Highway 26 East KIA OF OWEN SOUND 519-371-4447 across from Montana’s www.kiaowensound.ca 1-800-930-5616 Newsstand Price $1.50 ruceThe eninsula ress B P P Since 1988 DELIVERING LOCAL NEWS TO THE NORTHERN BRUCE PENINSULA FOR 30 YEARS 2019 Number Fifteen September 10 to October 1, 2019 Bear Tracks New Leader in Walsh’s MRI Challenge Submitted by Kevin Walsh The first cheque written to Bruce Peninsula Health Services Foundation to start The MRI Challenge was written on November 29th… over nine months ago. No birth of a baby, but over $55,000 have been raised thru the challenge to help fund the Bruce Peninsula’s portion of the MRI being installed in the Grey Bruce Regional Health Centre. I set out to try and make a difference and together with all of the contributors we have, but the Bruce Peninsula Health Services Foundation portion of the 4.7 million for the MRI is $450,000 so we still have a ways to go. I am very excited to say that we have had two more very generous donations to add to the list of businesses and individuals who have raised the stakes and kept the challenge rolling. Ron and Nancy Cunningham have donated $5,200.00 as a result of the Hayes’s Challenge that Challenges the Challenge. The donation was made in memory of Ron’s mother Hester Cunningham. Thank you so much for your very generous donation toward this vital Photo L-R: Sandy Walsh accepts a donation of $5,210.00 from new MRI challenge leaders Roberta and Jeff Mielhausen piece of Hospital Equipment. of Bear Tracks Inn and Restaurant in Ferndale. Continued on next page New 12-Acre Purchase at Driftwood Cove 221 Stunt Drivers Charged Will Bring BPNP Closer to Completion Since January on Hwy 6 News Release OPP Media Release kilometres an hour or more over the posted Canada’s natural speed limit. Over the weekend, a total of landscapes inspire LABOUR DAY LONG 13 drivers were charged with stunt driving pride from coast to WEEKEND RECAP in the Grey Bruce detachment area. The drivers lost their vehicle for 7 days, their coast to coast. Nature Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police driver’s licence for 7 days and they were is important not only to (OPP) officers responded to 279 calls for served with a summons to attend court to our cultural identity, but service over this past Labour Day long answer to the charge. also to our health and weekend. Officers received 55 traffic our communities. That’s complaints from concerned members of From May 16 to September 3, 2019, why the Government the public. 13 motor vehicle collisions were 730 Provincial Offence Notices for speeding of Canada is doubling reported, all were minor in nature with were served to drivers on Highway 6, the amount of nature minor injuries. A boat collision, involving between Wiarton and Tobermory. protected in Canada’s 2 vessels on Georgian Bay, resulted in two In 2019, January 1st to September lands and oceans by people receiving serious injuries. 3rd, Grey Bruce OPP have charged 221 2020. Traffic enforcement on Highway driver with stunt driving, 176 of the Today, the Minister 6 continued over the weekend with 44 charges have been on Highway 6, a 75km of Environment and drivers being charged with speeding and 9 length of highway between Wiarton and Climate Change and drivers were charged with stunt driving-50 Tobermory. Minister responsible for Continued on page 7 Parks Canada, Catherine $1.50 (plus tax) McKenna, announced In This Issue: that the Government of • 151st Wiarton Fall Fair – page 3 ISSN 1495-2696 Canada has reached an agreement to acquire a • August Climate Comment – page 18 12-acre property with • Back-to-School News: 500 metres of pristine BPDS – page 16, 17; St Edmunds PS – page 26 Georgian Bay shoreline 9 771495 269609 Continued on Tobermory Press Hours - Monday-Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. next page The deadline for our next issue (#16/19) is Sep 25, printing Oct 1/19. OVER 40 YEARS IN BUSINESS! McNair WE DELIVER! 