Author of the article: Greg Cowan
Publishing date: May 14, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 4 minute read • South Bruce Peninsula council directed staff to rent concrete barriers from Powell Contracting (Richmond Hill) at a cost of approximately $26,000, plus HST, to block parking spaces along Lakeshore Boulevard North at its April 20 meeting. Those barriers were installed Thursday. A walking path remains between the concrete barriers and the sand dunes. Sun Times photo
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Barricades have now been installed across prime beachside parking spots on Lakeshore Boulevard North in Sauble Beach.
A plan to cut back encroaching sand dunes and install a retaining wall along Lakeshore Boulevard North between the Crowd Inn and Kinloss Lane, to increase space for vehicles, was protested by the neighbouring Saugeen Ojibway Nation before being spiked by the courts in response to a resident’s request for a judicial review.
The unit will be based out of Sauble Beach.
At the May 6th Bruce County Paramedic Services Committee meeting, it was agreed staff would continue talks with the municipality regarding the lease for a new ambulance service space.
South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Janice Jackson indicates they’ve been lobbying for years to have the ambulance closer than Port Elgin.
Jackson says Paramedic Services has been providing ambulance coverage in Sauble Beach during the summer and early fall since June 2020.
The deal is to provide 12-hour service a day, 365 days a year.
Next comes the building of a permanent site next to the Sauble fire hall.
Author of the article: Denis Langlois
Publishing date: May 08, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 6 minute read • In this 2019 photo, the families of Traves Atchison and Jana Watson stand at a roadside memorial they created shortly after the couple died in a head-on crash south of Tobermory four years ago. From the left, starting at the back: Travis s father, Steve Atchison, Jana s twin brother, James Watson, Jana s grandmother Holly Watson, Traves sister Julie Atchison, his mother Joanne Atchison, Jana s mother, Maureen Stinson, Jana s grandfather Joe Watson, and Traves sister Andria Atchison-Gillard. Scott Dunn/The Owen Sound Sun Times/Postmedia Network
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It will be four years this summer since Steve and Joanne Atchison’s only son Traves was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 6 just south of Tobermory.
Author of the article: Denis Langlois
Publishing date: May 07, 2021 • 20 hours ago • 6 minute read • Francesca Dobbyn, secretary of the Bruce Peninsula Safe Communities committee and executive director of the United Way of Bruce Grey, poses with two of the signs the committee made available to landowners on Highway 6 between Wiarton and Tobermory in an effort to curb stunt and erratic driving on the peninsula. SUPPLIED
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Despite educational campaigns, targeted enforcement and other efforts to curb stunt driving on the Bruce Peninsula, the problem continues to get worse, says the Grey Bruce OPP’s detachment commander.
Acting Insp. Debra Anderson said the stretch of Highway 6 between Wiarton and Tobermory is of “great concern” to the OPP.
WINGHAM, ONT. Hanging out at the beach in southwestern Ontario may not be an option, even when the stay-at-home order is expected to end on May 20. Mayors stretching along the shores of Lake Huron and beyond are discussing shoreline-wide beach closures, possibly before the end of the month. “I think this encompasses right from Elgin County and Lake Erie, right up along Lake Huron to Georgian Bay. The purpose of the discussions would be to have a collaborative approach on the best way to keep our residents safe from the variants, until we’re able to achieve herd immunity,” says Huron County Warden Glen McNeil.