Vandals hit Beaverton fairgrounds in advance of Canada Day celebrations

The team of volunteers gets ready for the Canada Day celebrations in Beaverton were delivered a bit of a setback on Friday (June 29).

According to a social media post from Cyndi Schaffer, a municipal councillor and organizer of the village’s Canada Day festivities through the Lions Club, vandals upended picnic tables and portable washrooms that had been dropped off for the event at the fairgrounds.

Province may drop highway speed limit outside of Sunderland

The Province is thinking about dropping the speed limit on Highway 12 outside of Sunderland.

According to a letter that will be discussed at Monday’s (June 25) meeting of the protection to persons and property committee, officials at the Ministry of Transportation are mulling over the possibility of expanding the 50-km/h zone past the village.