Bruce Power and a coalition of agencies and municipalities with an interest in public safety, have launched a new website to provide residents of Grey, Bruce and Huron counties with the information they need to prepare for emergencies. The website, www.bepreparedgreybrucehuron.com, is an...
Kincardine council has given initial approval to the 2015 budget for Bruce Telecom. In committee-of-the-whole during the special council meeting last night (Feb. 2), Steve Soychak, chief financial officer of the telephone company, presented the budget and stressed that it represents the ...
<p><strong>Q: I am told I have an Upper Respiratory Infection (URI), but I wasn’t given an antibiotic despite being very sick. What can I do? </strong></p> <p> </p> <p>A: A respiratory infection can leav...
<p>The Ripley and District Agricultural Society held its meeting Jan. 19 with a good attendance. Everyone enjoyed the special speakers, Sheila (Osborne) and Garry Smart of Meaford. They talked about their trip to Argentina last fall.</p> <p> </p> <...
IMPAIRED DRIVER FACING DAY IN COURT (CARRICK TWP, ON) – Jan. 31, at 6:55 p.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along the Huron-Bruce Road in Carrick Township, stopped a red Ford F150 pick-up truck. The officer found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. Sixty-year...
A total of 23 walkers raised about $6,000 at the Walk For Memories held Saturday morning at Huron Heights Public School, Kincardine. People attended from the Kincardine and Saugeen Shores area, walking in memory of a loved one or in honour of someone who is still battling Alzheimer Dis...
The three actors on stage may be Kincardine Theatre Guild veterans, but behind-the-scenes, there are youthful, new faces helping out with the production of "Ten Times Two," which opens Thursday, Feb. 12, at the Kincardine Arts Centre. Director Rob Millar of Kincardine has his...
A "Classroom of the Future" will be built at the Bruce Power Training Centre, located in the former W.E. Thompson School, at the corner of Princes and Russell Streets, near downtown Kincardine. John Peevers, manager of investor and media relations at Bruce Power, says the cla...
If you want to be elected mayor of Kincardine, you have to work hard, and once you get the job, you have to work even harder. That's the word from Kincardine mayor Anne Eadie as she spoke to the Grade 3 students at Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School, Thursday afternoon. A ...
The Community Living of Kincardine and District board of directors is engaging its stakeholders in collecting information to develop strategic directions for the next three years. It is important to collectively look ahead to map out how the agency can best address the opportunitie...
The Ripley and District Horticultural Society held its first meeting of the new year, Jan. 21. The group installed its new executive which includes president Ann Finlayson, vice-president Sandra MacDonald, and directors Shirley Galloway, Valerie Gibson, Joan Barr, Janet Nixon, Helen Va...
(GODERICH, ON) – The Huron County OPP has charged a 53-year-old male driver of North Huron, following a traffic stop Jan. 13. At approximately 11:45 p.m., a Huron OPP officer spotted a Pontiac Sunfire turn off of Courthouse Square onto Kingston Street. The officer stopped the...
A Valentine's Day Tea will be held Saturday, Feb. 14, from 1:30-3:30 p.m., at the Tiverton Knox Presbyterian Church, hosted by the Knox Youth Group. Cost is by donation. Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper is Tuesday, Feb. 17, from 5-6:30 p.m., at the Tiverton Knox Presbyte...
Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School celebrated Family Literacy Day, Jan. 27, to help raise awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities. Many of the staff and students wore pajamas to school to help mark this special day. Students in ...
More than 50 adults and children turned out for the first annual Community Snowshoe Walk at Stoney Island Sunday (Jan. 25). Sunshine and snowy trails greeted excited faces, including first-timers to snowshoeing. This free community event was hosted by the Kincardine Cross-Country Ski Cl...
More than 17,000 people in Bruce, Grey and Huron counties listened in as Bruce Power president and chief executive officer Duncan Hawthorne addressed questions on a variety of topics, during the second annual Telephone Town Hall, Tuesday night. The open forum featured about 20 question...
To the Editor: RE: "Kincardine scraps proposed 8.7-per-cent tax-rate increase" Today our OAP came in. The increase over last year? ZIP! NADA! ZILCH! Does that mean there is no inflation? Apparently not, as CPP went up a few dollars. Again, tha...
TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO DRUG CHARGE (WALKERTON, ON) – Jan. 25, at 11:48 a.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Durham Street West in Walkerton, stopped a beige Nissan S18. The officer found a quantity of illegal drugs in the vehicle. The driver, an 18-year-old Walke...
Five years ago, Kincardine council decided not to allow public traffic through a gate between Upper Lorne Beach Road and Victoria Street in Inverhuron, when Highway 21 and Bruce County Road 23 (B-line) were closed because of a snowstorm. At that time, discussion centred on a 2007 polic...
POLICE LOOKING FOR PELLET GUN SHOOTER (GODERICH, ON) – Huron County OPP officers have been busy investigating a rash of mischief incidents that have occurred in the Town of Goderich over the past couple weeks. A half- dozen cases of windows and vehicles being shot and damaged by...
