On the outskirts of Durham, there are several small communities, such as Varney, Dornoch, Aberdeen, Allan Park, Priceville and Holstein.

Durham has its own hospital with a 24/7 emergency department, including a helipad for air ambulance services.

Students that graduate from SRCS generally attends Grey Highlands Secondary School in Flesherton or JDSS in Hanover.

Durham is the home of Branch 308 of the Royal Canadian Legion and multiple churches for the variety of denominations.

Durham has always had a cornucopia of churches, even to this day the town is scattered with beautiful old buildings of faith.

The Durham Baptist Church was founded by Reverend Alexander Stewart and dates back to the mid-19th century.

Services were held in family homes by a travelling minister from Owen Sound until the Trinity Anglican Church was built in Durham (1861?).

Catholic services in Durham date back to 1852, the first being held by Jesuit Missionary Reverend Casper Matoga.

The local Cricket league in the 1860s included, with Durham and Mount Forest, Owen Sound, Chesley, Walkerton, and Listowel.

These days usually involved Soccer, Lacrosse, Cricket, and Baseball games, from Dawn until Dusk, to be played for the townspeople.

In 1908, the first-ever indoor ice arena was built by Thomas Brown to facilitate the town's growing fascination with the sport of hockey.

Erben Schutz and Martin Lauder found early success through Durham hockey, playing in the 1920s for the NHL's Boston Bruins.

The Senior team was extremely successful, winning multiple championships and competing for Allan and Hardy Cups, but folded before the 1992-93 season.

They were originally called the "72's" to coincide with their founding and fill the Durham Community Centre every Friday night.

An annual carnival is produced each year at the end of the season to showcase all of the skaters' talent and to attract a crowd of huge proportions.

In January 2007 the club hosted Weskate, an annual area fun competition, which was also highly successful, thanks to all the volunteers and organizers.

West Grey was itself created in 2000 through an amalgamation of the Village of Neustadt and the Townships of Bentinck, Glenelg and Normanby.

It and several other newspapers in south Grey were amalgamated into one free distribution paper called the Post.

On January 9, 1997, Mayor Kris Kennedy declared a state of emergency and asked for federal assistance to deal with extensive flooding that was crippling the west end of town.

The schools and many businesses closed during the most dangerous week of flooding, and due to poor weather conditions, relief efforts were considered strenuous.

I want to pay special tribute to the volunteers and the relief workers who offered the victims both the good work of their hands and the comfort of their spirits.

Durham Mayor Kris Kennedy is also to be commended for taking swift and decisive action to protect public safety.

4On October 4, 1997, months after the flood, Durham was named the 1997 "Best Bloomin' Town" in Canada by the Communities in Bloom Committee.

A tornado reportedly touched down in the community, about 50 kilometres south of Owen Sound near Lake Huron and 180  km northwest of Toronto, hitting the south end of Durham, during the Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2009.

[5] The tornado crossed eastward through town, turned north, and exited through the Saugeen Conservation Area.

The tornado caused one fatality, an 11-year-old boy who was at day camp, inside a temporary shelter when he was struck by flying debris.

[6] The tornadoes, accompanied by violent thunderstorms, swept across southern Ontario killing at least one person, downing power lines and trees and ripping off roofs in several communities.