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In my last article you might remember SAVE THE DATE…More details to follow. that Ted Hayes generously challenged Donations to the MRI can be me, stating that if we got a total of 12 made through the Bruce Peninsula contributors to the challenge that he would Health Services Foundation in the Allied donate again. Peninsula Out of Doors Professional Building beside the Wiarton made a contribution making the total 8, Hospital or by calling April or Catharine followed by Bernie Hellyer Construction at 519-534-5856. BPHSF accepts cash, totalling 9. Ron and Nancy Cunningham’s cheques, Visa or MasterCard and pledges contribution makes number 10 and can be made over 2 or 3 years if makes it the Bear Tracks Inn and Restaurant more doable. Contribution makes 11. We are closing in One comment I hear often is “I on this quick Ted. would rather donate to something more I know there are other businesses local.” My response to that is “We are so and individuals on the Bruce Peninsula fortunate to have a modern, up to date that could help make a difference. hospital with so many services as close as Answering the challenge isn’t the only Owen Sound! We live rural but we have to way to contribute. The Lioness Club, The do our part to support this great hospital Barrow Bay Fishing Club and the Lion’s to keep healthcare as close to home as Head Rotary are hosting a fish fry on possible. Dr. Appelton Recognized With Medical Teaching Practices Award Submitted by Pamela Loughlean, PFHT Dr. Alison Appelton has been awarded the 2018-2019 Hollister King Teaching Practices Preceptor Award from the Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. The award is given annually to one physician preceptor who best exemplifies the principles of Family Medicine. Photo L-R: Ron and Nancy Cunningham present a donation of $5,200.00 Over the past to April Patry of the Bruce Peninsula Health Services Foundation. The MRI nine years, she has donation is in memory of Ron’s mother Hester Cunningham. been a great teacher and resource for many medical students and BPNP 12-Acre Purchase Minister of Environment and Climate residents who come Continued from previous page Change and Minister responsible for to our community Parks Canada and have their first surrounded by Driftwood Cove, which experience in rural will be part of Bruce Peninsula National Quick Facts family practice in our Park. · Parks Canada reached an agreement clinics and hospital. Bruce Peninsula National Park is with a private seller to purchase the Congratulations now 90 per cent complete and is one of property, which is undeveloped forest Dr. Appelton on this well the largest protected areas in Southern and is fully surrounded by the 3,272- deserved achievement. Ontario. This property was a critical acre Driftwood Cove property that the piece in the completion of the park. Its Government of Canada acquired in 2018. acquisition will contribute to preserving the ecological integrity of the park, · The property has no built infrastructure, including the recovery of species at risk and is fully forested, including old-growth like the Massasauga rattlesnake and cliff-edge Niagara Escarpment forest ecosystem. A section of the world famous MCARTHUR TREE REMOVAL some of the oldest trees in eastern North America. Bruce Trail crosses through these lands. Now�offering�mini�excavator�services. Through Budget 2018, the · Since the establishment of Bruce Clearing�of�building�sites�&�hydro�lines. Government of Canada is investing more Peninsula National Park in 1987, Parks Tree�stump�removal. than $1.3 billion to protect our nature, Canada has added over 150 parcels of parks, and wild spaces, helping Canada land, acquired on a willing seller-willing FirewooD for sale double the amount of nature protected buyer basis. in its lands and oceans, and help the · On November 30, 2018, the Government Call�Tony�•�Fully�Insured wildlife that call them home. of Canada officially took ownership of the . “Canada is doubling the amount of Driftwood Cove property, growing the 519 596 2989 519 372 8O48 nature protected in our country’s lands size of Bruce Peninsula National Park by 3,272 acres and bringing the park to 90 56 Lindsay Road 5 and oceans to help recover species at Lion’s Head, Ontario risk, fight climate change, and provide per cent complete. MUNICIPALITY OF N0H 1W0 Canadians with the opportunity to · Located within four hours of several NORTHERN BRUCE discover the immense richness of our major cities, Bruce Peninsula National nature. Bruce Peninsula National Park Park provides opportunities for many PENINSULA Website: www.northbrucepeninsula.ca MUNICIPALITY OF is home to many endangered species, urban and new Canadians to discover NORTHERN BRUCE PENINSULA Telephone 519-793-3522 • Fax 519-793-3823 offers spectacular views of Georgian Bay, and connect with nature.