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Last Updated: Jun 15, 2021 | 6:40 AM
South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Janice Jackson is assuring the community a proposed Aquaculture farm on the Bruce Peninsula would not go ahead if there were water contamination concerns.
Very little has been said so far about a proposed fish farm by Berford Lake, north of Wiarton that may eventually draw water in and out of Colpoy’s Bay.
A citizen action group website called smellsfishy.org is concerned there would be water contamination and other environmental impacts as well as noise, increased commercial traffic and possible effects on surrounding property values.
Jackson says, “The one thing that I can say from experience is the Ministry would not allow anything– a drop of contaminant to go into that bay. I can tell you that right now, and I can tell you that the First Nations won’t either and neither will the municipality.”
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Last Updated: Feb 22, 2021 7:43 AM
Photo By Claire McCormack
While there is still no official confirmation if Wiarton Willie is alive, recent comments from the Mayor of the Town of South Bruce Peninsula leave a sense of optimism about his well-being.
The status of Wiarton’s famed albino prognosticating groundhog has been shrouded in mystery since his no-show on Groundhog Day.
In an ode to the original tradition started by Mac McKenzie in 1956, South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Janice Jackson tossed a woman’s fur hat in the snow and announced it would be an early spring in a pre-recorded video released on prediction morning, Feb. 2.
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Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog from Philadelphia, where the Groundhog Day tradition is thought to have started. This year, unlike Canadaâs groundhogs, he predicted six more weeks of winter. (Image credit: Alan Freed/Reuters)
Itâs Groundhog Day! Will spring come early in Canada? CBC Kids News ⢠Published 2021-02-02 15:48 Tradition may have started with bears Getting sick and tired of winter? Thanks to some critters, you may get to thaw out sooner than expected this year. Today on Groundhog Day, three groundhogs in Canada predicted that spring may be coming sooner than later. Ontario’s Wiarton Willie, Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam and Quebec s Fred La Marmotte all predicted this morning that spring will come early in Canada.