After much work and waiting, the Kincardine Refugee Committee has accepted the first refugee family for the area. The steering committee last week reviewed and decided to support the application of a family identified as “in high-need for re-settlement” by the Can...
The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation is hosting its ninth biennial conference, "Is The Coast Clear?" Friday, May 27, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the UNIFOR Family Education Centre in Port Elgin. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Located in Goderich, the coastal cent...
Kincardine District Secondary School student Declan Mowle (above) captured gold in the small-powered equipment division, at the Ontario Technological Skills Competition, May 3, and now advances to the national competition in Moncton, New Brunswick. Following a second-place finish April...
Q: My nails are constantly splitting and breaking apart. Why does this happen and what can I do about it? A: Most of our favourite medical terms refer to assorted nail conditions as they always seem to be at least five syllables long and sound more like a rare tropical disorder...
Osteoporosis was the theme when the Bervie Women's Institute met at the hall Wednesday evening, May 4. President Sylvia Hasbury led with the usual openings. Eight members and three visitors answered the Roll Call – "Something I do to keep my bones strong."&nbs...
The annual collection for the Canadian Cancer Society was conducted in Tiverton and Inverhuron during the month of April and was a great success. Thanks to everyone involved; your generous support is greatly appreciated. TIVERTON LIONS GARAGE SALE Are you doi...
If you didn’t get to the Legion '50s and '60s dance Saturday night, April 30, you missed a good one! The band, "Little Peter and the Elegants," is an amazing group of musicians and singers that kept the dance floor hopping from the first song to the last. There ...
Bruce Power removed Unit 3 from service earlier this week as it embarks on a planned maintenance outage that will last into the third quarter of 2016. It joins Unit 2 in a maintenance outage, while the site prepares for the Station Containment Outage (SCO), a maintenance progra...
(GODERICH, ON) – A call to police regarding a possible impaired driver has led to the arrest and charge against a driver from Bruce County. Just before 5 p.m., May 1, Huron County OPP officers began patrolling for the suspected impaired driver who was observed travelling so...
Claude Jones (L) and Brenda Brown (above) are two motorcycle riders who have seen enough of motorcycle accidents. They, along with members of the Lake Huron Steel Horse Riders and ABATE (American Bikers Aimed Toward Education), invite the public to the second annual Motorcycl...
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – With warmer temperatures forecast, the South Bruce OPP expects to see motorcycle enthusiasts taking advantage. All drivers must share the roadway and drive courteously to avoid potentially-dangerous incidents. The following tips are offered to ...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – The Huron County OPP Auxiliary Unit is absolutely thrilled to report that its recent “Toy & Toiletry Collection” was an astounding success. Saturday, April 30, members from the Huron and Elgin OPP Auxiliary Units were stationed at the Go...
Kincardine council put forward a few suggestions Wednesday night (May 4), for renaming the Kincardine Community Medical Clinic in honour of retired Bruce Power president and chief executive officer Duncan Hawthorne. But when the final vote was taken, council agreed on Hawthorne Communi...
Tanya Leppington, a teacher at Huron Heights Public School, Kincardine, will become vice-principal of that school in September. That's just one of the changes announced by the Bluewater District School Board in a press release regarding principal and vice-principal placements for t...
Kincardine is getting a new full-time emergency room doctor this fall. Following a closed session Wednesday night (May 3), Kincardine council announced it had approved an agreement with Dr. Anna Czyrny, effective September, 2016. In a press release, chief administrative officer Murr...
The Municipality of Kincardine and the Township of Huron-Kinloss have both agreed to fly the Community Living flag through the month of May which is recognized across the province as Community Living month. Monday night, at the township's committee-of-the-whole meeting, Community L...
Provincial environment minister Glen Murray has not been content with his attack on Ontario grain farmers, and has now turned his attention to Ontario's beef farmers by encouraging policies that are damaging to the industry, says Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, Progressive Conservative...
A body pulled from Lake Huron on the shore of MacGregor Point Provincial Park in Saugeen Township, Monday afternoon, has been identified as a Toronto man, missing since mid-March. The South Bruce OPP was called to the scene at 1:31 p.m. where officers removed the body from the water wi...
This was definitely not a wild goose chase. A Canada Goose has been discovered nesting in a hollow tree located in a farmer's field, east of Bervie. The goose is situated fairly high off the ground and did not take kindly to having its photo taken. It suffered in silence for...
Finally, at long last, after years of waiting in anticipation, work has begun to fix the municipal parking lot, east of Queen Street, in Kincardine. Bill and Tom Kempton Construction of Amberley has a section of the parking lot blocked off, behind Gordon Pharmasave and the banks, and h...
For the second year in a row, the Northsiders have captured the cup in the North versus South Challenge Walk, held Monday night at Victoria Park. Organizer Kate Mahood-Richards said this year was even more successful with 206 signing in from the North side, and 188 for the South side. ...
