Exeter, Grand Bend and area Breaking News | Local & National Headlines | Exeter Lakeshore Times Advance

Bluewater to investigate plan for short-term rentals

BLUEWATER – With the 2021 summer season fast approaching, councillors passed a motion to further investigate the municipality’s options for dealing with short-term rentals.

Roadside patio and sidewalk cafés allowed through 2021

BLUEWATER – Outdoor dining will be allowed to continue on the municipality’s roadsides through the 2021 season after councillors agreed to extend a COVID-19 measure from last year.

Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre CEO retiring from position

GRAND BEND – After seven years as CEO of the Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre, Cate Melito will be stepping away from the role to start her retirement.

Dashwood resident celebrates $100,000 Encore win

DASHWOOD – Saying “yes” to   Encore paid off for Tammy Noyes of Dashwood. Noyes matched the last six of seven Encore numbers in exact order in the Jan. 2 Ontario 49 draw to win $100,000.

Buy a coffee March 8 and support the Huron Women’s Shelter

HURON – This International Women’s Day on March 8 offers the chance for coffee lovers to help raise money for the Huron Women’s Shelter and the many services it offers.

Vilsack tackles climate change 

In his first speech since his Senate confirmation, United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told the U.S. National Farmers Union annual convention that he will be “very active” on climate change and is determined to create new streams of revenue for American farmers.

On the map: The road to Eatonville

Some kids go wild for Hot Wheels, but growing up, Jordan Teperman was keen on the real deal. “Before I could talk, my bubbie would tell me, I’d say, ‘Look!’ whenever we passed a Teperman truck,” says the fifth-generation lawyer-turned-developer and executive vice-president of Haven Developments.

Redacted Novavax COVID-19 vaccine contract for Canada released in U.S. regulatory filings

All of Canada’s seven vaccine contracts have been kept confidential since they were signed last year and the government has fought against their disclosure

Corbella: The coming grey wave of boomers will overwhelm society if we don't act now

"Canadians need to understand what's heading our way because if we don't prepare, the coming wave of elderly Canadians will overwhelm the long term care system so I'm really hoping that we'll endeavour to face this reality with a sense of urgency." — Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, National Institute on Ageing

'Shock': Jewish groups react to NDP MP Niki Ashton event with ex-U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

A report found the Labour party had committed 'unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination' involving anti-Semitism during Corbyn's time as leader

CALEDONIA: Fifteen years after Douglas Creek Estates protest

Still searching for solutions

LILLEY: Feds still clueless on airport COVID screening one year later

Man dies within hours of flight landing in Toronto from Nigeria

Ontario declares state of emergency; stay-at-home order starts Thursday

Ontario’s premier has announced a stay-at-home order effective Thursday, under which residents can only leave their residences for essential reasons, such as grocery or pharmacy trips, accessing health care, exercise, or for “essential work.”

Thompson responds to Bill 229 protests

As part of the province’s omnibus budget bill, a proposed law in its Budget Bill 229 called Schedule 6 calls for amendments to the Conservation Authority Act.

Locals rally to protect green space and wetlands

A proposed law tucked away in Budget Bill 229 would severely limit the power of conservation authorities in Ontario.

Trash TV: Litter-cam watches you toss a coffee cup out the car window, sends you a fine

CCTV camera trial, with the help of artificial intelligence, set to cut down on British littering

This $35 bowl found at a flea market is worth as much as $500,000

Eagle-eyed treasure hunter snapped up the extremely rare 15th-century artefact without haggling

Massive German bomb detonated in residential neighbourhood of English city

Controlled explosion of Second World War device blasts windows out of evacuated homes in Exeter

After super-safe, high-tech hotel quarantine in China, Canada's version seems 'just for show'

The payoff for China was a society operating more or less normally, where eating out at restaurants, going to the salon or seeing a movie are all possible, a Montreal woman noted

Saudi Arabia's shadowy power struggles playing out on Canadian soil

The repression of dissidents, and the disappearance of people linked to dissidents who've fled abroad has been part of Saudi drama that included a palace coup in 2017

Spring Agriculture 2021 open in new tab

February 25, 2021

20-21 Goderich Visitors Guide open in new tab

February 14, 2020

Mental Health Matters open in new tab

January 26, 2021

Mental Health Matters open in new tab

January 26, 2021

Mental Health Matters open in new tab