Goderich Mayor John News Today

MyFM has some details about the visitation and funeral of Goderich Mayor John Grace. As we reported Grace trag...

There's a growing movement among southwestern Ontario communities to regulate online short-term rental services, such as Airbnb, that critics say put pressure on tight housing markets and dilute the social fabric of communities.

BAYFIELD, ONT. -- Doris Manley got the inaugural ride in Bayfield’s newest mode of transportation. “Feels great. I’m pretty sure once he gets the motor running, it’ll move pretty easy, but it was a very good ride with him pushing,” says the Bayfield senior. The 96-year-old is the target demographic for Bayfield’s trishaws. The three-wheeled, person-powered contraption will soon be available for seniors to book, for free, to make trips around town. “We have a booking system on...

  GODERICH, ONT. -- Goderich’s airport runs a deficit each year, and is chronically under utilized. It has some in the community questioning the future of the airport, but not the mayor. “It’s important that we zero in on this now, before it gets away from us. Once you lose an airport and don’t build that asset, you lose it forever,” says Goderich Mayor John Grace. But, Goderich’s airport hasn’t been the same since Sky Harbour Aircraft closed its doors ten years ago, taking 1...

First, there will be a brand new boardwalk spanning the entire 1.8 km shoreline. Second, it will cost out-of-town visitors to park at Goderich’s beach this summer, for the first time ever. Third, shopping will make its first appearance at Goderich’s beach come June. “We’re turning this area here beside and behind the Beach Hut into a little retail village,” says Goderich Mayor John Grace. As a first-time pilot project, Goderich will put in tiki-huts near the Main Beach for six to...

GODERICH, ONT. -- The phone’s been ringing off the hook at the Huron-Perth Health Unit. Since opening appointments up to those over the age of 80 on Wednesday afternoon, 3,500 appointments have been booked, temporarily shutting down the online and phone booking system. “We like being busy vaccinating people, much more than we like being busy following case and contacts,” says Huron-Perth’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Miriam Klassen. Clinics for those 80 and up open in earnest nex...