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Huron County Climate Change and Energy Specialist Derry Wallis has had a busy year implementing the county's Corporate Climate Change Adaptation Plan with an eye towards updating the plan for the coming years and a number of goals slated for completion...
At its Dec. 17 meeting, Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (ACW) Council received a comprehensive report on a number of issues that will inform the township's Growth and Servicing Master Plan.
Morris-Turnberry Council decided not to move forward with repairs to the memorial gates at the Turnberry Conservation Area. The decision was made during a regular meeting on Dec. 17, following a report from Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk Trevor Hallam
At its final meeting of 2024, the ongoing controversy surrounding North Huron's policy on winter burial fees was finally laid to rest.
2024 - the year in review
It makes total sense that Angela Keeley loves Christmas; it's the one time a year when the true spirit of the season gives a gentle goose to the general population, which boosts their festive energy...
Every year, as the weather gets colder and the days grow shorter, The Citizen staff is given the enviable task of combing through all the unique communities of Huron County...
A few weeks ago, Morris-Turnberry Mayor Jamie Heffer was officially sworn in as the new Warden of Huron County. While he was more than kind enough to accommodate The Citizen's request for a holiday interview...
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy once wrote that all happy families are alike. And perhaps that was true of families living in Russia circa 1875.
In the winters of yesteryear, the Dodds family farm was the place to be as the snow poured down, the banks rose high and there was tobogganing to be done.
As her first year running The Haven in Brussels draws to a close, there are only two things that Leesa Stephenson wants for Christmas. But the gifts she's hoping for can't be found in Santa's sack, and they won't fit under any tree.
For Linda Stewart and her husband Don - known to most in and around Blyth as Barney - they were largely spared the early, early mornings that Christmas can bring, as their children tended to sleep in until at least 8 a.m. or so - a blessing, some...
As of Dec. 1 every year at the de Boer house in Blyth and all the way to Christmas, there's always somebody watching. More recently, there are always two people watching and they're little elves... often on shelves.
The holiday season is a great time for making memories, but pursuing a picture-perfect Christmas can put a lot of pressure on people.
The Josling family likes all the typical trappings of a traditional Canadian Christmas. They enjoy decorating the tree, exchanging gifts, having festive feasts and seeing family.
It is fitting, perhaps, that the predominant Christmas memory of one of the area's most prolific radio presenters has its roots in music.
The holiday season is quiet for Jeff and Cindy Norgate of Blyth, but they really wouldn't have it any other way. In their apartment in the village, they have a perfect view of snow-covered trees in the winter
The Joslings are, without doubt, one of the bravest families in Blyth. They've now been fighting fires in the area for three generations, which is certainly an achievement worthy of being immortalized as part of the public record.
Seaforth Junior Broomball held its first-ever tournament over the weekend, hosting dozens of games in both Seaforth and Brussels, in what has been deemed a true success.
After a two-win weekend to begin the month of December, the Wingham Ironmen lost both of their games this past weekend, scoring just one goal to their opponents' nine.
St. Anne's Catholic Secondary School is now home to a budding author in the form of 14-year-old Grade 9 student Nate Potvin, whose Arf the Intergalactic Dog has been impressing and selling well locally since he self-published it earlier this year.
As far as Artistic Director Gil Garratt is concerned, the 50th anniversary season of the Blyth Festival has been one for the ages, with the number of patrons taking in Festival shows reaching pre-pandemic levels.
An annual tradition that plays out weekend after weekend in Huron County, Santa Claus came to town in both Clinton and Brussels this weekend.
The Brussels Santa Claus parade on Saturday night, a holiday tradition in the village, was well-attended and well-reviewed by the hundreds who were there to see it live.