A Museum for all ages

Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre in Southampton is a continuing beehive of activity. From children's activities to adult lectures, art exhibits to historical artifacts,...

Annual Mariners’ Service a moving tribute to those who sail the Great lakes

In a moving ceremony, the Mariners who travel the Great Lakes were remembered and recognized at the 28th Annual Mariners' Service & Blessing of...

New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “ONLY A GREETER?”

Working as a Wal Mart greeter doesn’t score very highly when our world ranks its list of prestigious vocations. Using society’s same value system,...

Wiarton Willie’s Official prediction – An EARLY Spring

Groundhog Day 2020 saw cloudy skies with snow falling, which meant Wiarton Willie did not see his shadow this morning on the 64th anniversary...

Bruce Power returns as gold-level sponsor of Wiarton Willie Festival

Bruce Power is proud to participate as a gold-level sponsor at the 64th annual Wiarton Willie Festival, which will be highlighted by the world-renowned...

Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre: The Little Table

I was looking through some of the pictures that time accumulates. I came upon one of the cannons that I made for the HMS...

Restoring a primitive but historic marine weather reporting system

In the early days of settlement along the coastal shores of the Great Lakes, it was a time when water was the highway, when...

New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – ‘Life or Death’?

It is literally a matter of life or death. I refer to the Federal Government’s on-line survey which invites Canadians to respond to a...

Scots Wha Hae on this Robbie Burns birthday

Bruce County, as the name indicates, is an area filled with Scottish heritage and, here, as in other parts of the world, Robbie (Rabbie)...

An alternative design for Port Elgin Beach presented to Council

'The Beach Preservers' is a local group of Port Elgin residents that has arrived at an alternative design for the proposed Cedar Crescent Village...

Once Upon a Time: “Bud and His Buddies”

"Bud and His Buddies" Part II (Part I) Marion McGillivray continues her reminiscences about a very special, long-ago Christmas gift, a black Shetland pony named Bud. Mischief played...

re:Fashion – a unique exhibit of fashion-inspired art at Bruce County Museum

Once again Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre has brought in a stunning exhibit of artefacts, "re-fashion", in collaboration with the Wellington County Museum...

Municipal Innovation Council launches partnership with NII

Municipalities facing a host of common challenges have agreed to work together to find new and better ways of meeting the needs of people...

Annual fundraiser helps support children

In 2020, the Mission Zimbabwe Project and the children and workers at the Village of Hope and Vimbainesu Children’s Home is again holding an...