Water users in the Municipality of Kincardine are reminded that Stage 1 restrictions remain in in effect. In a press release, Friday, public works director Adam Weishar, states that the standpipe is effectively off-line, so water conservation is necessitated. Stage 1 lawn watering r...
Anne Nicolson, student volunteer co-ordinator for many years at the Kincardine hospital, part of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, has been honoured for her years of hard work and dedication to this program. Several of the student volunteers met at Kincardine District Secondary Schoo...
The Bluewater Summer Playhouse is staging the latest from Canada's premier playwright, Norm Foster, Jonas and Barry in the Home, July 14-30, at the Kincardine Arts Centre. The play tells the story of two retirees who search for friendship, love, sex and elusive happiness in an assi...
Dear Editor: Wow, what a difference a year can make! It was June, 2015 - after two-and-a-half years of negotiations - that the St. Joseph’s Kingsbridge Community registered charity purchased the former Catholic church on Highway 21, between Kincardine and Goderich. ...
It was a cold and windy evening for the first Cruise Night of the summer, in downtown Kincardine, July 1. There were 225 vehicles and 25 motorcycles at the event, and organizers said that number may have been down by about 100 vehicles due to weather conditions earlier in the day. The ...
A potential labour disruption at Canada Post may delay your mail this summer; however, Kincardine taxpayers are still required to pay their utility bills and property tax bills on time. That's the word from the Kincardine treasury department which sent out a notice Friday, in respo...
The Bervie Women's Institute met at the hall Wednesday, July 6, at 7 p.m., with culture and Canada Day being the theme. Vice-president Joyce Roach opened with a reading “Remedies for a Happy Life,” followed by O Canada and the usual openings. The Roll Call was ...
Tiverton Knox Presbyterian Church will be holding its annual Summer Salad Supper, Tuesday, July 12, from 4:30-6:30 p.m., at the Whitney Crawford Community Centre in Tiverton. The church is also hosting a barbecue lunch, Monday, July 18, at Noon. Come and enjoy hamburgers, sausage and d...
Kincardine chief administrative officer Murray Clarke says the proposed shoreline protection project, north of Kincardine Harbour, will not obscure the view of the lake and the sunsets, from the parking lot between Macpherson Park and Dunsmoor Park. Countering information from letters ...
The top athletes from the Royal Canadian Legion District C track and field meet, held June 25 in Kincardine, will compete at the provincial championships in Timmins this weekend (July 8-9). Athletes from across District C gathered at the Davidson Centre track for the Legion District me...
(ELDERSLIE TWP, ON) – July 2, at 10:57 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a single-vehicle crash along Bruce County Road 10 in Elderslie Township. Officers arrived and found a grey Toyota Matrix in the west ditch of Bruce County Road 10. There was no one with ...
TWO OLD SCAMS STILL GENERATING MONEY (HURON COUNTY, ON) – Huron County PP members remind the public to be aware of two active scams that recently victimized two Huron County residents. These scams are certainly not new, but they are still proving to be effective. ...
Trivia Night is July 15 - bring your team or come and join a team! The fun starts in the hall at 7 p.m. Meat Draw takes place every Saturday from 2:30-5 p.m. in the clubhouse. Come down to the Legion and visit with friends and maybe take some meat home. Bingo starts ...
Don Manary of Tiverton has been named the Municipality of Kincardine's Senior of the Year. The presentation was made by Kincardine mayor Anne Eadie (above left, with Manary), at the council meeting last night (July 6). Manary and his wife, Wilma, have been married 51 years, said...
The story might be about Alan Freed, but the spotlight belongs to Aaron Solomon (above right, with Chris Murphy on saxophone), who rocks the stage in the Bluewater Summer Playhouse production of "Memories of Rock 'n' Roll - The Alan Freed Story." The show opened Tuesd...
The Bruce Telecom Lighthouse Blues Festival in Kincardine, set to run this weekend, has been recognized as one of the top 16 music festivals in Ontario, and organizers held a sponsor appreciation evening June 2, recognizing those who help make it happen. The non-profit event ...
(WALKERTON, ON) – July 4, at 11:04 a.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a two-vehicle crash on Yonge Street South in Walkerton. Officers arrived to find that a grey Ford F150 pick-up truck hit a blue Hyundai Elantra that was stopped to make a turn. The driver of...
Q: With the ongoing attention being cast upon Lyme Disease and the Zika Virus, what is the best way to avoid catching them, short of staying inside my house all summer? A: Lyme Disease is contracted by being bitten by an infected tick; whereas the Zika Virus is spread by way ...
Walk into the gardens at the home of April and Dan Finney on Birchwood, and it's like a peaceful piece of paradise. Located in the Kinhuron subdivision, the gardens are one of eight on the Kincardine and District Horticultural Society's "Through the Garden Gate" tour,...
Westario Power Inc. has launched the ‘Home Energy Assessment Program’, a new local Save On Energy pilot program designed to assist customers with reducing their energy costs at home. The program offers residential customers a complimentary energy audit to help them learn ho...
