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Huron County Newsletter
Week of February 18th to 24th, 2024
Good day,
Another week, another newsletter. Just a few exciting things to share before we get to the news and trivia (this week’s trivia questions are fantastic! Thanks again to local historian David Yates).
This week has been a very good one for us at the Huron County News in terms of readership, newsletter subscriptions, and also some new advertisers and sponsors. We are thrilled, and grateful, to see our logo, and a link to our site, on the Tuckersmith Communications links page. This is a big step for us, and we do not take the responsibility of being a trustworthy source of local information lightly. Thank you again to Tuckersmith Communications Co-operative.
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Bruce County Launches New Explore the Bruce Rewards App
by Bob Montgomery
Bruce County’s Economic Development is excited to launch a new mobile tourism marketing app.
Explore the Bruce Rewards is the name of the app that features destinations within Bruce County that focus on culinary tourism, hiking trails, prominent landmarks, and other attractions…
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority's Stewardship and Lands Manager Presents Huron Clean Water Project Annual Report to County Council
by Bob Montgomery
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority's Stewardship and Lands Manager presented the Huron Clean Water Project annual report to County Council at their last meeting.
Nathan Schoelier says the Clean Water Project was launched in 2004 with the first projects completed the following year. It's a voluntary program that provides funding and technical assistance for Best Management Practices for farmers and non-farm rural and urban landowners. The funding is provided by the County of Huron, various agencies, conservation authorities and…
Jane’s Walk Huron is Looking For Volunteer Storytellers
by Bob Montgomery
Jane's Walk Huron is looking for passionate local volunteer storytellers to lead community walks across Huron County this spring.
The event is part of the Jane’s Walk Festival, held worldwide the first weekend in May. Named after the renowned urbanist Jane Jacobs, Jane's Walk is a global movement that organizes free, citizen-led walking tours in communities around the world. The walks offer an intimate glimpse into the heart of neighbourhoods, highlighting the stories, histories, and…
Influenza A Outbreak Declared at Stratford General Hospital
by Bob Montgomery
An Influenza A outbreak has been declared at the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance on the Medicine Unit at its Stratford General Hospital site.
Outbreak status refers to two or more confirmed Influenza A cases among patients that could have possibly been acquired in the hospital. The unit is now closed to admissions until further notice. HPHA is working in collaboration with Huron Perth Public Health to manage the outbreak…
Bruce County has Begun Developing an Updated Child Care and Early Years Service System Plan for 2024 to 2029
by Bob Montgomery
Bruce County has begun developing an updated Child Care and Early Years Service System Plan for 2024 to 2029 and is eager to get input from parents and guardians of children aged 0 to 12 years old who reside in Bruce County. And they're doing that through an online survey.
Feedback gathered from the survey will help Bruce County ensure that all children and families have access to a range of high-quality, inclusive, and affordable early years and child care programs and services that are…
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority's New General Manager Says He's Enjoying the New Challenge
by Bob Montgomery
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority's former Water Resources Coordinator is now the Authority's General Manager.
Davin Heinbuck says he's officially been in his new position since February 12th and it's definitely a change of pace and very much a move away from doing the field work that he had been doing.
Heinbuck says there's a lot more administration work and he now works directly with…
The CEO of Home Care Ontario says Health Care in Ontario is not Ready for the Increase in the Seniors Population that is Coming
by Bob Montgomery
The CEO of Home Care Ontario says the senior population in Ontario is expected to grow significantly in the next few years and she says health care in Ontario is not ready for that increase.
Sue Vanderbent says their research estimates the senior population in Ontario will increase by 27% in the next five years and that translates into a need for about 6,800 more personal support workers, as well as more nurses, therapists and the rest of the staff that provide care.
Vanderbent says the message they’re trying to send to the provincial government ahead of the budget is that…
Ausable Bayfield Project Coordinator says Climate Change will Continue to be a Major Factor in their Watershed Strategy
by Bob Montgomery
Project Coordinator Kate Monk presented a draft of the consolidated Watershed Strategy to the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority Board at their last meeting.
Monk says the Watershed Strategy outlines the goals and priorities for staff and directors and then the programs they will use to implement the strategy. Monk says the last strategy was done in 2015 and there has…
Exeter Curling Club Hosting Learn to Curl Day for Newcomers on Saturday
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24TH
by Bob Montgomery
The Exeter Curling Club is inviting newcomers to the area to come out and learn to curl this Saturday.
Local Immigration Partnership Manager Mark Nonkes explains it doesn't matter how long people have been in Canada, if they're interested in learning how to curl, volunteers from the Exeter Curling Club will be available this Saturday to show newcomers how the game is played.
Nonkes says it's an opportunity for newcomers to learn to play a game that is a very popular Canadian game that has a long history in Canada and…
New Plan of Subdivision Approved for Goderich
by Bob Montgomery
A significant subdivision plan has been approved for the south-west corner of Goderich.
Goderich Mayor Trevor Bazinet says the subdivision will consist of as many as 500 units altogether.
“And that's going to be a mix of single, double and townhouses. It's actually going to be a really nice development where you're going to have a mix in the same neighbourhood which you don't see too often anymore in new development.”
Bazinet says the new subdivision will…
Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb's Private Members Bill Back in the House of Commons
by Bob Montgomery
Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb's Private Members Bill would allow an exemption on propane and natural gas on farms when it is used for drying crops, heating of livestock barns and the production of food inside of a building. It would remove the carbon tax from those farm uses. Lobb says that would be significant because the carbon tax now is almost equal to the billing portion of the actual natural gas use.
Lobb says he believes it's unethical to be charging a carbon tax on farmers for the food they grow and particularly when they don't get any environmental credit for the environmental benefit they provide on-farm through things like…
A Member of Huron County's Economic Development Team Wins Award in Bright Ideas Competition with the Economic Developers Council of Ontario
by Bob Montgomery
Brittany Wise is the Manager of the Huron Business Centre, which is part of the county's Economic Development Department.
Wise partnered with the Township of Southgate’s Economic Development Officer, Brenna Carroll, and they won the Economic Developers Council of Ontario's Bright Ideas Competition for 2023 on the topic of Public Sector Best Practices for Encouraging Small Business Transitions. Wise says specifically they were looking at…
Huron Perth Public Health Urges Huron and Perth Residents to Reduce the Risk of Measles
by Bob Montgomery
Huron Perth Public Health staff are warning measles cases are increasing globally, including in Ontario, and they're strongly encouraging residents to make sure they have protection against the measles virus, and receive a vaccination if necessary.
They say measles is one of the most highly contagious infectious diseases. The virus spreads through coughing and sneezing and it can live for up to two hours in the air or on a surface.
Many people recover from measles within two to three weeks, but measles can cause complications such as…
Weekly Trivia Questions
What Hensall area surgeon became the first female surgeon in Canada?
a) Dr. Jenny Trout
b) Dr. Agnes MacPhail
c) Dr. Jenny Smillie
d) Dr. Alice Sorby
Timothy Eaton had his first store in what Huron County community?
a) Rodgerville
b) Kirkton
c) Goderich
d) Harpurhay
Answers to last week’s questions:
What Huron County resident commanded rebel forces in the 1837 Upper Canadian Rebellion?
a) Captain Robert Dunlop
b) Colonel Anthony Van Egmond*
c) Major Samuel Strickland
d) Captain John Longworth
Which Huron County community is known as the “Home of Radar”?
a) Exeter
b) Port Albert
c) Goderich
d) Clinton*
Trivia questions courtesy of Huron County Historian David Yates