Congratulations to Catherine Frook, winner of $1,782 in Wednesday’s Catch the Ace draw. She chose Envelope No. 10 which contained the Seven of Diamonds. If she had caught the Ace of Spades, she would have won $30,622! Better luck next time. It was a full house for the Saturday Me...
Dolores “Dee Dee” Labonte (nee Perry), formerly of Tiverton, died Jan. 24, 2024, at Southampton Hospital, at the age of 75. She was born in St. Louis, Prince Edward Island, Feb. 4, 1948. Loving mother of Susan Fitzsimmons (Brad), Ken Smith (Sandi), and daughter-in-law, C...
(BROCKTON, ON) - Jan. 25, the South Bruce OPP responded to an address in Brockton and initiated an intimate partner violence investigation. As a result of the investigation, a 20-year-old Municipality of Brockton resident has been charged with the following Criminal Code offe...
Maryann Vaughan Forster, beloved wife of Bob Forster of Lurgan Beach, died peacefully at the Walkerton Hospital, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. She was 74. Born May 3, 1949, in Houston, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Dorothy (Moon) and James B. MacLean. Greatly missed by her son...
Knox Presbyterian Church in Kincardine is celebrating 175 years of serving the community, by hosting numerous events and activities throughout the year. First off the mark, is a Community Soup Lunch, Wednesday, Feb. 14, from Noon to 2 p.m. Donations welcome. Holy Week worship servic...
“Bobby Orr Flying Goal” is the next print in the South Bruce Grey Health Centre - Kincardine Hospital Auxiliary's Art/Easel Program fund-raiser. This print, on display at Sobeys Kincardine, is a licensed NHL collectible featuring Orr’s famous goal, May 10, 1970. T...
The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program is returning to the Bruce County Public Library branches in Kincardine, Walkerton, Port Elgin and Chesley, and the library is seeking dedicated individuals to join as volunteers. This program assists those with low to modest incomes, to receiv...
As Bruce Power strives to advance its sustainability goals and further its position in minimizing the environmental impacts and upholding strong business ethics, the company has been recognized with a strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Risk Rating from leading ESG risk rati...
Dr. Jason Murray says he is blessed to be working in the community where he grew up. And for that reason, the Kincardine physician, his wife, Stacey, and their son, Matthew (right), have pledged $250,000 over five years toward the Kincardine hospital’s “Building Health Care...
CALLER HELPS POLICE STOP AN IMPAIRED DRIVER (KINCARDINE, ON) - Jan. 23, at 1:27 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a suspected impaired driver operating a commercial vehicle in the Town of Kincardine. Officers located the vehicle and noted that the driver was exhi...
Margaret Schwichtenberg of Tiverton, died Jan. 20, 2024, at Huron Shores Hospice, surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with cancer, in her 87th year. Left to mourn Marg’s passing, are her best friend of 65 years, her husband, Alfred; her daughter, Kathryn Young (Br...
Bruce Power once again has been named among Canada’s Best Employers by Forbes, an award based on an independent survey of more than 40,000 Canadian employees. The annual ranking, which Forbes created in partnership with market research firm Statista, is based primarily on a ...
Kenneth “Ken” Wayne Buckingham of Kincardine, died at the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, Kincardine, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, in his 80th year. Survived by his wife of 50 years, Sharon (née Snowden) Buckingham; daughter, Sarah (Carolynn) Gludish; and his two grandsons...
(KINCARDINE, ON) - Jan. 22, at 8:27 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a person walking barefoot along Sutton Street near Broadway in Kincardine. Officers conducted a thorough search of the area. Footprints left by someone walking barefoot were located, but the ...
The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) advises that forecasted precipitation, above freezing temperatures, and associated snowmelt are likely to result in above-seasonal water levels throughout the Saugeen Watershed over the next several days. Temperatures are expected to ris...
Marjorie MacTavish of Kincardine, beloved wife of the late James “Jim” MacTavish, died peacefully at the Kincardine Hospital, with family by her side, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, at the age of 82. Born in Kincardine, Jan. 28, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Verna (Hicks) ...
Pauline Patricia Whelan (née McGonnell) of Kincardine died peacefully, surrounded by family, Jan. 21, 2024, at the age of 88. Born on a cool, damp day in Dublin, Ireland, she was the first child, and only daughter, of Daniel and Patricia. Four brothers – Brian, Donald, ...
Q: After reading the column last week about the lack of proven benefits to taking a fish oil supplement, I wonder if you can let me know what supplements, if any, I should be taking? A: That is a great question. Many of us were given a colourful children’s multi-vitamin daily and...
ONE ARRESTED FOLLOWING DISTURBANCE IN KINCARDINE (KINCARDINE, ON) - Jan. 21, at 12:09 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a disturbance in the 300 block of Queen Street in Kincardine. Officers responded with members of Bruce County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) ...
For the second year in a row, Bruce Power is offering scholarships for students enrolled in local Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs, in an effort to ease the shortfall of child-care workers in Bruce County. “Access to child care continues to be a struggle for families in o...
