemaun ferry are open for another season. Advertisement 2Article contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
Family in mourning after body found near Southampton harbour

1 month ago | wiartonecho.com | Rob Gowan

Man missing since mid-January • • Article contentThe family of a Southampton man missing since January says remains found in the area of the town’s harbour on Sunday belong to their loved one. Advertisement 2Article contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
Local research institute providing rural medicine a shot in the arm

1 month ago | wiartonecho.com | Scott Dunn

'The ultimate message is, how do we make the availability and access to health care the same or similar than people living in urban settings?" -- Brightshores Research Institute executive director • • Article contentBrightshores Research Institute, established a couple of years ago to advance rural health-care innovation, may fly under most people’s radar in Grey-Bruce. Advertisement 2Article contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Officials ready for election day in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound

1 month ago | wiartonecho.com | Rob Gowan

• • Article contentHundreds of elections workers in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound are fanning out to dozens of polling stations in the riding as Ontarians head to the polls. Advertisement 2Article contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
Grey County builds on sense of place, entrepreneurial spirit

1 month ago | wiartonecho.com | Greg Cowan

"The people (of Grey County) have an entrepreneurial spirit that I haven't seen elsewhere, and in rural Ontario, that makes a lot of sense" — County director of economic development, tourism and culture • • Article content When Grey County’s director of economic development, tourism and culture, Savanna Myers studied youth retention and community development, she learned the phrase “the structure of feeling.” Advertisement 2 Article content Article content We apologize, but this video has...
Provincial election candidates in three Grey-Bruce ridings finalized

2 months ago | wiartonecho.com | Scott Dunn

People must bring their voter information card and ID to vote. • • Article contentOntario voters go to the polls in less than two weeks and Elections Ontario has finalized the list of candidates running in each provincial riding, including three that include parts of Grey-Bruce. Advertisement 2Article contentArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.