Well, it was nice while it lasted. Who would have guessed that you could sit out in the warm sun in February and even do yardwork? Did Willie predict this? One more month and we should be getting back into the warm weather. The Tiverton and District Lions inducted three new members int...
St. Patrick’s was the theme when the Bervie Women's Institute met at the Bervie United Church, Wednesday, March 1, at 10 a.m. After the usual openings, the Roll Call was answered with a fact about Ireland or a joke. Elsie Schular is one of the honoured authors whose ...
Natasha Colling of Goderich is a talented photographer who has captured the beauty of Kincardine and Bruce County in the following photos taken over the past couple of weeks. The photos of the Kincardine Lighthouse and sunset were taken Feb. 27. Kincardine sunset Kincardi...
Margaret Genevieve Humphrey (née Hughes) of Kincardine died at the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, Kincardine, Tuesday, Feb. 28, in her 88th year. Beloved wife of the late George Humphrey who predeceased her in 2010. Dear mother of Louise Silverston (Robert) of Toronto, Ruth ...
Electricity bills are the subject of a great deal of discussion and debate in Ontario right now, and Bruce Power takes seriously its role as a provider of low-cost electricity. “We also believe we have a role to play in informing the public on electricity generation in Ontario an...
Sunday, March 12, is the Family Dinner date for this month. 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 age 12 and under, $12 each for seniors (age 6...
Kincardine councillor Gordon Campbell has lost a month's salary for violating the Council Code of Conduct. In committee-of-the-whole last night (March 1), integrity commissioner Robert J. Swayze gave his report, noting that Campbell had contravened three sections of the code, under...
After its customary two-month winter hiatus, the Huron Fringe Field Naturalist Club resumed the 2016/17 program with its annual potluck lunch and photo contest. The meeting took place Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Pine River United Church on Highway 21. More than two dozen members turned ou...
SHOPLIFTER RESISTS ARREST (CENTRAL HURON, ON) - A 31-year-old from Central Huron man is facing five criminal charges, following a shoplifting incident that took place Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 28, just outside of Goderich. Around 6:45 p.m. Huron County OPP...
Ontario environment minister Glenn Murray is purposely adding to Ontario Tire Stewardships (OTS)'s already bloated surplus by missing his own deadline to phase out the eco-tax collection agency, say Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson and Wellington-Halton Hill MPP Ted Arnott. In F...
The Tundra Taters, formerly of the Adult Safe Hockey League based at York University in Toronto, have been reunited and are taking their "act on the road," stopping at smaller communities across Ontario in support of minor hockey. To kick off their Charity Hockey Tour, the Ta...
Well-known and respected teacher, artist and author Wanita Hollands has died at the age of 92. Wanita Hollands (née Wardell) of RVilla in Ripley, and formerly of Walkerton and Kincardine, died with family by her side, at the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, Kincardine, Saturday, ...
Q: I heard the name of my stomach medication on the news this week, but didn’t catch the rest of the details. What’s the big deal? A: Most mainstream media sites earlier this week broadcast the latest findings on the group of stomach-acid-lowering drugs known as the proton ...
BREAK-AND-ENTER IN GODERICH (GODERICH, ON) - Huron County OPP officers are currently investigating a break, enter and theft at an historical building that was in the midst of a renovation. A large number of contractor's tools was stolen over the weekend from a jobsit...
A snowy owl on a power line caused a hydro outage, Tuesday morning (Feb. 28), in Point Clark area. A Hydro One spokesperson said about 3,300 customers were affected when the power went out at about 8:30 a.m. The cause was animal contact. In this case, it was a snowy owl that made co...
The Ripley Legion held its annual public-speaking competition, Sunday, with nine participants. Taking first place were: Story-telling - Cuyler Liddle Junior - Owen Nixon Intermediate - Kate Leppington The first-place finishers go on to the Legion Zone C-1 com...
Leslie Gilbert Jolley died peacefully at home in Kincardine, Feb. 25, 2017, at the age of 86. He is survived by his four children, Susan (Dennis) Robinson, Stephen (Heather) Jolley, Kenneth (Brenda) Jolley and Arthur (Emily) Jolley, all of Kincardine; his only sister, Irene Doornbos of...
(HOWICK, ON) - An impaired driver led police through a swamp and up a tree before he was finally taken into custody, Friday night. Feb. 24, at 8:30 p.m., Huron County OPP officers responded to the area of Orange Hill Road, northwest of Gorrie, to patrol for a possible impaired dr...
Our sympathy is sent to Donna Swann and her brother, Jim Surridge, and Grace on the death of their brother, John. He and his family were living in Woodstock. Also, our sympathy is sent to the Thompson family on the death of Linda Thompson of Mississauga. Her brother-in-law, Don, and ne...
It was a scurvy lot that crowded t' Kincardine Legion Hall, Friday night, for a special round of Pirate Trivia. About 165 people, many in swashbuckling gear, waving fierce cutlasses, and peering from behind eye-patches and parrots, were up t' the mangey task at hand. Amidst ...
