This phrase has been spoken at weddings for eons. It was quite a reasonable statement in ancient times when you married in your mid-teens and died by the age of 30. Times have changed and divorce is a very current issue. A divorce is often the last resort for many couples who no lon...
Bike Assembly 101: be prepared for the small print and the possibility of stripping! These are what really hit me when I started to assemble my new spin bike. I knew there would be some assembly involved. But reading the instructions in what I think was very small six-point-sized Roman...
Dec. 27, 2002, Brigitte Boisselier held a press conference in Florida, announcing the birth of the first human clone, called Eve. Since I first learned about Eve and Dolly (first cloned sheep), I have been fascinated about the possibilities of rejuvenation. Gene cloning is...
To the Editor: The following is an open letter to the people of Kincardine: In times of uncertainty and hardship, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. But let me remind you, we are resilient. We are Canadians. As we navigate through the challenges of our economy, many of us are str...
At the start of the Great War, and convinced that Germany could attack Tobermory at any time, the government called in the troops. Their goal was to prevent enemy agents from sabotaging the radio equipment at the wireless telegraph station. The Tobermory wireless station was built in 1...
To the Editor: RE: “Customers needed better notice of emergency power outage, says reader” I agree with Caryl Scheel. Thanks to all who got the power re-established, but she points out the failure in communication. I sent a letter of concern to Westario Power on failed ...
"Every Moment Matters” is the theme for Canada’s National Volunteer Week running from April 14-20. It’s a great theme since volunteers give so much to so many. Volunteering is good for you. It benefits your heart and mind, and helps support a positive lifestyle. ...
Salt, also referred to as table salt or by its chemical formula, NaCl (sodium chloride), is an ionic compound made of sodium and chloride ions. All life depends on its chemical properties to survive. It has been used by humans for thousands of years, from&nbs...
To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine without hydro Saturday while Hydro One fixed broken poles on Highway 21” Your positive report on the power outage, Saturday, April 13, was well-earned by Hydro One and the many emergency workers involved in replacing the downed poles. My...
The following are memories from Mrs. Thomas Farrell, grandmother of Lynn Farrell of Kincardine. She was born in 1874 and was attending elementary school when the Dark Day incident occurred in 1881. It was similar to what we saw Monday, April 8, a solar eclipse. Thanks to Lynn Farrell for ...
To the Editor: We are always hearing of random acts of kindness taking place in our little community which is definitely heart-warming, especially with all the terrible things going on in the world today. We have been the recipients of such acts of kindness, ranging from having a co...
Our hearing is one of the most valuable senses we have. It’s something we don’t often appreciate until it starts to go and causes issues – mainly interrupting our communication. Part of looking after ourselves and our health includes keeping an eye on our hearing (pun in...
As I sip my latte and type this on my MAC, I am aware of many of the people my age who don’t have the luxury of either. Let’s do the math: $15/hour times a 2,000-hour work year equals $30,000 income BEFORE taxes. In Ontario, the poverty line for a single person is $...
Who influenced me to choose a career in teaching? Of course, my three aunts who taught in one-room Kincardine Township schools as I was growing up: Mum’s sister, Aunt Evelyn; Uncle Howard’s wife, Aunt Wanita; and Aunt Sadie who was my first teacher not long after she married U...
To the Editor: RE: “Dr. Solomon Secord, you are not alone” I believe that Man Lahrkamp wrote an excellent letter to the editor. He asked why Dr. Solomon Secord moved to Georgia, but was afraid we would never know. I have been researching through the Bruce Coun...
I am writing about kids and health today because I recently took the Government of Canada’s on-line Physical Activity Quiz and failed one of the questions on youth and physical activity. There are 10 questions and I thought, “Oh, I will ace this,” given everything I have...
To the Editor: To my amazement, Dr. Solomon Secord’s Monument is not the only Civil War Monument in Canada. Just west of Cornwall, Ontario, is a Civil War Monument honouring the 40,000 Canadians who were involved in that conflict. There were 36,000 with the north, th...
Life has sped up. A never-ending stream of stimuli is vying for your attention every minute of the day. Some of it is fabulous and some of it is time-wasting. So, how do you decipher how to spend your time? The answer: you face the fact that you are actually going to d...
Fancy booking a cruise on the Saugeen River? Admittedly, there are no such cruises today, but there certainly were in the 19th Century. The first steamboat used on the rivers and lakes of Bruce County was “Water Witch,” on the Saugeen River in 1880. This marked the start of...
RE: “Secord Monument public engagement process begins” To the Editor: History is history, regardless. Like it or not, it happened. Dr. Solomon Secord did good and, apparently, bad. He is not here to defend his position, so that is that. We have much more to worry a...