It is with great sadness that the family announces the death of our beloved Mom, Elizabeth "Betty" Wolfenden, after a courageous battle for life, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, at the Kincardine hospital, surrounded by family. She was 87. Beloved wife of the late Geoffrey (1971). ...
Fish Fry tickets are selling fast. Don’t be disappointed, get yours today. It will be held Friday, June 16, from 4-7 p.m. Cost is $15 per person (includes fish and chips, coleslaw, roll, dessert, coffee or tea). Tickets are available at the Legion bar or Jerome’s. Catch the...
(HURON TWP, ON) - June 6, members of the OPP Community Street Crimes Unit, West Region OPP Emergency Response Team, OPP Canine Unit, and South Bruce OPP, executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a property along Concession 10 in Huron Township. As a ...
Sam Thompson says it was an honour to kneel at the grave of Private Orwell “Orrie” James Daniel of Kincardine who was killed in the First World War and is buried in Tigris Lane Cemetery, France. One of 18 Kincardine District Secondary School students and three adults who tr...
Women’s House Serving Bruce and Grey is dedicated to ending violence against women and children, and providing many services, not only in support of those who have experienced abuse, but also to help educate the public about healthy relationships and the warning signs of an unhealth...
(GODERICH, ON) - Huron County OPP officers, including investigators from the Huron OPP Crime Unit, continue to investigate an incident that took place in the Town of Goderich this past weekend, involving an encounter between a suspicious man and two teenaged girls. Police have learned ...
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) - Demonstrating positive behaviour and participating in random acts of kindness is the "cool" thing to do this summer. The OPP is proud to be partnering once again with Mac's Convenience Stores across Ontario this year for Operation...
The annual Grey Bruce Gutsy Walk has raised almost $30,000 for Crohn's and Colitis Canada. Held Sunday morning on the track at Walkerton District Community School, the event drew 80 participants, young and old, to enjoy the beautiful sunshine as they walked the five kilometres. ...
If you can't wait for Bruce Power’s summer bus tour program to kick off this summer, you can take a bus tour of the site before the regular tours start in July, during Bruce County Doors Open this weekend. The event, part of Bruce County's 150th anniversary, and the ...
(KINLOSS TWP, ON) - June 5, at 9:55 p.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Bruce County Road 1 in Kinloss Township, stopped a red Pontiac Grand Prix. The officer found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. Fifty-seven-year-old Raymond HUNTER of Kinloss Township...
The Blyth Festival is set to ring in its 43rd season with the world premiere of "Mr. New Year's Eve: A Night With Guy Lombardo," which runs June 28 to Aug. 19 in Blyth's newly-renovated Memorial Hall. For 48 consecutive years, Lombardo was North America's &q...
(KINCARDINE, ON) - The South Bruce OPP is continuing the search for a missing Kincardine man, with assistance from the OPP West Region Emergency Response Team and OPP Aviation Services - Helicopter. May 31, at 2:27 p.m., the police received a missing person report on 37-year-old Todd W...
Huron-Kinloss council has given the green light to the construction of a $50,000 fire training facility on the vacant property that was the old Ripley Landfill site. In committee-of-the-whole last night (June 5), Ripley-Huron fire chief Chris Cleave clarified that the proposed facility...
The J’Adorn store in Hanover will close at the end of June, but the original location in downtown Kincardine will remain open. That's the word from owner/operator Corinne Robertson-Brown. “We opened the second location of our boutique in March of 2015, and have reall...
A Celebration of Baptism was held for twin girls, Ava Esther and Sadie Viola, daughters of Kevin and Brandy Bridge, and big brother, Riley, Sunday, May 7, at St. Andrew's United Church in Ripley. Grandparents are Dennis and Donna Bridge, Jim and Lori Brown, and great-grandmother is Vi...
It's historic, patriotic and a thing of beauty for the ears. And if you haven't already got a ticket to the Kincardine Community Singers "Canada Concert," you may have missed out. The choir is making history this weekend, performing for the first time with 100 memb...
Lois Hackett of Kincardine was honoured for 50 years of service to the South Bruce Grey Health Centre - Kincardine hospital auxiliary, during the annual dessert and awards evening, held Wednesday night at the Kincardine hospital. Ginny Ross, past-president and awards committee convener...
Sunday, June 25, marks the 160th anniversary of St. Luke's Anglican Church, Lurgan Beach, located at the northwest corner of Point Clark. To mark the occasion, the congregation is holding its annual Gospel Sing at 2 p.m., on the lawn beside the church. In addition, the church ha...
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign! That's what is planned for Saturday, June 17, beginning at 1:30 p.m., at RVilla Retirement Living in Ripley. The Woodshop is hosting a Sign Party, and invites everyone to come for a fun afternoon of sign-making. This session is the start of the ...
For the first time ever, Ripley-Huron Community School is hosting a Living Library, Tuesday, June 6, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the school. The event gives students a better understanding of various people throughout the community. Some of the Living Books will be about careers, while o...
