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​Bruce County Memories: Cyclone Taylor, the Tara tornado

June 18, 2025

With hockey season just wound up, it’s time for “Bruce County Memories” to recall a local hockey hero, Cyclone Taylor. To present this story, “Cyclone Taylor, the Tara tornado,” we have a guest author, Sylvia Hasbury. Her look back at our own Sta...

​Kincardine’s growing housing emergency: families struggle ...

June 14, 2025

Kincardine, known for its scenic lakefront and summer tourism, is quietly facing a deepening emergency — one that is pushing long-time residents, working families, and seniors to the edge. In 2025, the average price of a home in Kincardine hovers around $530,000, with rents soari...

​Kincardine needs to prioritize safety, maintain fair acces...

June 12, 2025

To the Editor: RE: “Parking changes at Station Beach in Kincardine” As a local community member and someone who regularly uses Station Beach in Kincardine, I would like to publicly share my concern with the recent parking changes that restrict public beach and volleyball c...

​Groups calls on public to protest legislation that erodes ...

June 8, 2025

To the Editor: We ask this question, with respect: are you tired, yet, of having the rule of law, your rights and all environmental protections for your community, stripped away by the current provincial government? Bulldozer Doug just rammed through two highly-undemocratic, harmful...

Things to think about if Kincardine wants to get into suppo...

June 8, 2025

To the Editor: RE: “Petition calls for community vote on location of affordable housing proposal in Kincardine” In theory, affordable, supportive housing sounds fantastic. Supportive housing is designed so that people can live successfully and live safely, whether this ...

Kim Shorts: Sweet on sourdough

June 5, 2025

Learning something new, or finding a new hobby, can be good for your brain and general self wellness. If you’re lucky, it can also be good for your stomach. So it was, when I discovered how to make sourdough from my older and, I should add, wiser sister, Susan Oxley in Prince Edw...

WDCS principal thanks everyone for support after tragic los...

May 30, 2025

It is with profound sorrow that we mourn the loss of four of our students and a beloved teacher at Walkerton District Community School. This tragedy has deeply affected our school community, leaving us heartbroken and searching for ways to heal. The grief felt by our students and staff...

Doing Hard Better - together

May 29, 2025

To the Editor: As we look around our communities today, we cannot ignore the rising tide of challenges that echo — and in some ways surpass — the hardships we endured during the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic instability brought on by inflation through 2023 and 2024 has...

Bruce County Memories: Local hospitality – potatoes to the ...

May 21, 2025

The tradition of helping a neighbour started early in Bruce County. Our pioneer ancestors had no more than a humble log shanty but would throw open the door for any traveller and share their meagre fare, be it only a lowly potato. The depth of this generosity was often noted by Norm...

​Ontario’s Bill 5 is an unprecedented power grab, says loca...

May 17, 2025

To the Editor: Imagine that the Town of Kincardine were declared a special economic zone under Bill 5, as proposed by Ontario premier Doug Ford’s government. Let’s say the private luxury spa that took over Ontario Place wanted to build a second spa on the currently publi...

Some history about goalie Bob Liddle from Pine River hockey...

May 8, 2025

To the Editor: RE: “​Remembering the Pine River hockey team of possibly 1937” Robert “Bob” Allister Liddle, the goalie on the Pine River hockey team, was born and raised in Ripley, the oldest son of Charles and Florence (McMurchy) Liddle. He had five younger...

​Remembering the Pine River hockey team of possibly 1937

May 7, 2025

It appears that hockey has been a long-time favourite sport in Bruce County. Thanks to Wayne Pollock for this picture of the Pine River team – in 1937, he thinks, but maybe earlier. In those days, there would have been several rural teams in Huron Township. “A History of...

​Kincardine man pleased to see municipal flag to be raised ...

May 4, 2025

To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank Kincardine council and staff for approving my request to have the municipal flag raised from May 13-27, in the municipality. I also thank the Multicultural Celebration committee for accepting this flag-raising as an addit...

Kim Shorts: On being Canadian

May 1, 2025

The past few months has been a whirlwind of being reminded about what it means to be Canadian. It’s a love affair we didn’t know we needed, and it’s one that we are wholeheartedly embracing. The mosaic of Canada – its lands, water and people - are truly a testament...

​Writer delighted to see students doing community trash pic...

April 24, 2025

To the Editor: On Earth Day, I was delighted to witness three groups of students from KDSS diligently collecting litter in my neighbourhood. These young individuals were not only enthusiastic but also cheerful, boisterous, and well-behaved, all while staying focused on their task. Thei...

Witness to history

April 20, 2025

I’m sitting at the computer in April, 2025. For the past few weeks, my Facebook has been filled with posts urging me to “Buy Canadian” or telling me, “These products are produced in Canada.” In the grocery stores, red flags decorate the aisles, helping ...

Bruce County Memories: The case of the masticated missive, ...

April 18, 2025

As a means of escaping the law, eating your arrest warrant wouldn’t seem a likely solution. Yet it happened, in 1859. We’ll let Norman Robertson tell this strange story. It’s from his “History of the County of Bruce,” published by the Bruce County Historic...

​Writer urges gardeners to delay spring clean-up and protec...

April 10, 2025

To the Editor: As the weather warms up and spring approaches, many of us are eager to begin cleaning up our yards and gardens. However, I want to encourage our community to rethink how we approach this seasonal task. Instead of viewing leaves and yard trimmings as "waste" ...

Kim Shorts: Painting the moon for a good cause

April 10, 2025

You would think taking your first painting lesson while having a pint of beer, would be a questionable mix! It turns out, for a group of novice painters, it produced good results under the guiding hand of painting instructor Lisa Farrell. That was the theme at the Feb. 19 Paint and ...

Bruce County Memories: History shows that trying to annex C...

March 12, 2025

By John C. Carter This timely piece on annexing Canada is by a guest author, historian John Carter. He holds a PhD in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester and is the Peninsula director of the Bruce County Historical Society. He is the author of “The Perils and Pitfalls...

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