We hope you were able to keep your vehicles out of the ditches. The January snows can be so dangerous. And for some of us, it was a good time to hibernate with a good book, a sewing project or woodworking project. It's also a good time to check on neighbours and friends when it gets s...
(SAUGEEN TWP, ON) - Jan. 21, at 10:38 a.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a serious, two-vehicle vehicle collision along Highway 21 in Saugeen Township. Officers responded to the scene with members of the Saugeen Shores Police Service, Saugeen Shores Fire Department a...
A request has been made to Kincardine council to provide drinking water (potable water) to the Bruce Energy Centre industrial park, located on Farrell Drive, just off Bruce County Road 20, northwest of Tiverton, across from the Bruce Power Visitors’ Centre. Nancy Michie, represen...
Almost 100 people registered their golf carts for the Golf Car pilot project in Huron-Kinloss Township last year. That’s the word from deputy clerk Kelly Lush, in an information report to council at its committee-of-the-whole meeting, Monday (Jan. 15). Ontario Regulation 407/2...
Huron-Kinloss council is looking into options to enforce its septic re-inspection program. That decision was in response to a report by Lisa Courtney of B.M. Ross and Associates, providing an update on the program, at the committee-of-the-whole meeting, Monday morning (Jan. 15). Cou...
Kincardine council wants an update from the Bluewater District School Board about the proposed new high school in the municipality. Councillor Bill Stewart brought up the issue at the council meeting Wednesday night (Jan. 10), putting forward a motion to invite the school board to a me...
This year’s Ripley Winter Carnival offers plenty of great activities at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre, Feb. 16-17. The event opens with the Ripley Lions Costume Skate, Friday, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. It’s like Halloween in February! Who doesn’t love another chance ...
The Point Clark Boat Club is concerned about the escalating costs to dredge the harbour and the need to complete the work more than once per year due to the design of the retaining wall. Club president John Newman brought the issue to Huron-Kinloss council at its committee-of-the-whole...
The Kincardine Theatre Guild is in rehearsals for its next show, “Nested,” set to open at the Kincardine Arts Centre in downtown Kincardine, Feb. 15. This feel-good comedy, written by Liz Best and directed by Jaki Mayer-Duggan, welcomes us to join Elaine and David as they n...
Bell Hackett (nee Graham) of Lucknow, beloved wife of the late Chester Hackett, died peacefully at Huronlea in Brussels, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, at the age of 86. Born in South Kinloss, July 18, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Sadie (Gee) and Douglas Graham. Loving mothe...
Her Strength Studio is growing and needs more space. So, the business is re-locating to the lower level of the Point Clark Community Centre, 344 Lake Range Drive, and welcomes everyone to a grand re-opening event Saturday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Studio owner Lynda Shields s...
The Kincardine Police Services Board is championing the continued support of the school resource officer who works with students and staff in the local elementary schools and secondary school. That’s the word from Stellina Williams, provincial representative on the board, who gav...
Congratulations to Stacy Robertson who won $1,533 in Wednesday’s Catch the Ace draw. She chose Envelope No. 14 which contained the Nine of Spades. If she had found the Ace of Spades, she would have won $27,698.50! The next draw should see the jackpot sitting at about $29,000! Catch ...
Members of the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan (CSWBP) are proud to announce the development of two new action tables to serve the Grey and Bruce communities. The Crime Prevention Action Table and the Mental Health Action Table were launched in December, 2023, as collaborative eff...
(CARRICK TWP, ON) - Jan. 16, at 4:43 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a single-vehicle crash near the intersection of Bruce County Road 4 and Concession 10 in Carrick Township. Officers responded to the scene to find the vehicle had left the roadway and come to res...
Bruce Power has been named one of southwestern Ontario’s top employers as Canada’s Top 100 shines a light on the region for the first time. In selecting Bruce Power as one of the top employers in the first edition of its southwestern Ontario recognition, Mediacorp Canada In...
The flags at Bruce County’s administration centres have been lowered to half-mast in honour of former warden Ronald Lyon Oswald of Chesley, who died suddenly at The Village Retirement Community, Hanover, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in his 92nd year. Oswald served as mayor of Arran-E...
As the community moves into 2024, the Municipality of Kincardine is taking a moment to review and highlight the significant work accomplished in 2023, with its Integrated Strategy Progress Report. The integrated strategy is a document that brings together key priorities from across the...
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) - A powerful winter storm blasted through southern Bruce County on the weekend which made for a busy set of shifts for members of the South Bruce OPP. Between 7:08 p.m. Jan. 12, and 7:56 a.m. Jan.14, officers responded to 10 motor vehicle collisions. Th...
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of South Bruce North Huron will be hosting a fun family Disney event - Be Our Guest Fest - Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Davidson Centre in Kincardine. This promises to be a day of fun for the whole family, with two time slots to choose from – 10 a.m. to ...