A $45,000 legacy from Robert (Bob) Perks and his sister Joyce has been donated by the Rotary Club of Simcoe to ShelterBox Canada. Bob, who passed away in 2024, joined The Rotary Club of Simcoe in 1990 and he was an active member for over 35 years. In 2023, he became an Honorary member. He was a Paul Harris

Henry Knelsen is not a professional ice maker. But Knelsen, his Handy Henry Concrete staff in Simcoe, and friends, are getting there. “Now that we’ve done it a few years, now it’s all about timing,” said Knelsen Saturday evening on their homemade temporary outdoor ice rink on property they lease across the street from Handy Henry Concrete on Norfolk Street South.

As a child growing up in this area, I never fully appreciated the true value of living in a rural area. While we weren’t too far from the town of Simcoe, venturing there was a ‘treat.’ Your circle of friends included the kids across the road and the ones we used to say were ‘just a stone’s throw away.’ They were a small circle of friends but the best ever.

Very simply put, literacy is the ability to read and write. Though some might take literacy for granted, many people struggle with literacy skills. According to a recent study, 49% of adult Canadians have literacy skills that fall below a high school level, which negatively affects their ability to function at work and in their personal lives. Since 1999, ABC Life Literacy Canada has teamed up with schools, libraries, literacy organizations, and other community groups acros

It takes about 80 hours to make a wool blanket destined to be wrapped around a precariously housed person in Norfolk County.  “That’s a lot of love and time that goes into each blanket,” said James Durka of Port Dover. Durka and his wife, Barb, run Patches From Heaven, a volunteer group that has donated nearly 2,100 warm, colourful blankets over the past 30 years.

A 25-year-old Brantford man has been charged in a shooting incident that prompted Norfolk County OPP to issue a shelter-in-place order for part of Simcoe on Jan. 10.