The Community Living of Kincardine and District board of directors is engaging its stakeholders in collecting information to develop strategic directions for the next three years. It is important to collectively look ahead to map out how the agency can best address the opportunitie...
The Ripley and District Horticultural Society held its first meeting of the new year, Jan. 21. The group installed its new executive which includes president Ann Finlayson, vice-president Sandra MacDonald, and directors Shirley Galloway, Valerie Gibson, Joan Barr, Janet Nixon, Helen Va...
(GODERICH, ON) – The Huron County OPP has charged a 53-year-old male driver of North Huron, following a traffic stop Jan. 13. At approximately 11:45 p.m., a Huron OPP officer spotted a Pontiac Sunfire turn off of Courthouse Square onto Kingston Street. The officer stopped the...
A Valentine's Day Tea will be held Saturday, Feb. 14, from 1:30-3:30 p.m., at the Tiverton Knox Presbyterian Church, hosted by the Knox Youth Group. Cost is by donation. Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper is Tuesday, Feb. 17, from 5-6:30 p.m., at the Tiverton Knox Presbyte...
Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School celebrated Family Literacy Day, Jan. 27, to help raise awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities. Many of the staff and students wore pajamas to school to help mark this special day. Students in ...
More than 50 adults and children turned out for the first annual Community Snowshoe Walk at Stoney Island Sunday (Jan. 25). Sunshine and snowy trails greeted excited faces, including first-timers to snowshoeing. This free community event was hosted by the Kincardine Cross-Country Ski Cl...
More than 17,000 people in Bruce, Grey and Huron counties listened in as Bruce Power president and chief executive officer Duncan Hawthorne addressed questions on a variety of topics, during the second annual Telephone Town Hall, Tuesday night. The open forum featured about 20 question...
To the Editor: RE: "Kincardine scraps proposed 8.7-per-cent tax-rate increase" Today our OAP came in. The increase over last year? ZIP! NADA! ZILCH! Does that mean there is no inflation? Apparently not, as CPP went up a few dollars. Again, tha...
TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO DRUG CHARGE (WALKERTON, ON) – Jan. 25, at 11:48 a.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Durham Street West in Walkerton, stopped a beige Nissan S18. The officer found a quantity of illegal drugs in the vehicle. The driver, an 18-year-old Walke...
Five years ago, Kincardine council decided not to allow public traffic through a gate between Upper Lorne Beach Road and Victoria Street in Inverhuron, when Highway 21 and Bruce County Road 23 (B-line) were closed because of a snowstorm. At that time, discussion centred on a 2007 polic...
POLICE LOOKING FOR PELLET GUN SHOOTER (GODERICH, ON) – Huron County OPP officers have been busy investigating a rash of mischief incidents that have occurred in the Town of Goderich over the past couple weeks. A half- dozen cases of windows and vehicles being shot and damaged by...
(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) - Huron County OPP and members from the OPP West Region Technical Traffic Collision Investigation Team are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred early Tuesday evening, Jan. 27, just north of Goderich. At 6:45 p.m., officers...
AUTOMATED LICENCE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM PAYS DIVIDENDS (ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) - A 26-year-old Kincardine man is facing a slew of charges following a traffic stop Jan. 18. At approximately 8:10 p.m., a Huron County OPP officer was patrolling on Bluewater Veter...
The fire Friday night at C&M Construction, south of Armow on Sideroad 15, has resulted in a total loss of the building and its contents, estimated at more than $500,000. Kincardine fire chief Kent Padfield said the call came in at 7:24 p.m., and firefighters arrived to find a stora...
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – Jan. 26, at 7:40 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a fraud from a resident of Arran-Elderslie. An urgent phone call was made to advise that his “grandson” had been in a crash and needed money badly. A sum of almos...
By a narrow 5-4 recorded vote, Kincardine council has decided to scrap its proposed 8.7-per-cent tax increase and is going back to the drawing board on the 2015 budget. In committee-of-the-whole last night (Jan. 26), council spent an excessive amount of time debating the capita...
Q: My thyroid medication doesn't seem to be working. Is it possible that my body is resistant to it? A: The thyroid hormone pill, levothyroxine (Eltroxin, Synthroid), is given to people who have low levels of the hormone in their body. This low thyroid level, also known as...
It was a sold-out crowd Saturday night as about 170 people gathered at the Kincardine Legion to celebrate the Scottish bard, at the 21st annual Robbie Burns Supper. Hosted by the Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band, the event opened with the Piper's Welcome, played by Steve Wolfe. Joh...
After 30 years as a police officer, inspector Scott Smith is looking forward to Freedom 55. The former South Bruce OPP detachment commander is set to retire March 27. Smith started his policing career with the Peel Regional Police in 1984. He joined the OPP in 1988, repor...
At the McLarty Environmental Study Area (ESA), located at Bruce County Road 6 and Sideroad 20, the Pine River Watershed Initiative Network (PRWIN) created another wetland to help in the creation of this ecosystem. Not only did PRWIN project co-ordinator Adrienne Mason spearhead the proje...
