It seemed like such a good idea last fall. There I was, one of the lucky few who had a seat in the Kincardine Dance Hall Pavilion to watch the Dancing With the Stars event in-person, rather than on-line. It was such a delight to watch some of the well-known personas from around Kincard...
To the Editor: Recently, I had the honour of presenting bass drummer Brian “Brow” Fry of the Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band, with a milestone award plaque for his 25 years as a member of the band, with unbroken service. I also gave him two pebble stones from the Normandy Bea...
To the Editor: My wife and I are members of the Huron Fringe Field Naturalists. We are writing to express our concerns about the Town of Kincardine’s downtown revitalization project, specifically with respect to the “enhanced streetlights” described on the web page fo...
To the Editor: Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson is a great representative when it comes to passing out our money to various groups around the riding. But does she speak truth to power? Does she tell Ontario premier Doug Ford that something has to be done to shore up health care in this...
These are the people who never get sick. They live in northern India at the foothills of the Himalayas on the border with Pakistan, Afghanistan, the former Soviet Union and China. This legendary tribe numbers about 30,000 people and is believed to be the missing descendants of Alexande...
In the depths of the Depression, an epic chase took place. A Chevy and the undertaker’s brand new Plymouth roared down the 8th Concession of Brant Township with Constable Otto McClevis in hot pursuit. The stolen cars would soon crash and McClevis would set a record: the only policem...
How the rural landscape has changed since our great-grandparents arrived here in the middle of the 19th Century! The buildings of those days became sheds or hen-houses as the need for larger barns grew as a result of increased acreage and livestock numbers. The big brick or stone house...
To the Editor: RE: “Do you really need four consecutive traffic lights on Highway 21, asks reader” As someone who was born in this town, I remember when the stretch between Kincardine Avenue and Highway 9 was nothing but a dirt road called Dahmer’s Sideroad. With ...
To the Editor: RE: “MTO’s traffic light project on Highway 21, Kincardine, could be delayed to 2024” When Highway 21 was constructed where it is now, it was intended to be an express bypass. Do you really need four consecutive traffic lights, each one block apart?...
To the Editor: For Ontario’s farmers and their families, harvesting crops can be a very busy and stressful time of the year. Long days, tight time frames, adapting to weather forecasts and being prepared in the event of unforeseen problems, can be daunting and exhausting. At t...
To the Editor: We are entering the season of giving thanks, and the Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation capital campaign committee thanks everyone – community members, businesses and community organizations – for your ongoing support as we carry out our “B...
A great story, I picked up off the Internet - enjoy. The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a S...
At Bruce Power, we take emergency preparedness seriously. It’s a well-known fact that Bruce Power has its own emergency and protective services organization that consists of a nuclear security team, a fire department and other support groups that are highly trained and ready to r...
To the Editor: The first week of October is a time to celebrate the incredible contributions of the women and men who are proud to be Ontario farmers. The vast array of safe, local food on grocery store shelves is the result of Ontario farmers’ talent, hard work and dedication...
To the Editor: I had the great pleasure of being Master of Ceremonies for a panel discussion entitled, "A Physician's Perspective on Nuclear Waste," held Sept. 17, at the Teeswater Community Centre. I was happy to see a wide range of attendees, young and old, those in fav...
Our story starts in the "Dirty Thirties," when factories closed, summer visitors dwindled, and the lamprey eel was the bane of fishermen. Luckily Southampton had a first-class hardball baseball team to distract from the hardships of the Depression. Since the fishing tradition...
To the Editor: I am writing to inform the public that there is a local group, called "Take Back Catholic Education," that has been opposing the work that the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board (BGCDSB) is doing around equity, diversity and inclusion. This group has spr...
To the Editor: The tree surveys the Municipality of Kincardine has put out there have both been written with questions that make it seem that the average resident is responsible for all the tree loss in our municipality. We all need to work toward protecting what trees we have left....
My medicine cabinet has started to look like a pharmacy! I have slowly accumulated a plethora of medications to help my aging body. I am confident in my doctor and pharmacist as they both look carefully at my needs and the compatibility of the combinations thereof. I suspect many se...
I wonder if any other school in Kincardine Township was as well-built and maintained as our school was, in my eyes. The date inscribed high in the wall between the entrance doors is 1910 and I’m happy to know that the building, still standing proudly on the corner of the Southline a...