COMPUTER REPAIR SCAM NETS $5,000 (SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – The South Bruce OPP is asking residents to watch out for cons and scams after receiving a report about the computer repair scam. Computer access was given to a “technician” who called to n...
This is an important message for those within the vicinity of Bruce Power. As part of the Municipality of Kincardine's and Bruce Power’s emergency preparedness plans, a full-volume test of the nuclear emergency public-alerting sirens will be conducted Wednesday, July ...
It's official: the Kincardine Community Medical Clinic has been renamed the Hawthorne Community Clinic. The ribbon-cutting was held Monday morning, with Duncan Hawthorne, retired president and chief executive officer of Bruce Power, and his wife, Lesley, joining Kincardine deputy m...
Huron-Kinloss mayor Mitch Twolan was honoured Monday night (July 4) by township council and staff for his hard work and dedication as chairman of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Cities Initiative for 2015-16. Deputy mayor Wilfred Gamble (above right, with Twolan) presented a plaque to Two...
The 17th annual Kincardine Scottish Festival got off to a chilly start Friday night, but the rest of the weekend saw perfect weather and the crowds gathered in Victoria Park and Robinson Park for the many great events Saturday and Sunday. Event manager Janice Griffith-Curtis said it wa...
(CHESLEY, ON) – June 30, the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau – Drug Enforcement Unit, West Region Emergency Response Team, and South Bruce OPP executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a residence on 3rd Street, in the Municipality of ...
The Class of 2016 was honoured at the Huron Heights Public School Grade 8 graduation, held Tuesday night at the school. Besides the Grade 8 graduation diplomas, and the valedictory address by Hannah Gratto and Zach Bumba, the following awards were presented: English award, ...
Adrienne Mason, project co-ordinator with the Pine River Watershed Initiative Network (PRWIN) for the past seven years, celebrated her final day June 30. A potluck luncheon was hosted by the PRWIN directors, at the McLarty Environmental Study Area, to recognize all the great work Mason...
The crowd traded kilts for quilts at the opening of the Kincardine Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Friday night, in Victoria Park. While the welcome was warm, the night was incredibly chilly for the 1st of July. The event actually began Friday afternoon, with tremendous local ...
The Kincardine branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, but the organization has been around for almost 100 years. After the First World War, women’s participation in the war effort prompted them to advocate for e...
The 16th annual Kincardine Women’s Triathlon will hit the race course Saturday, July 9, at Station Beach, Kincardine. The sold-out event will once again see a Healthy Lifestyle and Fitness Expo on the evening preceding the race, Friday, July 8, on the race site at the Kin...
It had to be the wettest Canada Day on record, as pouring rain and strong wind greeted the crowd that gathered at the flag pole, at the bottom of Harbour Street, Kincardine, for the annual ceremony, Friday morning. Earlier at the Kincardine Legion, the Canada Day parade formed up for a...
The proposed changes to wind turbine noise testing by the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, do not go far enough in addressing the negative impacts of Industrial Wind Turbines, says Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, Progressive Conservative (PC) critic for environment and c...
The Tiverton and District Lions held their annual Walk of Memories tree dedication Sunday, June 19, under beautiful, sunny skies. There were 13 trees dedicated in memory of 21 people (Lloyd, Margaret and Jim Hutton, Clara and Murray Todd, Allan and Marjorie Evans, Chantell Shaw, Albert an...
it's Canada Day! Celebrate Canada's 149th birthday, wherever you are! We'll be down at the flag pole, at the bottom of Harbour Street, Kincardine, following the Canada Day parade!
You may think you know the Matthew Dinning story - the 23-year-old from Wingham who joined the Canadian Armed Forces and was killed in Afghanistan in 2006. But knowing these facts does not prepare you for the gut-wrenching, heart-breaking story of grief and love, powerfully portrayed i...
The June meeting of the Purple Grove Women's Institute was held at the community centre. Members and guests answered the Roll Call, which was about remedies for removing ants from the house. The May Day-Out fun trip was discussed. Cheryl Bridge and Janet Nixon were t...
The Municipality of Kincardine will hold an official ribbon-cutting and cheque presentation ceremony for the Station Beach portable recreation path - Mobi-Mat® Beach Access Mat™ - Tuesday, July 5, at 3 p.m., at Station Beach in Kincardine. The purchase of the Mobi-Mat® Be...
Come out to the Kincardine Legion every Thursday evening and get a hamburger for $3.75 or cheeseburger for $4, from 5-7 p.m. The Burger Nights take place every week until September. Why not stay, Thursday night, and play Bingo after you have had your burger? The first night we ...
(BRUCE TWP, ON) – June 27, at 3:06 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a theft at a windmill site in the 1700 block of Sideroad 15 in Bruce Township. Sometime between June 17 and June 27, lengths of copper wire were removed from the site. These coppe...