It’s my birthday this week - another reason to celebrate and simply be joyful. As I start to write this, we’re coming out of our first December blast of snow filled with highway closures, followed by a blizzard warning a week later! I am hoping for warmer days - if that&...
To the Editor: On behalf of the Ripley and District Lions Christmas Hamper Program for 2024, we say thank you to the individuals, families, businesses, and their employees who donated generously to this program. Also, thank you to Township of Huron Kinloss, churches and service clubs ...
To the Editor: RE: “South Bruce out of the running as NWMO selects Ignace for used nuclear fuel DGR” This letter is in reference to your story about the site selection for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO)’s proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR) ...
To the Editor: I want to congratulate the Kincardine Business Improvement area (BIA) for installing the attractive new Christmas lights downtown. They are a welcome change over the ones we have had in the past few years. Good job, Dave Walsh Kincardine
You know the line in "’Twas the Night Before Christmas" by Clement Moore: “The stockings were hung by the chimney with care.” After Santa had filled all the stockings, what do you suppose was inside? Oral histories, recorded by the Bru...
The following Letters to Santa Claus were written by Becky Cohoon’s Grade 1 students at Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School. Dear Santa, Thank you for leaving me gifts last year. Did you know that I play hockey? Did you know that I am six now? How are your reindeer doing?...
To the Editor: When will the "Powers that Be" see sense and create an "all-weather" access road to the Kincardine Hospital? Thursday, a vehicle was stuck on the hill. Before long, another vehicle was stuck on the other side of the road, and no one else could move...
I have lots of stories and tips to share. You see, I am always the main character in these stories. They fly off the page as fast as I can write them down. I am also impatient and can’t wait to tell them. I’d like to think that in an alternate universe, I am a superhero. Dange...
The following Letters to Santa were written by the Grade 1 students in Ms Krupp's class at Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School: Dear Santa, Thanks for the gifts last year. I try my best to help my friends. I want Bluey Speaking Toy House. Love, Upneet Dear Santa, Than...
The following Letters to Santa were written by the Kindergarten students in Mrs. Hallam’s class and Ms. Hodgins class at Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School. Dear Santa, How do you make presents? For Christmas I would like: a notebook, a dollhouse and an art kit. Love, ...
To the Editor: I, too, am very disappointed with the way Kincardine council handled the Dr. Solomon Secord Monument. I expect them to be the guardians of the common good, and to not be persuaded by fleeting opinions. Why didn't council consult with the Secord family before destr...
To the Editor: I urge the reader to try to bracket my thoughts as those of a human being and community member. My opinion is not informed by past roles on council or being employed previously by the taxpayer (including myself). The name-calling, finger-pointing and demonizing indivi...
To the Editor: The so-called “Secord Seven” on our current Kincardine council should resign over the gross mishandling of the Secord Monument and pay any resulting litigation costs. This issue had already been put to rest by a previous council. Barry Holt Kincardine...
To the Editor: On Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Kincardine will be commemorating the 14 women who were murdered 35 years ago at Ecole-Polytechnique in Montreal, simply because they wer...
To the Editor: RE: “Secord family upset over destruction of monument by Municipality of Kincardine” After reading the article, “Secord family upset over destruction of monument by Municipality of Kincardine,” I’d say it will take several months for the ma...
To the Editor: Re: “No to Transient Housing in Town Core” At the Kincardine council meeting Nov. 13, the motion was passed to sever and re-zone part of the parking lot behind 705 Princes Street; with an intent to build a 34-room low- (or no-)income building. This proper...
Nov. 2, 1979, Laura McPhail sat before a cassette recorder and began to talk about her life in Southampton. She was taking part in a Bruce County Historical Society project — recording oral histories of early life in the county. Tapes made by 15 senior citizens are now stored per...
To the Editor: This week, Kincardine council revealed its plans to turn a portion of the parking lot behind the Bruce Power Training Centre (the former W.E. Thompson Public School across from Victoria Park) into a space for (at this point) 34 single-bed studio apartments. Council us...
Falling can be dangerous at any age, and more so as you get older. I can attest to that. I’ve had a number of falls in the past few years that really stuck with me. Three of them involved snow or ice. One did not … and that floor mat won. Since it is Fall Prevention Month,...
The tri-county region of Bruce, Grey and Huron, also known as Ontario’s Clean Energy Frontier, has long been the hub for the province’s supply of safe and reliable nuclear energy. Building on decades of energy production and a spirit of innovation, the area is also becoming...