Rosie Laidler is fine-tuning her routine as she looks forward to competing at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria next month. The Kincardine figure skater was at the Tiverton Arena, Saturday, Feb. 18, rehearsing with her coach Lorilee Nelson, and receiving plenty of enco...
Ruth Marion Bogues (Balkwill) of Lucknow, and formerly of Kincardine, died peacefully, Feb. 25, 2017, at Pinecrest Manor, Lucknow, at the age of 97. She was the beloved wife of the late William Bogues, who predeceased her in 1986. Ruth was born Sept. 19, 1919, in Carberry, Manitoba,...
The Harambe Lovers (above), Port Elgin’s FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League (FLL) team, completed a successful inaugural season by competing at the provincial finals held at University of Waterloo, Saturday, Feb. 4. The team fared well i...
The leachate treatment plant is up and running at the Kincardine Waste Management Centre in Armow. The $1.7-million facility was officially opened in the fall, as municipal councillors and staff, along with members of the media, took a tour of the plant, courtesy of Shamus Anderson, wa...
Bev Fry of Ripley has been honoured for her contributions as Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies (OAAS) homecraft president in the year 2000. The presentation was made at the OAAS convention, Feb. 16-18, in Toronto, by William Morris, Fry's co-president that year. &quo...
Toronto-based rock-and-roll band, The Trews, is set to headline the Saturday night concert at the 18th annual Kincardine Scottish Festival and Highland Games this summer. The festival runs July 7-9 in Victoria Park, with pipe bands, heavy events, Highland dancing and internationally-re...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) - The Huron County OPP detachment is reminding seasonal residents to properly secure and check on their vacation homes as frequently as possible to help reduce the number of break-ins and thefts. Monday, Feb. 20, Huron OPP officers responded to three separate b...
The Bruce Power site, located in the Municipality of Kincardine, has become an even busier place since its life-extension program began Jan. 1, 2016. Tuesday (Feb. 21), Top 100 Projects (top100projects.ca/2017filters/) ranked this program number one on its Top 100 Canada’s Bigges...
(ORILLIA, ON) - As part of the Project SILKSTONE multi-jurisdiction investigation into illegal firearms and the trafficking of illegal drugs, the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau is releasing a series of topic-specific videos. The first video in the series features Detectiv...
The Bluewater District School Board has appointed Alana Murray (above) to the position of interim education director, following the resignation of Steve Blake who has taken a position as education director with the Simcoe County District School Board. “We are very excited to welc...
The Kincardine and District Chamber of Commerce has announced the nominees for this year's community achievement awards; and among them, is The Kincardine Record which has been nominated for new business of the year. Executive director Terry-Ann Smith said the selection committee w...
Ripley-Huron Community School held its public- speaking competition Tuesday at the school, with the following results: Junior speakers 1st - Carter Snobelen 2nd - Nathan Pollock 3rd - Owen Nixon Top Junior speakers Owen Nixon (left),...
A high-tech form of insect birth control connected to nuclear power, could solve a devastating pest problem for Ontario farmers, says a University of Guelph researcher. Officials at Bruce Power, the world’s largest operating nuclear facility located in the Municipality of Kincard...
The recent warm weather, with temperatures well above average, has resulted in a gradual melting of the snowpack and slowly rising river and stream levels in the Saugeen Watershed. This has prompted the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) to issue a statement, warning of minor...
INTOXICATED PATRON ARRESTED FOR OVER-80 (GODERICH, ON) - The Huron County OPP has arrested and charged a 31-year-old man of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, following an early-morning incident that took place in Goderich last weekend. At approximately 1:45 a.m., Saturday, Feb...
The Kincardine area is enjoying weather that is more like spring or summer, rather than winter, as glorious sunshine and a balmy 14-degrees Celsius blew through Wednesday. There are banks of snow and ice in Lake Huron, along the shoreline at the Kincardine Harbour, in direct contrast t...
Harold Robert “Bob” White, O.C. died peacefully in Kincardine, Feb. 19 2017. He was 81. He is survived by his wife, Marilyne; his children, Todd, Shawn and Robyn (Michael); his sister, Rachel; his three grandchildren, Jordan, Taylor and Landon; three nephews, David (Karen),...
The Brown Trout Hatchery in Kincardine now has a full complement of volunteers, but more help is needed to organize the annual Chantry Chinook Classic Salmon Derby. That's the word from Dick Verrips of the Lake Huron Fishing Club which puts on the derby every year. Last month, t...
Unseasonably mild temperatures are forecast to continue for the next several days and rain is expected later this week. This has prompted the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) to issue a watershed conditions statement, regarding minor flooding in low-lying areas, and water ...
Jam Sessions coming up in March will be held Friday, March 3, and Friday, March 31. If you haven’t come to one of these events, you are missing out on hearing some of our talented local musicians and singers. Jam Sessions start at 7 p.m. Check it out, and if you play an instrument, ...