(BRUCE TWP, ON) – May 2, at 1:31 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a body floating in Lake Huron off the shore of MacGregor Point Provincial Park in Saugeen Township. Officers arrived and removed the body from the water with assistance from members of the Sau...
Bruce Power and numerous partners from Bruce, Grey and Huron counties, are encouraging the community to #BreakTheSilence during Mental Health Awareness Week, May 2-8. For every Like or Share of the #BreakTheSilence hashtag on social media, Bruce Power will donate $1 to local ...
Dear Editor: On behalf of Canadian Blood Services and territory manager Stephanie Wilkinson, I send heartfelt thanks to the Kincardine residents who give blood. Many may already know that, currently, less than four per cent of eligible blood donors sustain the blood system for all...
Congratulations to all the folks who worked hard to host the Lucknow Yard Sale on the weekend. The sunshine was an added bonus. Sam and Heather Finnie hosted Andrea Ali, along with Spencer, Brandon and Joseph Finnie. They all came up from Etobicoke for the weekend to help with some tre...
(BRANT TWP, ON) – April 30, at 2:39 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of the theft of a truck from a residence in the 1300 block of Concession 8 in Brant Township. Sometime between 5-7 a.m. April 30, a black Ford F-250 pick-up was taken. The truck has a white ga...
If you want to watch a funny show, filled to the brim with adult humour, compromising situations and snappy one-liners, get a ticket for the final weekend of HAWK Theatre's production of "Sex Please, We're Sixty." This delightful romp through the sexy encounters of se...
Three local fall fair ambassadors were at Kincardine District Secondary School, Thursday, recruiting new participants for the ambassador competition. Joining Kincardine ambassador Hailey Allen (above, left), were Tiverton ambassador Danielle McBride (centre) and Ripley ambassador Marle...
The Bruce County Public Works Association is offering a $1,000 scholarship, to be presented to an outstanding student in Bruce County enrolled in a program related to public works. This student must have completed one or more years of post-secondary education in the respective program....
The Bluewater District School Board is making major changes to schools in the Owen Sound area. Following an extensive accommodation review, including a six-month consultation process, the board agreed at its regular meeting, April 19, to close several schools over the next two years, a...
The Kincardine area was helping the environment Saturday with a tree sale and tree-planting, and last Saturday with the Clean Sweep clean-up at the Armow Landfill Site. It was busy at the Kincardine public works yard Saturday morning, as people came to pick up their tall trees. The ...
Kincardine District Secondary School had plenty to celebrate April 19, as it unveiled its new mascot, Dwight the Knight, dedicated a new sound system, and held a theatre performance for students in Grades 7-10. Piper Nathan Smith, a member of the Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band, piped in...
Bruce Power’s Unit 8 was returned to service Monday (April 25) after the successful completion of a planned maintenance outage, which began Jan. 15. There were more than 24,000 tasks built into the schedule of the $116-million private investment program, with extensive ...
You’ll notice that a new fence has been put up on King Street, just south of Tiverton Park Manor. Over the winter, the old fence took a “beating” and was in need of replacement. The Municipality of Kincardine put a nice new fence and flower boxes in its place and it look...
The Kincardine Legion presented $825 in donations to three groups, just prior to the start of Bingo in the Legion Hall, Thursday night. Cheques were presented to the Kincardine Agricultural Society, $125; Chantry Chinook Classic Salmon Derby, $200 to sponsor Kids' Day; and the Wome...
The Bluewater District School Board is expanding its partnership with the Lions Club and the Ontario Association of Optometrists’ Eye See … Eye Learn® program to offer free vision pre-testing and hearing assessments to Junior Kindergarten students through the month of May...
ARREST MADE IN FRAUD INVESTIGATION (KINCARDINE, ON) – April 27, at 1:09 p.m., members of the South Bruce OPP responded to the report of a man using a stolen credit card at a business along Queen Street in Kincardine. The man left the store before officers arrived...
Dear Editor: RE: "Reader cites misinformation about OPG's proposed DGR project, once again" I recently read the Feb. 29, 2016, Letter to the Editor, submitted by Glenn Sutton and felt that it lacked both substance and research. As a r...
Thursday (April 28), Bruce Power joined its labour partners in honouring fallen workers from across Ontario and Canada, on the Day of Mourning. Representatives of Bruce Power, Saugeen Ojibway Nation, the Grey Bruce Labour Council, the Power Workers’ Union, The Society of ...
Emergency Preparedness Week is an annual event that commenced in 1996 and takes place each year during the first full week of May. The 2016 National Theme is: Plan. Prepare. Be Aware. This is a collaborative event undertaken by provinces, emergency management organizations supporting a...