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moving towards bringing the OPP
into Wingham to police the town,
eliminating the Wingham Police
Service.
Incumbent Huron-Bruce MPP
Lisa Thompson was re-elected by a
landslide in her home riding for a
third straight term.
Thompson received 52 per cent of
the votes cast in Huron-Bruce,
followed by Jan Johnstone of the
NDP, who had over 15,000 votes
cast for her compared to
Thompson’s 27,646.
Huron Christian School in Clinton
officially broke ground on its new
expansion. It took the school eight
months to raise over $3 million, far
ahead of the 18-month schedule.
The school would operate out of
Vanastra for the 2018/2019 school
year while the project was being
completed.
After a two-week remount of The
Pigeon King, the Blyth Festival
officially opened its season with the
world premiere of The New
Canadian Curling Club, written by
Mark Crawford.
Boris Panovski, a 74-year-old
Scarborough dog trainer and hair
stylist, was found guilty in the 2014
murder of Don Frigo in the Hullett
Wildlife Conservation Area.
After a trial that lasted several
weeks, Panovski was convicted
despite the case presented by his
lawyers that no one could accurately
identify him at the crime scene the
day of the shooting.
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa
Thompson, who had just been re-
elected in the riding, was named the
Minister of Education under Premier
Doug Ford.
Thompson, who had been an
outspoken critic of rural school
closures in recent years, said that she
would employ the “4 Hs” of Ontario
4-H (head, heart, hands and health)
in all that she does in her new
position.
The Brussels Tigers again
welcomed the Australian Junior
Men’s Steelers to Brussels for a pair
of games against the tough
Australian squad.
Not only did the two teams play a
double-header for village residents,
but they also jointly held a baseball
youth camp earlier in the day.
The Blyth Festival season
continued with its parade of world
premieres, staging Judith: Memories
of a Lady Pig Farmer by Heather
Davies based on the novel by Aritha
van Herk.
With a municipal election on the
horizon, a Blyth councillor position
on North Huron Council was thrown
into flux with the resignation of
Councillor Bill Knott.
Knott’s resignation came 22 days
before the opening of a 90-day
resignation window before an
election, meaning that North Huron
Council had to find a replacement
for Knott for just a few months.
North Huron Council announced
that it would be selling the
Emergency Services Training Centre
and build a new fire hall in Blyth.
Whether or not council would build
a new public works structure in
Blyth had been discussed, but a final
decision on the matter had yet to be
reached.
Blyth’s John Stewart was chosen
to fill the vacant Blyth council seat
abandoned by Knott’s resignation.
He beat out Brad Carther of
Wingham, who was also vying for
the seat.
Clinton native Terry Snell
embarked on a cross-country cycling
trip that began on the west coast. He
decided to travel across the country
when his grandmother was
diagnosed with dementia and he
wanted to spread awareness about
Alzheimer’s Disease.
He made his way into Ontario,
greeted by enthusiastic supporters,
friends and family members when he
got to Clinton, taking several days
off before resuming his trek.
The Brussels Tigers claimed the
A-A championship in their own
tournament, beating the Linwood
Chiefs by a score of 2-1 in the final.
Amanda Morrison was crowned
the Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador,
besting candidates Taylor Dietrich-
Illsley and Brittany Struthers.
Kaleigh McCallum was named the
Little Ambassador and Maddy
Bernard the Junior Ambassador.
With the premieres of the Blyth
Festival productions of 1837: The
Farmers’ Revolt and Wing Night at
the Boot, Artistic Director Gil
Garratt said the Festival was
enjoying a banner year.
He said that the Festival had sold
nearly 23,000 tickets, which was a
milestone not seen at the Festival
since 2008, the year that Innocence
Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott
premiered.
Leona Armstrong, Huron
County’s first-ever female warden,
passed away at the age of 84.
The Walton TransCan officially
returned to Walton, attracting
thousands to the track for several
days of motocross action.
Organizer Brett Lee said that
while the event was certainly a
pared-down version of TransCan
events of years past, he heard from
many that they felt Walton was
“back”, which made him proud.
Loretta Higgins of Brussels was
crowned Huron County Queen of
the Furrow at the annual match just
outside of Clinton. Higgins
triumphed over Maranda Klaver and
Lauren Bos, who were also vying for
the crown.
Jaden Shortreed of the Walton area
was named the Princess of the
plowing match, coming out on top of
seven other contestants.
Allan Thompson of Goderich,
who was narrowly defeated by
Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb in the
last federal election, announced that
he would again be seeking the
Huron-Bruce Liberal nomination
ahead of the 2019 federal election.
The Festival of Wizardry, which
was set to be held in Blyth for the
second year after going viral and
selling out in Goderich, announced
that tickets for its Saturday
festivities had sold out.
Huron County Cultural
Development Officer Rick Sickinger
Morrison, Bernard, McCallum named Ambassadors
A new era
The new roster of Brussels Fall Fair Ambassadors took on the time-honoured tradition of
cutting the ribbon (corn stalk) to open the fair in September as it returned to Brussels after a
year in Walton to coincide with the International Plowing Match in 2017. From left: Junior
Ambassador Maddy Bernard, Fall Fair Ambassador Amanda Morrison and Little Ambassador
Kaleigh McCallum. (File photo)
Another go-round
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson and her husband
Dennis were both emotional in June when not only did
Thompson win re-election, but the PC Party won a majority
government for the first time in decades. (File photo)
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