The snow on Easter Sunday sure was a surprise! An Easter gathering of the family was held on Sunday with Largaret McInnes. Last week visitor with Largaret and Karen, was Linda McInnes of Oakville. Sheena Houghton of Sanford, Michigan, and her children, William, A...
It was a close shave for Huron-Kinloss mayor Mitch Twolan. At the general committee meeting Monday night (April 6), the Ripley Reunion committee brought an update about the event, slated for July 30 to Aug. 3 this year. Sean Johnson, of the committee, pointed out that, aside from de...
After 34 years of service to the Ripley-Huron Fire Department, fire chief Doug Martyn is retiring, effective July 1. Martyn made his announcement to Huron-Kinloss council, in closed session, at the general committee meeting Monday night (April 6). In a statement Tuesday (April 7), c...
Q: My child is struggling with a psychiatric condition. All the pills and counselling really don’t seem to be helping as much as I had hoped. Are there viable alternative treatments available either now or in the near future? A: In a word, yes. Whether it is depression, obsess...
Huron-Kinloss council has listened to both sides, but ultimately, cannot enforce a proposed hunting ban in residential areas, particularly along the lakeshore in Point Clark. At the general committee meeting last night (April 6), council heard from two proponents of a ban based on safe...
The Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band has been invited by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch in the Netherlands to participate in celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Holland. The band's participation will greatly enhance celebrations, and increase awarenes...
Second World War veteran Richard "Dick" Patrick Colwell of Kincardine died Sunday, April 5, 2015, at the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, Kincardine hospital. He was 94. Beloved husband of Mary “Lil” Colwell (née Brannon). Dear father of Terry (Bonnie) Colwe...
Hundreds of children, along with their parents and grandparents, turned out for the Kincardine Rotary Club's eighth annual Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday morning, at Victoria Park in Kincardine. Lots of colourful Easter eggs were hidden in a roped-off pile of straw, and children in sepa...
Local developer David Brown was surprised and honoured to be named the recipient of the 2014 Bruce County YIMBY (Yes, In My Back Yard) Team Housing Award. The award was presented by YIMBY Team chairman Rev. Herb Klaehn, Thursday afternoon, at the county's social services and housin...
Nadia Crisante Rochon tries to answer the question, "What makes a good dog, good?" with her new show, featured at the Victoria Park Gallery in downtown Kincardine, through the month of April. Titled "good.dog." the exhibit is a series of drawings of a dog, but the a...
The Kincardine Theatre Guild is in rehearsals for the mystery-comedy, "Murder by the Book," which opens May 22 at the Kincardine Arts Centre in downtown Kincardine. Directed by Shirley Bieman, the play tells the tale of what happens when an all-woman, mystery-writers' clu...
A barn on the Northline, east of the Bervie Sideroad, in Kincardine, was destroyed by fire Friday night. Smoke continued to billow from the site Saturday morning, where a tractor and a high-hoe were clearing debris as the fire continued to smoulder. There are reports that two horses...
If you get the feeling you're in the aftermath of a vampire apocalypse in Kincardine next month, you are. However, it isn't real. It's the cast and crew filming a movie, "Red Spring." Led by Kincardine native Tonya Dodds, producer, filming of the show will begi...
Kincardine council is urging residents to keep faucets running in their homes for another two weeks to help keep waterlines from freezing. At the meeting Wednesday night (April 1), councillor Laura Haight, policy chairperson for water and wastewater systems, told council that the work ...
Tiverton Knox Presbyterian Church News – April 12 - Services will be held at 10 a.m. as of Sunday, April 12 April 18 - Faith Family Team will be hosting a Family Movie Night, Friday, April 17, at 7 p.m., and Adult Games Night, Saturday, April 18, at 7 p.m. April 1...
The Kincardine Fire Department's new rescue vehicle was on display in the parking lot of the Municipal Administrative Centre, Wednesday night, just prior to the Kincardine council meeting. The shiny new red truck, which arrived last Friday from Surrey, British Columbia, will be ope...
Bluewater District School Board staff are encouraged by this week’s release of the board’s 2013-14 graduation rate which stands at 82 per cent. The provincial graduation rate is currently 84 per cent. Spring, 2015, marks the first time that the province has released provinc...
Each year, the Ontario government offers a number of programs to provide summer job opportunities to high school, college or university students looking for work. Last year, more than 100,000 students were able to find jobs or receive help through the summer job programs that t...
The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) is advising the public to stay well away from local rivers and streams, for safety reasons, particularly over the Easter holiday weekend. River banks at this time of year can be very slippery and unstable. In addition, children can be un...
The South Bruce Grey Health Centre’s Family Birthing Centre, located at the Walkerton hospital, welcomed more than 400 babies in 2014‐2015 (April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015), setting a new record for the number of births at the facility. The previous year, a record-setting ...
