Why Council defeats proposed Official Plan amendment application
On Tuesday, May 21st (2019) at the Saugeen Shores Planning Meeting, Town Council in a surprise move voted unanimously to reject a proposed amendment...
Pumpkins a favourite treat of pot-bellies
Who knew that one of the most favourite treats of pot-belly pigs are pumpkins. They love them and it helps get them through the...
Community Matters: Bruce A Restart a big success for the region
Bruce Power is celebrating 10 years since the successful conclusion of the Bruce A Restart Project and its return to an eight-unit site.
Over the...
Memories of ‘The Hardware Store’
On Friday, I drove up High street and saw the paper hanging in the windows of “THE HARDWARE STORE”.
I immediately started to think about...
Music is a vital part of education
On Friday, June 24th, Saugeen District Senior School (SDSS) held its last concert of the year and the music was nothing short of 'stupendous'!
What...
Vandals have struck once again in Southampton
Here we go again ... a vandal or vandals have struck at Southampton's picturesque Dominion Lookout at the foot of High Street.
At the waterfront...
Community Matters: Reliability of electricity counts
Living in one of the nicest places in the world (more so in the summer months!), we often look forward to days of warm...
On the road to becoming a cycling destination
There is no doubt that Saugeen Shores, and in particular the town of Southampton, is becoming a cycling destination.
In the space of four days,...
Community Matters: A focus on youth with Local Education Development Fund
Recently, Bruce Power and the County of Bruce announced the Ontario Nuclear Innovation Institute (NII) Local Education Development Fund, which will provide financial and...
Community Matters: November 2021
Climate change and Net Zero. They are two terms which you read and/or hear on a regular basis these days, and which are being...
Music impacts every facet of education
For the senior band students of Grades six, seven and eight, it was their last musical performance in the only school most have known...
SON to vote on Low and Intermediate waste DGR
Do we let future generations deal with 'our' waste?
This Friday, January 31st, members of Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) will submit their final votes on...
DGR decision delayed … again
Canada's newly elected Liberal government's Minister of the Environment, Catherine McKenna, has again delayed her decision surrounding the proposed deep geologic repository (DGR) at...
Site selection process for deep geological repository continues
Deep geological repositories (DGRs) have been determined as the safest method today to safely and securely manage used nuclear fuel.
This approach is the culmination...
