An open house is being held Friday, Oct. 14, from 2-4 p.m., at RVilla Retirement Living in Ripley. Located at 22 Park Street, the 53-room retirement home is owned by Gary and Anita Rutledge who opened it in 1998. It is now managed by Universal Care. Once a year, the owners and staff...
Diane Wilson of Kincardine welcomed 12 members of the Bervie Women's Institute to her home, Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 10 a.m., with the theme being “Agriculture.” Roll Call was answered by the members stating their favourite cheese. A donation will be made to the R...
The weather was warm and sunny - perfect for the elementary school cross-country meet, held Tuesday afternoon, at Ainsdale Golf Course, south of Kincardine. Runners from Ripley-Huron Community School, Lucknow Central Public School, Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School, and Ecole ...
IMPAIRED DRIVER FACING DAY IN COURT (WALKERTON, ON) – Oct. 5, at 2:30 p.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Yonge Street South in Walkerton, stopped a green Chrysler Intrepid. The officer found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. Fifty-six-year-o...
I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving weekend. We have so much to be thankful for. Our thoughts are with the people in the south riding out Hurricane Matthew. I have a brother down there, whose area was evacuated, and getting information can be difficult. Well another year...
October is International Cyber Security Awareness Month (ORILLIA, ON) – There are many ways to ensure your safety and prevent becoming an unwitting victim of cybercrime, say security experts and the OPP. Using a weak password while on a free Wi-Fi network, can ...
The Kincardine Community Singers have registered the largest choir in the history of the organization, with 90 members signing up to perform in December's Christmas concert. "I'm so happy that people really want to sing these days and we are able to provide a place for the...
Our community has lost another old-timer and a staunch supporter of Purple Grove. June Elliott died Oct. 5. She will be missed by all her Purple Grove Women’s Institute friends. Deepest sympathy to Nancy and Paul Greenwood, Stephen and Janice Elliott of Blind River, Joyce and John F...
(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – Huron County OPP officers are investigating another stolen vehicle occurrence where the owner failed to remove the keys out of the vehicle. Sometime between 6:30 p.m. Oct. 5, and 6:30 a.m. Oct. 6, a Chevrolet Suburban (below) was s...
The Family Dinner will be held Sunday, Oct. 16. The meal consists of turkey and all the trimmings. Cost is $14 for adults; $10 for seniors and children (aged 12 and under), and $44 for a family of four (two adults and two children under the age of 12). The General Membership Meeting wi...
If you have no clue what a “Bong” is or what a hit of “E” looks like, or if you think “Ice” is only for skating on, then you may want to attend a Drug Education Forum, slated for Oct. 19, from 7-9 p.m., in Goderich. Hosted by the Ontario Minist...
The Kincardine Residents for the Management of Phragmites have received a $5,000 grant from Bruce Power to help them in their fight against this invasive species along the Lake Huron shoreline. Phragmites has been a problem in the Kincardine area for the past several years. The municip...
A row of cute, little pink pumpkins sits on display at Homefront Acres, south of Pine River, on Highway 21, across from Pine River Cheese. These are the creations of Donna Fitzgerald who works at the apple orchard and wanted to do something in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month w...
Toronto artist Nadia Crisante Rochon has brought a colourful, creative series to Kincardine's Victoria Park Gallery, for the month of October. Her third show in the guest gallery, this time, she has a group of oil paintings inspired by the wonderful landscapes seen in the Inverness...
Kincardine reporter/editor Liz Dadson was found at a couple of places over the summer, with more entries submitted for the "Where's Liz?" contest. Liz (right) was captured at the Bruce Community Pasture 50th anniversary, visiting with Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound MP Larry Miller...
It was a mixed bag of weather for the Tiverton Fall Fair on the weekend, but it was much warmer than in past years. Friday night ushered in the new ambassador, Rylee Evans, and featured a new event, the Home Run Derby, won by the team of Joe Campa, Gavin Newsham, Erik Gurr, and Keegan ...
So what does a hot smokin' pizza have in common with fire prevention? Perhaps nothing. But that hasn't stopped the Kincardine Fire Department from teaming up with Boston Pizza to deliver the message of fire safety in the home. Next week, Oct. 9-15, is Fire Prevention Week, a...
A total of 1,507 people died in road deaths on OPP-patrolled roads between 2011 and 2015 and the vast majority of them were preventable, according to a five-year report just released by the OPP. Over the five-year period, the data revealed that: Alcohol and/or dr...
The Kincardine District Secondary School graduating class of 2016 will be honoured this Friday (Oct. 7), during Commencement Exercises which begin at 8 p.m., at the school. Besides words of welcome and the presentation of awards, the students will receive their graduation diplomas. Con...
The South Bruce Grey Health Centre - Kincardine hospital auxiliary now has three new prints on auction in its Art/Easel Program fund-raiser. Located in the lobby at the Kincardine hospital is a Tom Thomson print, entitled "Pine Island," (above and below, with auxiliary member...