Condolences go out to the family and friends of Sherry Lang who lost her battle with cancer Jan. 20. She was a long-time employee of Tiverton Park Manor and her smiling face and laughter will be sadly missed by her co-workers and residents. Sherry was originally from the Parry Sound area....
Q: I have a bunch of white patches on my skin. What's going on? A: We all have yeast living on our skin just like we have bacteria. When the yeast grows out of control, a person can get a skin disease known as tinea versicolor (also known as pityriasis versicolor). This is a very c...
The C&M Construction building, south of Armow, was destroyed by fire Friday night. No details are yet available about what caused the blaze or an estimate of damage, but the charred rubble is all that remained of the shop Saturday morning.
It was a week of signs, sunshine and a donation to the Kincardine Lions Club Splash Pad project. Tuesday, workers were repairing an Ontario road sign along Highway 21 after it was damaged by a snow plow. Meanwhile, the "Free Parking" sign on Princes Street, Kincardine, has...
President Joan Wand opened the January meeting of the Reid's Corners Institute with some readings, followed by the Ode and Collect. Roll Call was answered by all, with a donation being made to the Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey. Several of the ladies worked on tying ...
There are lots of activities at the Legion during the winter months to help beat the “winter blues.” The regular events include Euchre every Friday night at 7 p.m., and Bingo every Thursday night, with doors opening at 6 p.m. The Kitchen Party will be held Friday, Feb. 6, ...
Local Grade 8 students and their parents, who are interested in learning more about the transition to high school in the Bluewater District School Board area, are invited to attend information nights next month at Kincardine District Secondary School and Walkerton District Community Schoo...
A good crowd of residents, family and guests turned out for the Alzheimer Coffee Break held Wednesday afternoon at RVilla Retirement Living in Ripley. People enjoyed coffee and treats, while they visited, raising more than $600 for the Alzheimer Society of Grey Bruce. This event was hel...
The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation is holding a free webinar, focused on protecting the Piping Plover. Made possible through support from Ontario's Species at Risk Stewardship Fund, the webinar will be held Friday, Jan. 30, from Noon to 1 p.m. Registration is re...
When it comes to alcohol, the more a person drinks, the higher the risk of cancer. The link between alcohol and cancer is well-recognized, states the Grey Bruce Health Unit in a press release. Cancer Care Ontario reports alcohol caused up to 3,000 cases of cancer in Ontario in 2010. I...
A proposal to update and redevelop the Kincardine hospital could cost up to $35-million, and Kincardine could be on the hook for about $14-million of that cost. That's the word from Paul Rosebush, president and chief executive officer of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre which inclu...
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson hosted her annual New Year’s Levee at the Teeswater Town Hall, Wednesday, Jan. 14, and took that opportunity to announce the recipients of the 2014 Huron-Bruce outstanding citizen award. Marking the end of 2014 and beginning of a new year, Thompson u...
The Kincardine Sparks are working on crafts and activities, surrounding a winter theme, to match the snow and cold temperatures over the past couple of weeks. Last week (Jan. 13), the girls made snowmen, and this week (Jan. 20), they made snowflakes. The activities are part of the progra...
Women’s House Serving Bruce and Grey will be hosting the annual International Woman’s Day celebration March 8, at the Lakeshore Recreation Centre in Port Elgin, and is seeking nominations for the Woman of Distinction award. “Over the years, there have been s...
Armow Wind, a partnership between Samsung Renewable Energy and Pattern Energy Group, has donated $125,000 to projects and programs in the Kincardine area. R.D. Lee, project director for Samsung Renewable Energy, was on hand to present $50,000 to Community Living of Kincardine and Distr...
Kincardine councillor Maureen Couture has been elected second vice-chairperson of Saugeen Conservation (Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority). She joins new chairman Luke Charbonneau of Saugeen Shores, first vice-chairman Dan Kerr of Arran-Elderslie, and past-chairman Brian Gamble of ...
Duncan Hawthorne, Bruce Power’s president and chief executive officer, is holding his second annual Telephone Town Hall, with thousands of residents of Bruce, Grey and Huron counties, Tuesday evening, Jan. 27. During the teleconference, Hawthorne will discuss Bruce Power&rsqu...
It was good to see so many friends at Marjorie Nicholson's 80th birthday party Saturday. Congratulations Marj! Our heartfelt sympathy is sent to Jean Colling, the MacDonald and Brook families, on the death of her sister, Isabel Brook. We will miss seeing that happy smile when we go...
POLICE INVESTIGATING BREAK-AND-ENTER (BRUCE TWP, ON) – Jan. 17, at 7:08 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received a report of a break-in at a farm property in the 1700 block of Bruce-Saugeen line in Bruce Township. Sometime between 4 p.m. Jan. 12, and 2:30 p.m. Jan. 17, three out...
Huron-Kinloss Township had a very successful 2014, and expects more of the same this year. That's the word from mayor Mitch Twolan as he reflected on last year and looked ahead to what is slated for 2015. "We had another good year for construction," he said. "The nu...