(GODERICH, ON) - The Huron County OPP, with assistance from the Office of the Chief Coroner and a Forensic Anthropologist, has completed its investigation into the discovery of human remains found Tuesday, March 21, on St. George's Crescent in Goderich. The investigation has ...
An emergency situation at the Kincardine water treatment plant has prompted the municipality to call for conservation as the water is now being drawn from Huron-Kinloss. A notice was issued by the municipality at 4 p.m. Thursday (March 23), stating the areas affected include the Town o...
After 28 years at the helm of JB's Lingerie in downtown Kincardine, Tawny Phorson has sold the business and is retiring. “I thought it was time to step back from retail, and I'm pleased that Justine McManus is taking over,” said Phorson. “She worked for me bac...
(GODERICH, ON) - The construction of a backyard patio has been put on hold for a Goderich homeowner, following the discovery of human remains. At approximately 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 21, Huron County OPP officers responded to a property located on St. George's Crescent in God...
Edith “Irene” Bradley of Tiverton died at Tiverton Park Manor, Tuesday, March 21, 2017, in her 105th year. Beloved wife of the late H. Stuart Bradley who predeceased her in 1998. Dear mother of Doris (Ernie) Young of Bruce Township and Gordon (Lois) Bradley of Kincardine...
(SAUGEEN FIRST NATION, ON) -The Bruce Peninsula OPP has received the report of a break and enter that occurred sometime between March 8 at 2 p.m., and March 15 at 11:01 a.m. A large storage shed was broken into and approximately $2,000 in equipment was stolen from the James Mason Memor...
Margaret Rosetta Wall (née Tucker) died peacefully at Tiverton Park Manor, Monday, March 20, 2017, in her 91st year. The last surviving child of Albert and Rosetta Tucker, she was predeceased by siblings, Thomas, Harry, and Peter Tucker, Gweneth Buckingham, and Betty Lampman; as...
(KINLOSS TWP, ON) - A local woman is dead, following a two-vehicle crash on Bruce County Road 86 in Kinloss Township, Tuesday afternoon, March 21. The South Bruce OPP was called to the scene of the accident between a car and a fuel truck at 3:45 p.m. Officers arrived with members of th...
The high wind that moved into the Kincardine area Tuesday afternoon stirred up the water of Lake Huron, causing waves to crash into the shoreline and spew over the glaciers of snow. Kincardine photographer Jerry Fabian captured the "rough day" on Lake Huron, just south of Kin...
The Bluewater District School Board has appointed Paul Hambleton (above) to the position of superintendent of education, effective now until June 30. This follows the recent appointment of superintendent of education Alana Murray to the position of education director. Hambleton b...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) - It was a busy March Break for the OPP as officers laid more than 2,400 distraction-related charges during their annual Distracted Driving Campaign. Huron County OPP laid 36 of those charges, an increase from the 24 that were handed out during the 2016 spring camp...
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and the South West Regional Cancer Program is encouraging residents in the South West to get checked with a safe and painless take-home test. When caught early, nine out of every 10 people with colon cancer can be cured. Colon cancer (commonly call...
The Kincardine Theatre Guild won five awards at the Western Ontario Drama League festival's gala celebration and award presentation, held Saturday night in Guelph. The drama league covers a large area, from Tobermory and Owen Sound to Sarnia and Windsor and east to Burlington. It h...
(GODERICH, ON) - The man who died at the Compass Minerals' Salt Mine in Goderich, has been identified as 36-year-old Darcy Clancy of Chepstow. The Huron County OPP and the Ontario Ministry of Labour continue to investigate the sudden death that happened Saturday, March 18, at about...
We hope everyone had an enjoyable Spring Break and stayed safe and healthy! Congratulations to Margaret Reid who celebrated her 90th birthday recently, and to Margery and Ken MacDonald who celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. Wow to all of you! Thanks to everyone i...
Kincardine has lost a great mentor, wonderful friend, and incredible community champion. Surrounded by those he loved, Richard Yun, died peacefully in Kincardine, March 17, 2017, at the age of 56. His wife, Karen, and sons, Michael and David, have appreciated, and continue to cheris...
If you're in Grades 10-12 and you want to gain some free skills training, check out YSTOP, the Youth Skills Training Opportunity Program, available through the Bruce Community Futures Development Corporation in Kincardine. Barb Fisher, general manager of Bruce Community Futures, sa...
MANOR MUSINGS Residents and staff at Tiverton Park Manor got into the Irish spirit with some dressing up for St. Patrick's Day, Friday. Wearing their green, are, in the back Helen Watkins (left), Eve McPherson, Joyce VanDam, Paul Hamann, Lauretta Robertson and Joyce Bell; an...
(CENTRAL HURON, ON) - A 47-year-old Central Huron man has been charged with arson in a structure fire that closed the main intersection in Clinton, Saturday morning, March 18. The Central Huron Fire Department called the Huron County OPP to the blaze, shortly after 5:30 a.m. The fire d...
Last year, Amy Boudrais asked the Kincardine community to show off its striped, polka-dot, neon, tall, ruffled and mis-matched socks March 21, in honour of World Down Syndrome Day and the 'Lots of Socks' movement. The response was overwhelming, with hundreds of people taking &#...
