NBP fire department getting drones, rescue vehicle and other gear

Drones are the latest weapon in the firefighting arsenal in Northern Bruce Peninsula. A provincial emergency preparedness and response grant worth about $42,000 paid for three of them, plus the first year’s training to operate these eyes in the sky. Seven “pilots” will be trained to fly them. Fire Chief Jack Burt said in a […]

Area town’s main street evacuated amid police probe

EXETER – Several homes and businesses here were evacuated Friday, or the people inside them told to “shelter in place,” during a large police probe that shut down two of the Huron County town’s streets. The increased police presence in Exeter, part of an Ontario Provincial Police investigation, continued Friday afternoon with officers warning citizens […]

Funding will link more people in Grey-Bruce with primary health teams

New provincial funding to help local people access health care includes money for Saugeen First Nation to create a health team to treat band members with non-urgent needs on the reserve. “This historic announcement for our community will avail funding sufficient for the recruitment of a nurse practitioner, chronic disease management nurse, occupational therapist, social […]

Regional unemployment rate decreaases to 4.5 per cent in February

The unemployment rate for the Grey-Bruce region continued to be lower than the provincial rate in February. According to the Four County Labour Market Planning Board’s February report, the unemployment rate decreased to 4.5 per cent in February in the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region. That’s 0.3 percentage points lower than the region’s unemployment rate in […]

South Bruce OPP has new detachment manager

Staff Sergeant Deb McClure has assumed responsibility for policing operations in three municipal contracts and two municipal non-contract locations as Detachment Manager with the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment. McClure began her career with the Toronto Police Service in 2002. In 2005, she transferred to the Orangeville Police Service where she worked in […]