(WALKERTON, ON) – Feb. 6, at 7:37 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a suspicious man damaging a vehicle while it was parked along Archy Street in Walkerton. Officers arrived and located the man nearby where he was arrested without incident. Twenty-seven-year-...
The Kincardine Physicians Group is advising the public that the communications system at the Hawthorne Community Clinic in Kincardine has been upgraded, in order to mitigate problems with congestion and concerns that patients are unable to contact their physician's office. Prior to...
The United Way of Bruce-Grey has received a three-year pledge of $1.6-million from Bruce Power’s United Way campaign, allowing the organization to double its utility assistance program and enhance food security efforts for families and individuals struggling in the region. ...
Kincardine ratepayers are looking at a rate increase of 7.28 per cent on the municipal portion of their tax bill, after council finalized its 2017 budget last night (Feb. 6). That equates to a hike of $101.85 for the average residential assessment of $244,000. With the Bruce County lev...
OPERATOR AIRLIFTED TO LONDON AFTER SNOWMOBILE HITS TREE (KINLOSS TWP, ON) – Feb. 5, at 11:13 a.m., the South Bruce OPP received a report of a snowmobile collision at the Fisherman’s Cove park along Southline Avenue in Kinloss Township. Officers arrived with members...
Q: I have been recently diagnosed with cancer and have been told to eventually expect a significant amount of pain. My oncologist thinks I should have some narcotic pain killers available just in case, but with everything I read about all of the overdoses, I’m a little nervous to us...
There was a good turn-out for the second day of Tiverton Winterfest, as people enjoyed the many events featured Sunday morning and afternoon. About 80 attended the worship service, Sunday morning at Knox Presbyterian Church, followed by a delicious chili-and-hot-dog luncheon, put on by...
After three years in downtown Kincardine, the municipality's tourist information centre is being moved back to Highway 21. In committee-of-the-whole, Wednesday night (Feb. 1), clerk Donna MacDougall presented the staff recommendation: to lease office space beside the Service Ontari...
Two people were injured in a fire that destroyed a house on the Southline, Kincardine, Friday night. Kincardine fire chief Kent Padfield said firefighters responded to the structure fire at 1433 Southline, at 3:25 p.m. Feb. 3. Firefighters from both Kincardine and Tiverton stations ...
Josh and Katie Kunkel and Matt and Kate McKenzie of Tiverton, and their families, created a colourful, blue-and-green giant turtle snow sculpture, taking first prize in the contest, hosted by the Tiverton Lions Club, during Tiverton Winterfest, Saturday morning. Coming in second place,...
Wednesday night's Kincardine council meeting began with a minute of silence in honour of Charles Mann, mayor of the former Town of Kincardine, and veteran of the Second World War. Kincardine mayor Anne Eadie said many people in the area and from around the world had the privilege o...
Century 21 Sunset Realty Inc. in Kincardine is partnering with Easter Seals for the Kids to Camp program. Grocery tokens for the carts at No Frills in Kincardine, are available in exchange for a donation to the Kids to Camp program. To get your key chain token, drop in at the Century 2...
Kincardine is hosting two Bruce County household hazardous waste days this year. The first is Saturday, May 13, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the public works yard, on Valentine Avenue in the Town of Kincardine. The second is Saturday, July 22, from 1-4 p.m., also at the public works ya...
Bruce Edmunds of Kincardine is concerned that people are stealing boards off the barns at the old Hartwick Farm property, located along Bruce County Road 23 (B-line), just north of the Town of Kincardine. As a result of Environmental Assessments done for development purposes, these bui...
History was the theme of the Bervie Women's Institute meeting when the ladies met at the Bervie United Church, Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 10 a.m. Eleven members answered the Roll Call: “What type of book do you enjoy reading?” After the usual openings, president Sylvia Ha...
A significant private sector initiative to invest in, and mentor, entrepreneurial companies in the Grey‐Bruce region was launched Wednesday, with the introduction of the Bluewater Angel Investor Group. Bluewater Angels, with 15 angel investors, is looking for investment‐rea...
In 1989, the Saugeen Valley Conservation Foundation (the fund-raising arm of Saugeen Conservation) established a Memorial Grove Program. The idea was to provide individuals with an opportunity to plant a tree in memory of a loved one. Planting a tree not only bestows honour to our loved o...
Opening night of the Kincardine Theatre Guild's production of "Office Politics," is sold-out. The world premiere of the play, written and directed by Kincardine's Corinne Robertson-Brown, opens Friday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m., at the Kincardine Arts Centre. Set in a typ...
February is heart month and Trillium Court Seniors' Community is hosting its annual decadent event, "For the Love of Chocolate," on Valentine's Day (Feb. 14), as a fund-raiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. This special event, scheduled for 2 p.m. in the Atrium,...
The Family Dinner will be Sunday, Feb. 12, from 4:30-6 p.m. The meal consists of roast beef and roast pork, potatoes, vegetables and dessert. Come to the Legion and enjoy this delicious meal! Cost is $14 each for adults, $10 each for children age 12 and under, $12 each for seniors (age 65...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – A Community Satisfaction Survey is currently under way in West Region and you may end up getting a cold-call seeking your input. The West Region surveys started in January in an effort to solicit public opinion about the services the OPP detachments del...