The Kincardine Theatre Guild continues its all-Canadian lineup in 2017, marking Canada’s 150th birthday, with the spring production of Norm Foster's "One Actmanship." There’s a little catch, though. This show is not one Canadian play, it’s actually tw...
While nimble fingers tied a warm and cheerful quilt to be given to the local women’s shelter, Reid’s Corners Women's Institute members dealt with a number of business topics at their March meeting. Support was planned for the Roots of Bruce program through a donation a...
(CENTRAL HURON, ON) - Huron County OPP and the Ontario Ministry of Labour are investigating a death at Compass Minerals, located on North Harbour Road in Goderich. The scene has been secured and the mine cleared of staff underground by the company, pending the results of the inve...
Kincardine council has put its money behind national reversible-plowing champion Tom Evans of Tiverton. Wednesday night (March 15), council endorsed a motion presented by councillor Randy Roppel, to donate $5,000 to Evans in his quest to win the world plowing championship, set for Keny...
"Hurricane" Hazel McCallion, mayor of Mississauga from 1978 to 2014, will be speaking at Trillium Court Seniors' Community, Kincardine, Tuesday, April 11, from 1:30-3 p.m. Chief elder officer at Revera Retirement Living (which owns Trillium Court), McCallion is a highly-r...
A REMINDER: The monthly Family Dinner at the Kincardine Legion will be held Sunday, March 19, from 4:30-6 p.m. The menu will be smoked corned beef, parsleyed potatoes, carrots, cabbage/apple salad, and dessert bread pudding with whiskey sauce. Cost is $14 each for adults, $10 each for chi...
The Kincardine area was awash in gorgeous sunshine and a bright blue sky, Thursday, even though the temperature was chilly. The thermometer may have said it was minus-one degree Celsius, but the fierce northwest wind made it feel more like minus-eight degrees Celsius. Lake Huron was...
To celebrate another year of providing 30 per cent of Ontario’s electricity at 30-per-cent less than the average residential price, Bruce Power released its 2016 Annual Report and produced a new video this week. ‘Powered by Our People’ highlights Bruce Power employees...
The Bluewater District School Board is inviting members of the public to participate in an on-line survey as part of the annual budget planning process. Students, parents/guardians, staff, and other stakeholders are encouraged to provide their feedback through a short series of questio...
It wasn't meant to get emotional, but that's how things turned out for the group of youth and adults at the March Break event, hosted by the Ripley and District Horticultural Society, Wednesday afternoon at the Ripley Complex. With "For Our Youth" leader Tryntje Eisen...
Kincardine ratepayers spent more than $300,000 in remuneration on their council, local boards and the Bruce Telecom board, last year. The amount paid to council members in 2016 decreased slightly, to $231,484.12 from $233,797.41 in 2015, while the amount paid to the Bruce Telecom...
The Ripley Wolves Novice rep. team has defeated Minto in the semi-finals, three games two, to advance to the finals for the Jacobi Cup. The Novices got off to a rough start, losing the first two games, each with a score of 3-1, before surprising the Minto Mad Dogs, with two consecutive...
(HURON TWP, ON) - March 11, at 7:42 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a two-vehicle crash along Highway 21 in Huron Township. Officers arrived with members of Kincardine Fire and Emergency Services, Huron County paramedics and Bruce County paramedics, to find that ...
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) - March is Fraud Prevention Month, and the South Bruce OPP is asking residents across the detachment area to be careful with unsolicited contacts. Unsolicited means that you didn't ask for it. Today's tech-savvy scammers can create very co...
(WALKERTON, ON) - March 13, at 1:32 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Yonge Street South and Huron Street in Walkerton. Officers arrived to find that a red Ford Fusion had turned into the path of a black Kia SX5. The ...
Avery Wettlaufer (left, in photo at right, with her coach), a student at Sacred Heart High School in Walkerton, recently competed at the OFSAA swim meet in Windsor. She swam the 50-metre butterfly, finishing the race with an incredible time of 32:77 seconds. She finished sixth overall ...
With the loss of the Knechtel Food Market, which closed its doors Sept. 1, 2016, residents of Lucknow have had to travel out of town to get their groceries. However, Jeannette Poirier of St. Helen's hopes to stem that tide with the Small Town Grocery in downtown Lucknow. Located...
Seven young people sat at the Kincardine council table for the inaugural meeting of the Youth Advisory Council, Monday night (March 6). The members of this newest youth organization include: Brooklyn Lampi, 14, of Kincardine, a student at St. Anthony's School, Kincardin...
The monthly Family Dinner at the Kincardine Legion will be held Sunday, March 19, from 4:30-6 p.m. The menu will be smoked corned beef, parsleyed potatoes, carrots, cabbage/apple salad, and dessert bread pudding with whiskey sauce. Cost is $14 each for adults, $10 each for children ...
(HURON TWP, ON) - March 11, at 9:50 a.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a crash involving a snowplow at the intersection of Highway 21 and Bruce County Road 6 in Huron Township. Officers arrived to find that a silver Honda Civic had collided with a yellow Western sno...