Memories: The Orange Lodge Hall was a two-storey building across the Saugeen Road (Highway 21) from Bethel Church. The Lodge met upstairs. Dances, box socials and other meetings and social events, such as Farrell Gatherings, were held downstairs. In winter, the kitchen was &ld...
To the Editor: The COVID-19 pandemic was tough on everyone, but there is always an end for everything and finally, Friday, July 1, Kincardine celebrated its first in-person Canada Day in three years. This much-anticipated event is celebrated by having the Kincardine Scottish Pipe Ba...
You wouldn’t embark on a classic Canadian summer road trip without planning your stops along the way and without following a road map to ensure you reach your destination. At Bruce Power, we’re committed to helping Ontario and Canada reach their climate change goals, with a...
Til death us part? One of these days, Alice ... to the moon (yes, you do remember this!). In Biblical days, you were born, endured a busy and demanding childhood, worked hard for 25 years and the died. Pretty simple. I feel lucky to be living in such promising times despite the c...
Family research and building a Family Tree keeps me exceedingly busy and also highly entertained. The most fun is sharing questions and answers with cousins but sometimes looking for other people’s families is just as good. This past week, Rosemary Turland Addison contacted me wi...
To the Editor: It's natural for humans to be afraid, and to focus on, and even obsess about, things we're afraid of. For example, many people are nervous and afraid of flying, even though we're statistically 200 times more likely to die in a car accident than we are in a pl...
To the Editor: RE: “Vendor kicked out of Monday Market one day, re-instated the next” and “Councillors upset Kincardine tourist booth on highway only open part-time” After reading two stories this week in the Kincardine Record, concerning the Municipality of ...
Is it a right or a privilege? Have you been worried about your driving? I have. I believe myself to be a good driver; yet, I constantly must concentrate, not let my mind wander, and be more aware of surroundings. Driving for 50 years on Bruce County roads seems easy until you rem...
To the Editor: The passion of people in this region was on full display, once again, at the recent Touch-a-Truck event in Mildmay. It reminded me of how fortunate I am to work in a community of such wonderful and welcoming people. We witnessed first-hand so much positivity from comm...
To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine conducting survey about removal of trees on private property” A tree policy on private land is a major infringement on personal property rights. If a policy is implemented, it should be carefully crafted to include only mature trees of a c...
To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine conducting survey about removal of trees on private property” What a waste of time going through the process of using this survey toward the preparation of a bylaw for tree protection. The content, wording and number of questions are highl...
I have just spent a very pleasant few hours reading the scrapbook Mum made after she and Daddy celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary, May 18, 1990. We hosted a party for extended Hollands and Pollock families and friends in the Parish Hall at the Anglican Church of the Messiah in Kinc...
Eggs, like margarine and other foods, have had a variety of positive and negative reports over the years. I enjoy them and so being diabetic, I have researched what all the banter is about. I have found the following: Eggs are popular and a highly-nutritious food, rich in vitamins, ...
The largest export from Bruce, Grey and Huron counties is the electricity that powers homes and businesses across the province and is helping to boost our local economy. We have truly become a Clean Energy Frontier in the province, with Bruce Power and the three counties making a conce...
Long before Olive and Gordon Hepburn ran the Hope Bay Post Office, Olive helped her father at the family dairy in Wiarton. Olive also wrote a lot for the Yearbook of the Bruce County Historical Society. In this story, from 1978, she tells how milk was delivered to the doorstep 100 years a...
To the Editor: The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has reached another important milestone in the site-selection process to build Canada’s Deep Geological Repository (DGR) to safely contain and isolate used nuclear fuel. Beginning this month and throughout the year, ...
I was standing in line at my local Tim Hortons when I heard the man in front of me order an extra-large coffee triple, triple. I had no idea that the restaurant even served that proportion, and I wondered if it could be good for one’s health. Like eggs with cholesterol, and alcoh...
My great salute to all mothers! It is a day that makes people remember the importance and significance of mothers in their lives and building stable families. The day should be observed by making a true connection with mothers and motherly figures around us. My mother is no longer w...
Pickleball is sweeping the world, and rightly so. Fun, social and friendly. The rules are simple, and the game is easy for beginners to learn, but can develop into a quick, fast-paced, competitive game for experienced players. Pickleball was invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, a ...
To the Editor: I am enjoying your letters about recent history. I have a recipe book published by the Kintail Women's institute in 1954. My mother and grandmother were members of that group. One of the interesting things about this book, is that none of the contributors had f...