It took an extensive amount of debate and discussion, but Kincardine council has finally come up with a solution to paying off the decade-old debt for the lakeshore drinking water pipeline project. In committee-of-the-whole last night (Jan. 14) in Underwood, in front of a restl...
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – Snow has finally arrived in southern Bruce County, which means the snowmobile enthusiasts will be out riding. With this in mind, the South Bruce OPP is sending a reminder to snowmobile operators about some of the laws in the Motorized Snow Vehicle Act: ...
By a recorded vote of 5-3, Kincardine council has terminated its agreement with the Penetangore Regional Economic Development Corporation (PREDC) which was providing economic development services for the municipality. At the budget meeting Monday night (Jan. 12) in Underwood, council dis...
(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) - Huron County OPP officers are investigating the theft of a Polaris snowmobile that was stolen from a farm located on Blyth Road near Sharpes Creek Line. The snowmobile was stolen sometime between Jan. 4-7. Those responsible attended the property...
(MORRIS-TURNBERRY, ON) - A 41-year-old Morris-Turnberry man is dead, following a farm accident Monday afternoon. Just before 3:30 p.m., Jan. 12, Huron County OPP officers, along with Huron County EMS paramedics and North Huron Fire Department personnel, were called to a beef-cattle...
Bruce Power’s eight units set a company record for electricity output in 2014, with Bruce A and B generating stations surpassing a site record previously achieved in 1991. This record-setting production allowed Bruce Power to provide 30 per cent of Ontario’s power at 30 per c...
Kincardine council has eliminated the distribution of "free" or "taxpayer-funded" bag tags. At the budget meeting last night (Jan. 12), at the Underwood Community Centre, all but councillor Randy Roppel agreed to switch to a full user-pay model for garbage disposal. C...
OFFICERS KEPT BUSY DURING SNOWSTORM (SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – The latest winter storm to pass through southern Bruce County kept the South Bruce OPP busy dealing with traffic issues. Between 6 p.m. Jan. 6, and 6 p.m. Jan. 11, the South Bruce OPP responded to 20 motor v...
(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – A 27-year-old Haldimand County man was served with a three-day driver’s licence suspension after he was stopped in inclement weather on Kingsbridge Line. Jan. 5, a Huron County OPP officer stopped a Volkswagen Passat that was travellin...
Congratulations to June and Earl Elliott who celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary Jan. 11. Joyce and John Farrell hosted a family gathering. Their family, the Beckers, Dropperts, the Lise, and the Nahwegahbows, also Nancy and Paul Greenwood of Goderich, Colleen and J.P. Greenwood and...
It's ironic that Kincardine council will be in the Underwood Community Centre, Wednesday night, facing a decision on whether to repeal a bylaw connected with the lakeshore drinking water pipeline. This is the same location where the pipeline project began over a decade ago, in August...
Kincardine council and staff are moving further north for this week's scheduled meetings. Due to the renovations at the municipal administrative centre, both the budget meeting and the regular council meeting must be held at an alternate location. Both are slated for the Underwood C...
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson and her colleague, Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman, joined Doug DeRabbie of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) to put an additional $8,500 worth of carbon monoxide detectors in the homes of Huron-Bruce residents and to raise awareness that these detectors are nee...
Kincardine council is set to continue budget talks Monday night (Jan. 12) at a special meeting, slated for the Underwood Community Centre, beginning at 5 p.m. An information report at that meeting will also outline the $1-million in legal and professional fees incurred by the municipal...
The Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation welcomes Becky Fair as the new vice-president, Peggy Zeppieri and Ryan Gonsalves as the two newest directors, and Dorne Fitzsimmons as the board's newest member. The foundation has a very active board with members being involved i...
Steve Blake, education director with the Bluewater District School Board, released his first annual report in mid-December, outlining highlights of 2014 in terms of goals, achievements and next steps related to the board's multi-year strategic plan and each of its four strategic prior...
The Blizzard of 2015 continued in the Kincardine area Friday, as roads were closed, and school buses were cancelled, as were activities and events. For the third day in a row, blowing and drifting snow caused problems for motorists, schools, businesses, and event organizers. The sto...
January is Alzheimer Disease awareness month and this year, the focus is on women because they are doubly affected by this debilitating disease. That's the word from Deborah Barker, executive director of the Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce. Each year, the Alzheimer Society focuses...
Jan. 15 – Cash Bingo - doors open at 6 p.m. and Bingo starts at 7 p.m. More Bingo players means bigger cash prizes. Jan. 16 - Trivia Night at the Legion. Come out and test your knowledge. Everyone welcome. Starts at 7 p.m. Jan. 17 – Meat Draw and 50/50 draw – in Cl...
Well it’s been another week of Bruce County weather: closed highways and lots of blowing snow. Everybody, be safe out there! There is a Kincardine council meeting Jan. 14, at 5 p.m. (at the Underwood Community Centre), regarding the Kincardine Shoreline Pipeline Debt and ByLaw no...