The Kinetic Knights Robotics Team 781 of Kincardine brought home the Engineering Inspiration award from the North Bay Regional last weekend, March 27-28. This FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and...
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – The South Bruce OPP is starting to receive reports of vehicle collisions with deer across the detachment area. Drivers are offered the following safe driving tips to help reduce the chances of hitting a deer: Be especially attent...
The Bervie Women’s Institute met at the Bervie United Church, April 1, with nine members giving a joke and paying their membership fees. Elsie and Sylvia will attend the membership workshop in Chesley, April 30. Roots of Bruce is April 9-10 in Walkerton with Elsie and San...
OPP looking for 100-per-cent seatbelt compliance over Easter long weekend (ORILLIA, ON) – Seeing seatbelt-related deaths on OPP-patrolled roads shrink to 50 last year (2014) from 120 in 2005, has the OPP optimistic about the growing importance road-users are placing on&...
In an effort to better prepare Kincardine residents, businesses and institutions located around the Bruce Nuclear site, distribution of potassium iodide (KI) tablets will get under way later this year. In committee-of-the-whole last night (April 1), community emergency prepared...
The 20th annual Heart and Stroke Pool Tournament, held March 20-22 at the Sutton Park Inn, has raised $2,774.50 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. This brings the grand total of funds raised over the 20 years, to $115,000. Tournament winners were: "A" Division...
Congratulations to Kate Leppington (L) and Madison Beishuizen for both finishing in first place at the Ripley Legion competition and then AGAIN in Goderich. The next level of competition was in Mount Forest where Kate finished second in the Junior division and Madison was first in the ...
The Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Caucus has asked the provincial government to commit to not levying another misguided tax on the people of Ontario, specifically a carbon tax. This is the second in a series of commitments the PC Caucus is asking of the government in advance...
(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – A traffic stop near Dungannon Tuesday afternoon, March 31, has led to several charges being laid against a young female driver from Exeter. At approximately 4:15 p.m., a Huron County OPP officer stopped a Suzuki Vitara on Lucknow Line just...
It was a practical exercise in career-related experiential learning for local students at the area’s signature skilled trades event of the year. Georgian College, Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute, and St. Mary’s High School in Owen Sound were competition sites...
The Bruce Grey MedLINCS (Medical Learning in Community Settings, formerly MedQUEST) committee is looking for all former program participants in order to invite them to the 10th Anniversary Celebration, July 11. If you were a participant or are a family member or friend of a par...
POLICE INVESTIGATING PROPERTY DAMAGE (TEESWATER, ON) – March 26, at 2 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received a report of property damage to the soccer field at Sacred Heart School along Gordon Street in Teeswater. Sometime between 4 p.m. March 24, and 6 a.m. March 26...
(HURON EAST, ON) - Passing a police cruiser at nearly double the speed limit is what a 31-year-old driver of Goderich will have to answer to in traffic court come this May. March 28, shortly before 11 a.m., a Huron County OPP officer was travelling eastbound on Huron Road n...
Q: I heard there is a new prescription drug coming soon to the United States for weight loss. What can you tell me about it? A: The “new” drug is to be called Saxenda but the only novel things about this drug are the name, the dose and the indication for weight loss. You se...
Is March going out like a lion? A number of folks in the area were with hydro Sunday evening after the snowstorm hit. Last Monday, the Bruce United Church Women (UCW) Presbyterial Annual General Meeting was hosted by St. John’s UCW at Clifford. Rev. Jessica and Rev. Micol...
VEHICLE WINDOWS DAMAGED IN GODERICH (GODERICH, ON) – Huron County OPP officers are seeking information from the public to help solve a recent rash of mischief cases that has been occurring in the Town of Goderich. Thursday, March 26, Huron County OPP officers we...
A capacity crowd filled the Tiverton Sports Complex Saturday night, in support of Lindsey Gossell. The 19-year-old daughter of Danny and Elaine Gossell of Tiverton, had just completed her first semester of the personal support worker program at Lambton College in Sarnia last ...
People have to learn about the proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) for used-nuclear fuel, in order to make informed decisions about the project. That's the priority for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) which continues its work on the Adaptive Phased Manage...
On the 21st anniversary of the beginning of the Rwanda genocide, Allan Thompson will be making a presentation at the Goderich United Church, Tuesday, April 7, on the role of the media during those tragic events. Now the federal Liberal candidate in Huron-Bruce, Thompson was a...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – Members of the OPP Anti-Rackets Branch remind everyone to be aware of the many E-mail scams criminals use to commit identity theft and other crimes. Phishing is any E-mail falsely claiming to be from an established legitimate organization such as a fi...