(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) - Huron County OPP and members from the OPP West Region Technical Traffic Collision Investigation Team are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred early Tuesday evening, Jan. 27, just north of Goderich. At 6:45 p.m., officers...
AUTOMATED LICENCE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM PAYS DIVIDENDS (ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) - A 26-year-old Kincardine man is facing a slew of charges following a traffic stop Jan. 18. At approximately 8:10 p.m., a Huron County OPP officer was patrolling on Bluewater Veter...
The fire Friday night at C&M Construction, south of Armow on Sideroad 15, has resulted in a total loss of the building and its contents, estimated at more than $500,000. Kincardine fire chief Kent Padfield said the call came in at 7:24 p.m., and firefighters arrived to find a stora...
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – Jan. 26, at 7:40 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a fraud from a resident of Arran-Elderslie. An urgent phone call was made to advise that his “grandson” had been in a crash and needed money badly. A sum of almos...
By a narrow 5-4 recorded vote, Kincardine council has decided to scrap its proposed 8.7-per-cent tax increase and is going back to the drawing board on the 2015 budget. In committee-of-the-whole last night (Jan. 26), council spent an excessive amount of time debating the capita...
Q: My thyroid medication doesn't seem to be working. Is it possible that my body is resistant to it? A: The thyroid hormone pill, levothyroxine (Eltroxin, Synthroid), is given to people who have low levels of the hormone in their body. This low thyroid level, also known as...
It was a sold-out crowd Saturday night as about 170 people gathered at the Kincardine Legion to celebrate the Scottish bard, at the 21st annual Robbie Burns Supper. Hosted by the Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band, the event opened with the Piper's Welcome, played by Steve Wolfe. Joh...
After 30 years as a police officer, inspector Scott Smith is looking forward to Freedom 55. The former South Bruce OPP detachment commander is set to retire March 27. Smith started his policing career with the Peel Regional Police in 1984. He joined the OPP in 1988, repor...
At the McLarty Environmental Study Area (ESA), located at Bruce County Road 6 and Sideroad 20, the Pine River Watershed Initiative Network (PRWIN) created another wetland to help in the creation of this ecosystem. Not only did PRWIN project co-ordinator Adrienne Mason spearhead the proje...
Condolences go out to the family and friends of Sherry Lang who lost her battle with cancer Jan. 20. She was a long-time employee of Tiverton Park Manor and her smiling face and laughter will be sadly missed by her co-workers and residents. Sherry was originally from the Parry Sound area....
Q: I have a bunch of white patches on my skin. What's going on? A: We all have yeast living on our skin just like we have bacteria. When the yeast grows out of control, a person can get a skin disease known as tinea versicolor (also known as pityriasis versicolor). This is a very c...
The C&M Construction building, south of Armow, was destroyed by fire Friday night. No details are yet available about what caused the blaze or an estimate of damage, but the charred rubble is all that remained of the shop Saturday morning.
It was a week of signs, sunshine and a donation to the Kincardine Lions Club Splash Pad project. Tuesday, workers were repairing an Ontario road sign along Highway 21 after it was damaged by a snow plow. Meanwhile, the "Free Parking" sign on Princes Street, Kincardine, has...
President Joan Wand opened the January meeting of the Reid's Corners Institute with some readings, followed by the Ode and Collect. Roll Call was answered by all, with a donation being made to the Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey. Several of the ladies worked on tying ...
There are lots of activities at the Legion during the winter months to help beat the “winter blues.” The regular events include Euchre every Friday night at 7 p.m., and Bingo every Thursday night, with doors opening at 6 p.m. The Kitchen Party will be held Friday, Feb. 6, ...
Local Grade 8 students and their parents, who are interested in learning more about the transition to high school in the Bluewater District School Board area, are invited to attend information nights next month at Kincardine District Secondary School and Walkerton District Community Schoo...
A good crowd of residents, family and guests turned out for the Alzheimer Coffee Break held Wednesday afternoon at RVilla Retirement Living in Ripley. People enjoyed coffee and treats, while they visited, raising more than $600 for the Alzheimer Society of Grey Bruce. This event was hel...
The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation is holding a free webinar, focused on protecting the Piping Plover. Made possible through support from Ontario's Species at Risk Stewardship Fund, the webinar will be held Friday, Jan. 30, from Noon to 1 p.m. Registration is re...
When it comes to alcohol, the more a person drinks, the higher the risk of cancer. The link between alcohol and cancer is well-recognized, states the Grey Bruce Health Unit in a press release. Cancer Care Ontario reports alcohol caused up to 3,000 cases of cancer in Ontario in 2010. I...
A proposal to update and redevelop the Kincardine hospital could cost up to $35-million, and Kincardine could be on the hook for about $14-million of that cost. That's the word from Paul Rosebush, president and chief executive officer of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre which inclu...