The Kincardine District Secondary School junior and senior boys volleyball teams hosted Walkerton and Saugeen District Secondary School, Tuesday afternoon, for a mini-tournament of play. The juniors downed Walkerton, with two wins, 25-19 and 15-11, losing one match, 21-25. However, the...
Information and data systems are today’s criminal targets (ORILLIA, ON) – The OPP is doing its part to enhance public safety and awareness, and help mitigate the many threats posed by cyber criminals, during Cyber Security Awareness Month. In 2015, the to...
The weather was typical Tiverton Fall Fair - cloudy with rain. But it was warmer than most years, and the rain held off for the parade which marched through downtown Tiverton, Saturday afternoon. The fire truck from the Tiverton Fire Station led the parade, followed by new Tiverton Fal...
In co-operation with Farm Credit Canada (FCC), BDO is continuing its support of the Drive Away Hunger campaign, a unique food drive concept that focuses on fighting hunger in rural Canada. The first event occurred in 2004 when an FCC employee drove an open-cab tractor-tra...
Another great season of Men’s Night play wrapped up at Ainsdale Golf Course, with the closing scramble, Sunday, Oct. 2. After two teams tied at minus–11, a shoot-out was needed to decide the winner. The foursome of Travis McLaughlin, Mark McBride, Ken Bellan and To...
Pat Capeling (above, centre, with Bessie Farrell, left, and Ginny Ross) of Kincardine, will be receiving a provincial life membership with the Hospital Auxiliaries Association of Ontario (HAAO). The announcement was made at the Sept. 21 meeting of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre - K...
Students at St. Anthony's School, Kincardine, participated in a shoreline clean-up along the Penetangore River and the Kincardine trail network, Sept. 22. The clean-up is part of an international program organized by the Vancouver aquarium. The students and staff collected three...
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has named Laurie Swami (above) its new president and chief executive officer, effective Nov. 14. “Ms. Swami’s extensive experience makes her the ideal leader for the NWMO,” said board chairman Wayne Robbins. “She ...
A proposed private member's motion, Motion 45, will just mean more red tape for municipalities, says Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb. Wednesday, in the House of Commons, Liberal MPs voted 182-84 to support Halifax MP Andy Fillmore’s Motion 45 which forces municipalities to measure gr...
To mark the completion of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) general conference in Vienna, Austria, Bruce Power announced Thursday. it will host a follow-up Operational Safety and Review Team (OSART) visit at Bruce B in 2017. “Bruce Power is proud to be an acti...
Rylee Evans has been named the new Tiverton Fall Fair ambassador, while Gina Spiridaki was first runner-up, and Hailey Woods was second runner-up. The Ambassador of the Fair pageant was held Friday night, to officially kick off the 155th Tiverton Fall Fair. Held at the Whitney Crawf...
The Kincardine Legion needs volunteers to help with some of the regular fund-raising activities and some of the one-time fund-raisers. We need volunteers who can help on Thursday nights with Bingo, either with selling Bingo card strips or collecting the used papers from the tables. We nee...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – Huron County residents, do you know there is another way to report a minor crime? It’s called Citizen Self-Reporting. The Huron County OPP is reminding the public about this on-line reporting system as an alternative to having an officer ...
Q: There are so many products to choose from for constipation; how do I know which one to try? A: Constipation is defined as having either a reduced frequency (less than three per week) of bowel movements, having a difficult time passing the stool, or not being able to completely pas...
The congregation of St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Kingarf, celebrated its 150th anniversary, Sunday afternoon, paying tribute to Bishop Isaac O. Stringer, the infamous Bishop who ate his boots. The Story of the Bishop who ate his boots explains that, "In early September, 1909...
For the past year, the residents and staff at RVilla Retirement Living in Ripley have been fund-raising for the Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation. Sept. 21, they were excited to present a donation of $1,500 to foundation president Becky Fair. The largest fund-raising c...
SCHOOL BUS REAR-ENDED (MORRIS-TURNBERRY, ON) – Huron County OPP officers are investigating a collision that took place Thursday morning, Sept. 29, involving a Pontiac Torrent and a school bus. At 8:22 a.m., police responded to the crash scene on Brussels ...
To our faithful readers, if you've been searching for the classifieds and announcements on the Kincardine Record, we have now launched an "Announcements" page which features all these important items. You will find this new page linked to the front page, by checking the b...
Fall officially arrived Thursday (Sept. 22) and the leaves are starting to change, turning the streets, roads and tree-lines into a glorious display of colour in the Kincardine area. The Canada Geese are heading south, and the snowplow blades have been fixed and are ready for use, mean...
The Kincardine Theatre Guild and talented members of the community are working together to perform a "Fund-raising Cabaret" in support of the Kincardine Refugee Committee, this weekend at the Kincardine Arts Centre. The event features about 25 acts, with singing, dancing, gui...