If you are a student going into the trades, health care, media, literacy or physical education, Community Foundation Grey Bruce is seeking applications for scholarships, bursaries or awards. The deadline for application has been extended to June 16. The Grey Bruce Homebuilders and Trad...
(ORILLIA, ON) - The OPP will provide naloxone to all front-line members and to those in designated specialized units. Each front-line officer is being issued a kit with two doses of naloxone nasal spray while on duty; and members of selected specialized units, such as Drug Enforc...
The Kincardine Lions Walk for Dog Guides, sponsored by Pet Valu, raised more than $5,500. Held Sunday afternoon, at the Davidson Centre, Kincardine, the event drew a great crowd of participants, including 18 dogs and their handlers. Sarah Cassidy of Point Clark and her autism assist...
The Chretien Global Nuclear Leadership award has been presented to Lovell Gilbert, a Bruce Power section manager, engineering, reactor safety support (above, left, with Gary Newman, Bruce Power's chief engineer and senior vice-president, engineering, nuclear operations). The prese...
Inverhuron has been visited again by our friendly bear. This guy arrives every spring, so make sure you don’t leave anything out that may invite him to a free meal. KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Tiverton Knox Presbyterian Church will be holding a Barbecue Lunch, Monday, June 19, at...
(KINCARDINE, ON) - The OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit, the South Bruce OPP Marine Unit and OPP Aviation Services have joined in the search for Todd Walker of Kincardine who went missing Tuesday night, May 30. May 31, at 2:27 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received a missing person ...
Jamieson “Jamie” Francis Hunter of Malcolm Place, Kincardine, died suddenly, Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at the age of 77. Loving father of Milena Hunter (Mike Avarell) and Allie Hunter. Missed by his grandchildren, Graedon and Mara Avarell. Fondly remembered by his siblin...
Donald Alexander MacTavish of Ripley died at the Kincardine hospital, June 1, 2017, at the age of 90. He was the beloved husband Anna (nee MacDonald) for 67 years. Dear dad of Barb (who predeceased him in 2007) and Charles Liddle of RR 1, Kincardine; Jean and Ian MacDonald, and Marg...
"Blue Jay Home Run Legends" is the next print in the South Bruce Grey Health Centre - Kincardine hospital auxiliary's Art/Easel Program fund-raiser. The print is shown above with auxiliary member Marian Underwood, as well as to the right and below. It features Joe Carter,...
(KINCARDINE, ON) - The search continues for Todd Walker of Kincardine who has been missing since Tuesday night, May 30. Wednesday, May 31, at 2:27 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received a missing person report on the 37-year-old Walker who was last seen on Campbell Avenue in Kincardine at ...
Saturday, June 10, at 2 p.m., is the Mega Meat Draw plus the silent auction in the hall. I'm sure people will want to come and see the wonderful items the furnace fund-raising committee has collected for the auction. Plus, there will be double the meat draws and an extra raffle for tw...
Willa Schoffer celebrated her 85th birthday surrounded by her wonderful choir, the Celebration Singers, at Kincardine Baptist Church, Thursday, May 25. The choir sang "Happy Birthday" and then Schoffer cut the cake and the group enjoyed refreshments. "My love of the c...
(KINCARDINE, ON) - May 31, at 3:27 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received a missing person report on 37-year-old Todd WALKER of Kincardine. He has been missing since 10 p.m. May 30. Description: 5' 10", 140 lbs Dark brown/buzz cut hair, blue eyes Wears g...
The Ripley and District Lions Club is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Lions International this year. Chartered in 1974, the Ripley Lions Club has 42 members and donates money to a wide range of organizations and projects. The Lions strongly supported the construction of the new...
Ongoing maintenance, a positive safety culture among workers, quality craftsmanship, targeted investments and key life-extension activities, have allowed Bruce Power’s Unit 3 to set a long-run record since it was restarted in 2004. The reactor, which was returned to service in 20...
Victoria Day weekend brought beautiful weather and, of course, a plethora of yard sales. Among those was the huge one in Ripley, hosted by the Lotton family, in support of Team "It's All Gone to Shitz" which is walking in the Gutsy Walk, June 4, in Walkerton, raising mone...
Kincardine's shoreline protection project, along the Lake Huron coastline at Macpherson Park, looks more like a lunar landscape than a beach. Friday, caution tape was run along the west side of the boardwalk after there were holes discovered in the newly-restored shoreline. A sign ...
If last week's weather was strange, the past few days have been even stranger. It began Friday evening when fog rolled into the Kincardine area, bringing cooler temperatures. The weekend was sunny and warm. But by Monday, there was sunshine and a biting wind that made it feel co...
Kincardine's Rosie Laidler, bronze-medal winner at the World Special Olympic Games in Austria, back in March, proudly held the torch high as she and her fellow athletes joined in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, Wednesday, May 24, in downtown Kincardine. T...
The weather hasn't exactly co-operated for Kincardine's Monday Market in the Park. The event officially began with the Victoria Day weekend, as a good crowd turned out, despite the cool, breezy weather. There were plenty of vendors, offering everything from flowers and produ...