Together and Apart – Grey & Bruce Counties to Celebrate 2020 Graduates
On Wednesday, June 24th at 7:00 p.m., Grey and Bruce counties are inviting all residents and graduates to make history with a collective at-home...
A Family whose ties run deep in Grey and Bruce
The Board of Directors of the Community Waterfront Heritage Centre (formerly the CNR Railway Station) has decided that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the...
Local Farmers’ Markets take new approach to get underway
After consultations with Farmers' Markets Ontario, local municipalities and the Grey Bruce Health Unit, organizers of the Flesherton and Thornbury farmers’ markets scrambled to...
A trip down Memory Lane
Many of these images will bring back memories for many of a 'certain' age and were sent to us by Mary Ellen Renaud of...
International Plowing Match 2020 cancelled
The 103rd edition of the International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM) has been postponed until October 2021. The IPM will run from Wednesday,...
May 5: The Liberation of Netherlands
Today, May 5th (2020), is the 75th anniversary of the official liberation of Holland (Netherlands).
"More than 7,600 Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen died fighting...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “STAY AT HOME?”
Day after long weary day, we fight to keep the invisible wolf from our door. The battle takes place primarily on the front doorstep....
The Poetry Corner – The House by the Side of the Road
The House by the Side of the Road
by Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911)
There are hermit
souls that live withdrawn
In the peace of their self-content;
There are souls,...
1918 Public Notice: Is history repeating itself?
While the world is going through a 'pandemic', it is not the first.
The first recorded was typhus in ancient Athens where approximately 100,000 people...
March 1st – St. David’s Day, a day of celebration for the Welsh
My old friend, Doug Johnson (no 't'), always kept me on my toes when it came to special days such as 'Flag Day', 'Robbie...
