Bruce County Morning Brief — Thursday, October 29, 2026

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Public Safety A 44-year-old Walkerton woman was killed Tuesday night in a two-vehicle collision at Bruce County Road 19 and Concession 8 in Brockton; South Bruce OPP have since charged ten drivers with ignoring the road closure at the scene. Owen Sound Current

Development Saugeen Shores and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for Waase-yaa Park in Port Elgin, a joint project with the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation and the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. Saugeen Times

Health Grey Bruce Public Health has appointed two individuals to new director-level roles as the board shifts to a new leadership structure, months after the province returned control of the board. CKNX News Today

Huron Shores Hospice officially opened Serenity, its third residential hospice suite at Tiverton Park Manor in Kincardine, on October 23; Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson attended the ceremony. Saugeen Times

Community Kincardine Trails volunteers marked 25 years of building the municipality’s 42-kilometre trail network and are planning for its future expansion. Kincardine

Bruce Power and its supplier partners donated $100,000 to the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada to mark Brain Tumour Awareness Week. Saugeen Times

Around the county: Kincardine’s Victoria Park west end fenced for new performance stage construction (~3–4 weeks; park remains open) (Kincardine Record); Saugeen Shores Police arrested a Teeswater man after a Sunday motel disturbance (CKNX); OPP reminding families across the region to trick-or-treat safely this Halloween weekend (CKNX).