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Huron County Newsletter
Week of November 24th to 30th, 2024
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Huron County Homelessness Program Supervisor Brings North Huron Council Up To Date on Homelessness In Huron County
by Bob Montgomery
Huron County Homelessness Program Supervisor Erin Schooley presented North Huron Council with an update on the homelessness situation in Huron County at their last council meeting.
Schooley says council wanted more information about what is currently being done to address the problem and what kind of progress is being made. Schooley says they know there are currently about 140 households in Huron County that are experiencing homelessness and have consented to…
Eddington's Restaurant In Exeter Won Two Very Prestigious Awards Last Week
by Bob Montgomery
Eddington's owner and chef James Eddington says last week was an amazing week.
The first of two awards they won was Huron County's Award of Merit Accessibility Award. That accomplishment presented some serious challenges because the restaurant is the original Carling Homestead, which was built in the 1870's. Putting in washrooms that would meet the current codes wasn't possible so they…
Owner Of The White Squirrel Golf Course Outlines Plans For Expansion To Huron County Chamber Of Commerce Members
by Bob Montgomery
The former owner and founder of M&M Meats was the guest speaker at the Huron Chamber of Commerce After Five meeting at the Little Inn in Bayfield last week.
Mac Voisin sold M&M Meats in 2014 and settled into the Grand Bend area. The Bayview Golf Club was located just a little north of Grand Bend on highway 21. As it turned out, Mac Voisin liked to golf and he liked the Bayview Course so much he decided to buy it. Voisin says the original concept was to take a cottage country, low-level course and…
Gateway Centre of Excellence In Rural Health Hosts BRAVE-F Screening For Rural Volunteer Firefighters In Ethel
by Bob Montgomery
The Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health recently hosted another successful BRAVE-F screening event in Ethel as part of its ongoing commitment to support rural first responders.
The Benefiting Rural Areas Volunteer Emergency Firefighters initiative is dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing of volunteer firefighters across Huron County. This essential program provides free confidential medical screenings and…
Photo courtesy of Gateway Centre of Excellence In Rural Health
Warden Glen McNeil Receives Community Visionary Award From The Southwestern Ontario Isotope Coalition
by Bob Montgomery
Huron County Warden Glen McNeil was presented with the Southwestern Ontario Isotope Coalition's Community Visionary Award at last week's county council meeting.
This inaugural award recognizes a partner of the Southwestern Ontario Isotope Coalition who demonstrates unwavering support for the isotope industry, values the power of relationships, and fosters collaboration amongst SOIC partners. In presenting the award Nuclear Innovation Institute President and CEO and SOIC Co-Chair Jessica Linthorne said Warden McNeil had been steadfast in the early development of the coalition through both his role as Warden and his role as…
Pictured left to right: Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at Bruce Power James Scongack, Huron County Warden Glen McNeil, and President and CEO of the Nuclear Innovation Institute and Co-Chair of the SOIC Jessica Linthorne
The Wingham & District Hospital Foundation’s $10,000 BIG MATCH Is Back for Giving Tuesday – December 3rd
by Bob Montgomery
The Wingham & District Hospital Foundation is celebrating Giving Tuesday on December 3rd with Lynn Hoy Enterprises.
The team at Lynn Hoy Enterprises will match all donations to the Foundation on December 3rd up to $10,000. This is a great opportunity to double your impact for local healthcare. After Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes Giving Tuesday. This is a Canada-wide movement and the unofficial start to the giving season. It's a…
Photo courtesy of Lynn Hoy Enterprises
Traffic Complaint Yields Impaired Driver
Huron County Ontario Provincial Police has charged a Huron East resident with several criminal offences following a traffic complaint on November 24th in the Municipality of South Huron.
Just after 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 24th, Huron County OPP officers received a complaint about a vehicle being…
Twenty-six Students From Clinton Public School Planted Christmas Trees On The Main Street Yesterday
by Bob Montgomery
Twenty-six grade six and seven students from Mr. Fairweather's class at Clinton Public School helped bring a little Christmas spirit to the main street in Clinton yesterday.
Central Huron Community Improvement Coordinator and organizer of this event, Angela Smith, says their goal is to make people smile a bit as they drive or walk through the downtown area. “We installed twelve trees along the sidewalk and two in Spooner's Lane, beside the town hall and we hope people will be encouraged to take a walk on the main street, enjoy the trees and have their pictures taken in the light tunnel in Spooner's Lane.”
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Photos courtesy of Angela Smith - Central Huron Community Improvement Coordinator
Community Invited To Open House At Newly Renovated Brussels Fire Hall And Paramedic Base
by Bob Montgomery
The Huron East Fire Department and the Huron County Emergency Services are inviting the public to an open house at the recently renovated Brussels Fire Hall and new Paramedic Base.
“The Huron East Fire Department is excited to welcome the public to the Brussels Station to see the new building renovations,” said Jay Arns, Fire Chief for the Municipality of Huron East. “It’s important to us that our…”
Gateway Centre Of Excellence In Rural Health Virtual Lecture Series "Retention – Why It Is The Key to Recruitment”
by Bob Montgomery
The Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health will focus on Retention and Recruitment in it's next webinar series.
Recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals in rural regions is a growing problem for rural municipalities in Huron, Perth, Grey and Bruce counties. That has been exacerbated by the COVID 19 pandemic and an…
Nominations Open For The 2025 YMCA Women Of Excellence Awards
by Bob Montgomery
The YMCA is now accepting nominations for their Women of Excellence Awards.
VP of Marketing and Communications, Elyse Sheare, says in 2025 they'll be celebrating forty years since the YMCA Women of Excellence Awards began and it's celebrated every two years. This year the celebration will take place on May 15th of 2025.
The celebration involves honouring eight women who have been nominated in a variety of categories by…
Mayor of Morris-Turnberry Appointed Huron County Warden
by Bob Montgomery
Morris-Turnberry Mayor, Jamie Heffer, was appointed the next Warden of Huron County at today's inaugural council meeting.
Heffer is a long-time resident of Morris-Turnberry. He and his wife, Lori, reside on the family farm where they are actively involved in sheep, beef, and crop production. Heffer was elected as a councillor of Morris-Turnberry in 2010. He moved up to Deputy-Mayor in 2014 and was elected Mayor in 2018.
His goal for the next two years is to see Huron County…
Jamie Heffer - Huron County Warden
Collision Ends With Vehicle On Railway Tracks In Goderich
Huron County Ontario Provincial Police has charged a youth from Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Township following a single motor vehicle collision on November 23rd in the Town of Goderich.
Just after 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 23rd Huron County OPP received a report of a collision involving an automobile on Maitland Road North in Goderich.
Huron County OPP, Goderich Fire Department, and Huron County EMS attended the scene and discovered that a vehicle had left the roadway and landed on the roof, coming to rest across the railway tracks. The two occupants had exited the vehicle uninjured.
A 17-year-old youth from ACW Township has been charged with Dangerous Operation.
The accused was later released from custody with a court appearance scheduled at the Ontario Youth Court of Justice - Goderich on January 2nd, 2025.
Huron County Warden Glen McNeil Passed the Gavel Over To The New Warden, Jamie Heffer, At Yesterday's Inaugural County Council Meeting
by Bob Montgomery
Past Warden Glen McNeil was warden for two terms – the first for 2021 and 2022 and the second for 2023 and 2024. He's very grateful for the opportunity to serve as warden for two terms.
McNeil says when he was first elected the two primary issues were housing and homelessness. They still are but significant progress has been made in addressing both of them. “A week ago we had the ribbon-cutting for a twenty-unit build on Sanders Street in Exeter of affordable housing. We're addressing…”
Municipality Of Bluewater Thanks MPP Lisa Thompson For Grant
by Bob Montgomery
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson will be at the Varna Nature Trails on Sunday afternoon.
Thompson will be at the Varna Nature Trails as the municipality recognizes the financial support awarded to the Municipality of Bluewater through the Ontario Trillium Fund, Resilient Communities stream to hire a Community Recreation Coordinator.
Lisa Thompson will attend the launch to mark the work done as a result of receiving a grant from the foundation.
Paul Klopp, Mayor of Bluewater, will be acknowledging the efforts put into this project.
The event will be at one o'clock on Sunday, December 1st at one in the afternoon. The Varna Nature Trails entrance is at 38594 Mill Rd in Varna.
Project Atlas Update - Approximately 2,000 Crypto Investment Fraud Victims Identified
by Bob Montgomery
As a result of Project Atlas, the Ontario Provincial Police Cyber-Enabled Fraud Team has identified approximately 2,000 victims in Canada, the United States and in 12 other countries.
In addition, project investigators were granted 25 judicial authorizations. Launched on November 18, 2024 as a five-week initiative, the focus of Project Atlas is to disrupt organized cryptocurrency frauds, support victims in the recovery of stolen funds and…
Larger Urban Centres Are Turning to Central Huron For Advice On Accessibility
by Bob Montgomery
Central Huron's Community Improvement Coordinator says she's been invited to speak to a number of communities and organizations about the success they've had in making downtown Clinton more accessible.
Angela Smith was recently invited to speak at a conference of the Ontario Network of Accessibility Professionals. The event invites members from across the province to get together and exchange ideas on what has worked in their community to improve accessibility. This year, Smith talked about the shopability project in Clinton and how they're trying to…
Lake Huron Coastal Centre Asking For Support On Giving Tuesday, December 3rd
by Bob Montgomery
Lake Huron Coastal Centre Executive Director Alyssa Bourassa says Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 to encourage people to enact positive change by supporting charities.
It follows Black Friday every year and it's the biggest day of giving in Canada and around the world, inspiring hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate and celebrate generously every year. Bourassa says the goal for the Lake Huron Coastal Centre is eight-thousand dollars to tackle plastic pollution on Lake Huron and they've already raised close to…
Weekly Trivia Questions
What Huron County village was originally known as Ainleyville?
a) Blyth
b) Bayfield
c) Brussels
d) Belgrave
What famous plows were manufactured in Exeter?
a) John Deere
b) Massey-Harris
c) Massey-Ferguson
d) Verity
Answers to last week’s questions:
Who was the colourful personality that hosted CKNX Barn Dance?
a) Johnny Brent*
b) ‘Doc’ Cruickshank
c) Jay Campbell
d) John Strong
What modern avant-garde artist is a Huron County native?
a) George Reid
b) Janet Cardiff*
c) William Cresswell
d) Paul Kane
Trivia questions courtesy of local historian and author David Yates.