To the Editor: In 2003, two mates from Melbourne, Australia - Travis Garone and Luke Slattery - were having a quiet beer at the Gypsy Bar in Fitzroy when their conversation turned to recurring fashion trends. The moustache, a fixture in past decades, was nowhere to be seen in recent tr...
To the Editor: I would like to share a few suggestions with your readers and the Municipality of Kincardine: 1. Bike paths. Where are they? Do we need more studies of the local traffic to design them? Or do we only need paint on the roadways? Marked pathways on the roads within t...
2020 has been an extremely challenging year. For the residents of our communities, our health-care and front-line workers, businesses, elected leaders and, most importantly, our families and friends, the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has impacted the world in a way many of us haven&rsqu...
To the Editor: RE: “Downtown landowner upset neighbouring developer plans to destroy 100-year-old trees” As a certified forester, I know that during development, construction, road work or service work, most trees should be removed prior to the tree failure. In this cas...
Dear Neighbour: I’m writing to you again to provide an important update on the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO)’s work in South Bruce. As you may have heard, we recently announced we have aggregated more than 1,500 acres in the area and have formed a potentia...
To the Editor: RE: “Downtown landowner upset neighbouring developer plans to destroy 100-year-old trees” Developers do not care about trees, no matter how old they are. Trees have no value in their eyes; in fact, trees are a cost to them. The only thing they see are dollar...
Welcome back! I have done some research on house-swapping as an inexpensive way of seeing the world and using your equity of a home by inviting others to share your locale. A house swap is a great way to travel on the cheap, but is swapping homes for your next vacation really th...
Kincardine deputy mayor Marie Wilson has died. That was the headline I had to write yesterday and I struggled with the whole story. I've known Marie since I moved to Kincardine in 1995. At that point, she was a reporter for the Kincardine News and I was a reporter at the Kincard...
To the Editor: The Ripley Agricultural Society thanks everyone who helped make the 157th Ripley-Huron Virtual Fall Fair a success. It has been a learning experience for our directors as new ways of sharing our fair experience were developed. Thank you to the Township of Huron–...
As we head into the Thanksgiving weekend, I am taking this opportunity to give thanks on behalf of the Bluewater District School Board. I am thankful for our students, parents/guardians, and families who have endured many changes and alternating plans in our public education system ove...
Welcome back! I loved the movie, “The Bucket List,” and never thought I needed one, but recently, I have developed, and am working hard on, my bucket list! Do you have one? Jumping out of a plane is my hardest one and probably will not be achieved. However, since deve...
To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine okays downtown street closure for next summer” During the summer of 2020, I did not go downtown during weekends when the street was closed. I was afraid of being in crowded or highly-populated areas. I would not have gone to my salon downtown...
To the Editor: As September comes to a close, I am writing to express my gratitude to the educators, administrators and other school staff who have worked tirelessly to ensure that our children have had a safe return to school this fall. I am a parent of two children at Ecole Elgin ...
Our No. 1 focus at Bruce Power is protecting the people who work on our site every day, doing everything we can to make sure they go home to their families and friends after their shift. That “Safety First” approach extends to protecting the people in our local communities,...
Welcome back! Many of my articles have focused on being active, regardless of your age. The activity is certainly relative to your overall health yet vitally important to that notion of USE IT OR LOSE IT! With that in mind, I am sharing new (to me) sources such as: Canada’s Ph...
To the Editor: RE: “The parking debacle” I am very much in agreement with Eric Howald’s letter! There really should be parking spaces, not money paid in lieu of parking! Everything moves out of the downtown, and so the people drive out of town to shop! That's ...
To the Editor: Yes, there is a serious problem at the intersection of Kincardine Avenue/Southline and Highway 21. Too many accidents, by far. Since everyone is in such a hurry, distracted, etc., a solution that works for all will be needed. Putting in a round-about, maybe, but...
To the Editor: The following is an open letter from Dr. Ben Belfadhel, vice-president of site selection, Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) Dear Neighbours: I am writing today to address misinformation that has begun circulating in South Bruce and area about the Nuclear...
To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine needs round-abouts at Highway 21 intersections, says resident” If you put round-abouts in, make sure they are big enough, with double lanes, so the traffic can safely flow through. I have seen some too small for long trucks and tractors wi...
To the Editor: Before the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic struck in March, you couldn’t find a parking spot in downtown Kincardine. It’s getting to be that way again. The reasons are many. Kincardine council allows developers to proceed with projects without providing...