Prompted by a citizenry citing life-and-death statistics, and mired in a procedural nightmare, Kincardine council has capitulated on its decision to terminate the Paisley fire agreement, and accepted an offer sent by E-mail to the municipality from Arran-Elderslie Township, Monday, Jan. 2...
Stanley Arthur Charles "Stan" Franklin died peacefully at Kincardine hospital, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, after a valiant battle with cancer. Survived by his wife, Mary Lou; his children, Melany (Bob Kitchen), Marianne (Franco Buratti) and Tom (Christine); his siblings, Doug (Sa...
Early in January, Bruce Power and RCM Technologies Canada Corp. entered into contracts valued at more than $1.5-million for the nuclear-generating company's life-extension program at the Bruce Nuclear site in the Municipality of Kincardine. Bruce Power has also initiated the agreem...
(GODERICH, ON) – Two youth have been warned by police, after their careless actions caused the delayed dismissals at Goderich District Collegiate Institute (GDCI), Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 1). Shortly after 3 p.m., officers from the Huron County OPP responded to the high school ...
Bruce Power and AREVA NP have signed a five-year contract, worth up to $55-million, for a high-voltage maintenance program at the Bruce Nuclear site. The agreement was announced Tuesday afternoon, at the AREVA warehouse on Highway 21, just north of the Kincardine Airport. Under the agr...
Audrey Jasmine Penny (née Francis) of Kincardine died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in her 77th year. Born March 8, 1940, in Dedham, England, she was the daughter of the late Lesley and Winifred Francis. Audrey is survived by her husband of 57 years, Edwin "Ted" Penny of...
The Kincardine Knights of Columbus, Council 7160, hosted its annual basketball free-throw competition, Sunday, at St. Anthony's School in Kincardine. The winners are as follows: 10-year-old girls - Rachel Catelo 11-year-old girls - Claire Marcotte 13-year-old girls ...
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY) - The OPP is organizing more than 30 hockey challenge events across the province in partnership with local communities, to raise awareness about youth homelessness. The events began in December, 2016, and will run through March, 2017. Sportsnet will produce a fe...
A funeral will be held Saturday at the Anglican Church of the Messiah, Kincardine, to honour one of Kincardine's finest, Charles Mann (above left, with fellow veteran, Alf Rackley). The Second World War veteran and former mayor of the Town of Kincardine, died Saturday, Jan. 28, at ...
Geoff Peach, founder of the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation in Goderich, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. His creativity and foresight helped establish this important facility in 1998, and he has been a significant voice in coastal management in Ontario for more than 30 years. ...
Bruce Power's president and chief executive officer Michael Rencheck appreciates the help of the Municipality of Kincardine in the planning and execution of Exercise Huron Resolve. Held Oct. 3-7, the event was a way to train, test and evaluate elements of the provincial nuclear res...
Our sympathy to Len and Marsha Farrell. Karen will be missed by one and all. We are sorry, too, that some of our folks are in the hospital. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Visitors in the last while with Largaret McInnes at Pinecrest Manor, were Nancy and Brian Ki...
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has extended the deadline for public comments on the additional information submitted by the proponent, Ontario Power Generation (OPG), for the proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) Project for low- and intermediate-level radioative waste at ...
IMPAIRED DRIVER FACING DAY IN COURT (GREENOCK TWP, ON) – Jan. 28, at 12:04 a.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Sideroad 5 in Greenock Township, stopped a black Chevrolet pick-up truck. The officer found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. Twenty-five-y...
Three new faces will take to the stage for the Kincardine Theatre Guild's world premiere of "Office Politics," written by Kincardine playwright Corinne Robertson-Brown. Julie Lafond as Tiffany, Nichole Foreman as Mrs. Prendergast, and Sarah Hoyland as Belinda, have joined...
From drama, to live music, to the visual arts, the Kincardine District Secondary School Knight of the Arts was a feast for the senses. The event was held at the school Thursday night, Jan 19, with a dress rehearsal for Grades 7 and 8 students from Huron Heights and Ecole Elgin Market p...
The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation has hired an individual to draw up a Coastal Action Plan. That's the word from executive director Matt Hoy (above) who brought an update to Kincardine council, in committee-of-the-whole, at its meeting Wednesday night (Jan. 25). In Jul...
Q: I’m a 35-year-old male and for the first time ever, I seem to be dealing with “performance” issues. I thought this stuff only happens to old dudes? A: Since the 1990s, there’s been a general increase in awareness of what clinicians term erectile dysfunction (...
Kincardine has lost one of its great ambassadors, as former town mayor, Charles Mann, died Saturday afternoon at the age of 94. Born June 30, 1922, and raised in Port Hope, Ontario, he joined the militia in 1937 and the regular army in 1940. In 1942, he volunteered for the renowned Fir...