Kincardine mayor Anne Eadie says 2014 was a busy year, with a lot of major issues for council to deal with. As for 2015, she is optimistic many of these issues can be resolved. Seated in an office upstairs at the municipal administrative centre, while the downstairs is being renovated,...
The South Bruce Grey Health Centre's board of directors is inviting the community to an open meeting, Friday, Jan. 23, at the Elmwood Community Centre, regarding the closure of the Restorative Care Unit at the Chesley hospital in May, 2015. Since announcing the closure in early Decem...
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – During the OPP Festive RIDE campaign, from Nov. 24, 2014, to Jan. 2, 2015, OPP officers laid 593 impaired charges and issued 485 Warn Range suspensions. Dec. 20, 2014, one person died in an impaired-related collision. When comparing the number...
For the second day since the end of Christmas break, roads were closed, schools were closed, and events were cancelled, all due to blowing and drifting snow causing zero visibility on area roadways. Among the events cancelled, is Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson's New Year's Levee, ...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – During the OPP Festive RIDE campaign, from Nov. 24, 2014, to Jan. 2, 2015, OPP officers laid 593 impaired charges and issued 485 Warn Range suspensions. When comparing the numbers to last year, the OPP is disappointed to see little change between this s...
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – A winter storm is currently settled over Southern Bruce County. High wind and blowing snow are creating pockets of zero visibility and very hazardous driving conditions. The South Bruce OPP is urging motorists to consider postponing non-ess...
In what seems like deja vu from January, 2014, a winter storm has shut down the Kincardine area, closing roads and schools and causing major havoc for motorists. The first real blast of winter hit Saturday (Jan. 3) and again Monday (Jan. 5). Then, there was a brief reprieve yesterday bef...
The Kincardine Theatre Guild is currently in rehearsals for its next production, "Ten Times Two," which opens Thursday, Feb. 12, at the Kincardine Arts Centre. The show features three veteran guild actors: Matt Harvey as Ephraim, Alanna Boucher as Constance, and Chris Mercanti ...
The Canadian Cancer Society Bluewater Community Office is making some bold changes to its Relay For Life event. Fund-raising co-ordinator Brenda O'Neill says last year, there were five relays planned, but this year, there will be just three: Kincardine, Hanover and Saugeen Shores. ...
An "unfortunate situation as a result of miscommunication" has prompted a proposal to implement discharge policies in the emergency departments at all four hospitals in the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, including Kincardine Walkerton, Chesley and Durham. Dec. 5, Helen Bullen ...
We hope that everyone had safe and Happy New Year celebrations. How thankful we were for the great roads! Attending the holiday gathering dinner at the home of Joyce and John Farrell, were June and Earl Elliott, Mary Anne Kukoly, Tania and Pete Lise, Teresa and David Becker ...
WANTED MAN CAPTURED (LUCKNOW, ON) – Jan. 2, at South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Campbell Street in Lucknow, recognized a man who was the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant. The man fought with police and managed to drive off in a white Oldsmobile. The vehicle was loc...
(GODERICH, ON) – The Huron County OPP has charged a 22-year-old Goderich resident with possession of marijuana, following a traffic stop Dec. 27. At approximately 9:40 p.m., the driver of a Toyota Echo entered a RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) checkpoint located at Glouce...
The stormy winter weather that hit the Kincardine area Saturday, continued through Monday morning, wreaking havoc for motorists. The combination of snow and high wind caused blowing and drifting snow which closed a section of Highway 21, between Amberley and Goderich. All school buses -...
The Kinetic Knights robotics team (Team 781) of Kincardine is ready to take on "Recycle Rush," the 2015 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics challenge. The kick-off for the challenge was broadcast Saturday at the Bruce Power Training Centre...
If you were expecting your “free” or more-aptly-named “taxpayer-funded” garbage bag tags to arrive in the mail, or pick them up at the Kincardine municipal hall, you will be sadly disappointed. Kincardine council has placed a moratorium on the tags until a decis...
The arts committee wants Kincardine council to guarantee that there will be money in the 2015 budget to fix up the Kincardine Arts Centre. Marilyn Clarke made a presentation to council in committee-of-the-whole, at its final meeting of last year (Dec. 17). She said the arts committe...
Heather and Sam Finnie of Kincardine own more than 100 nativity scenes, and put them on display prior to Christmas, at the house at 204 Penetangore Row, Kincardine, which they had just finished renovating. Heather has been avidly collecting nativities for the past 20 years. She purchased...
Saugeen Conservation is pleased to announce that it has received a gift of land within a naturally-significant area of Bruce County, about three kilometres north of Glammis. A total of 16.72 acres (6.7 hectares), within the provincially-significant Glammis Bog Wetland (designated as an A...
It took a year to complete, but a group of seniors at Forbes Lambton Court in Kincardine, has put together a 6,000-piece puzzle. Christine Moulton and June McGregor spearheaded the project, with the help of others in the building, located on Lambton Street in downtown Kincardine. "...