Bruce County staff continue to adapt to health conditions
The health and well-being of Bruce County staff and residents is always our number one priority. The County has enacted a number of precautions...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “THE EMPTY CHAIR”
Christmas dinner was being served as it always was---at a round, oak pedestal table in the spacious farm kitchen. Grandma and Gramps were beginning...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “JOY TO THE WORLD?”
When I was a boy, “Advent” meant small pieces of chocolate hidden in an elaborate, brightly-coloured cardboard calendar shaped like a house. For the...
Patching Joy Together One Stitch At A Time
JOY arrived in my office last week in a clear heavy plastic bag.
With it came a few instructions that were a delight to follow. ...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “HERE’S HOPING”
In the Christian calendar, churches around the world are today celebrating the initial Sunday of Advent. It is most fitting that the traditional theme...
Operation Christmas Child – shoeboxes are now in transit
In September, thousands of empty shoeboxes went out all over Bruce County as the annual Operation Christmas Child Shoebox campaign began. Two short months...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – ‘Time Will Tell’
These three little words 'Time will Tell' quickly became the big take-away headline from President Trump’s press briefing Friday, in the White House’s tranquil...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “DISUNITED THEY STAND.”
These days, most Canadians hold unfavourable views of the United States. According to a recent survey, only 35% of my fellow citizens have a...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “OCTOBER: A MONTH OF MEMORIES”
This tenth month of 2020 is only half over but has already dredged up a pile of memories for me to reflect on. All...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “EYE TO EYE”
We are slowly growing accustomed to the fine art of engaging in the unnatural art of masked conversations. On Friday, our Premier expanded the...
