Friday, Nov. 11, the Grey Bruce Health Unit received laboratory results confirming Influenza A (H3) in a Grey County resident. Area health care practitioners have been notified. Provincially, there is increased influenza activity with 87 laboratory-confirmed cases this influenza season...
One date to mark on your calendar, with all those other Christmas events, is the December Mega Meat Draw which will be held Dec. 17 in the hall. Tickets go on sale at 2:30 p.m. with first draw at 3 p.m. There will be our eight regular meat draws plus eight draws for turkeys and a raffle f...
(LAKE HURON, ON) – The body of a Kincardine woman, and a vehicle were recovered from Lake Huron, near the north pier at Kincardine Harbour, Wednesday afternoon. The South Bruce OPP was called to the scene Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 3:53 p.m., after receiving the report of a vehicle ent...
The Christmas Tour of Homes, organized by the South Bruce Grey Health Centre - Kincardine hospital auxiliary, was a great success, with a total of 627 tickets sold and $9,800 collected, including some generous donations for the Kincardine hospital. Held on the weekend, the tour allowed...
(KINCARDINE, ON) – Nov. 13, at 12:31 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of damage done to a telephone pedestal box at the corner of Bruce Avenue and Mahood-Johnston Drive in Kincardine. Officers attended and noted extensive damage done to the box. Fluids were lef...
The following is a statement by Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson after the Liberal government released its 2016 Fall Economic Statement Monday, Nov. 14: "The Fall Economic Statement has proven that the Liberal government continues to remain disconnected from the people of Ontar...
Kincardine firefighters were searching Lake Huron at the end of the north pier, Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 15), following reports that a car was driven off the pier. The fire department was called to the scene around 4 p.m., and two firefighters in rescue gear climbed into an inflatable r...
An updated report, released Monday by the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) and Bruce Power, concludes that Bruce Power’s unique Public-Private Partnership (P3) continues to help Ontario achieve a number of key goals, including keeping electricity prices low f...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) - A free on-line tool, available to the public, is being promoted by the Huron County OPP as a way to keep stolen property out of the hands of innocent victims. At this point, it’s not well known, but the public now has limited access to the Canadia...
About 50 people attended the Seniors' Forum Tuesday night, at RVilla Retirement Living in Ripley. What was supposed to be a discussion about concerns for seniors, with Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb and MPP Lisa Thompson, ended up with the federal representative fielding a myriad of quest...
IMPAIRED DRIVER FACING DAY IN COURT (KINCARDINE TWP, ON) – On Nov. 11, at 8:46 p.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol, stopped a red Ford Focus on Bruce County Road 15 in Kincardine Township. The officer found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. Twenty-three-ye...
The Ripley and area Christmas Hamper committee, made up of local service clubs and area churches, is again asking for donations from the public to help the less fortunate this season. Donation boxes have been placed in area businesses, and White Gifts will be collected at the local chu...
(BROCKTON, ON) – Nov. 10, the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau – Drug Enforcement Unit, assisted by the Tactics and Rescue Unit, West Region Emergency Response Team, South Bruce OPP, and Hanover Police, executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant...
Despite the cold, windy weather Friday morning, there was a huge crowd gathered at the cenotaph beside the Kincardine Legion for the annual Remembrance Day ceremony. It was standing-room only inside the Legion hall for the Remembrance Day service held at 10 a.m., led by Rev. Jim Weir, ...
A good crowd turned out for the 36th annual Kincardine Legion craft show and bake sale, held Saturday in the Legion Hall. Twenty-three vendors displayed a variety of items, including handmade jewellery and Christmas ornaments, bird feeders, wooden cutting boards, knitted hedgehogs, and...
Several local 4-H members have participated at the Royal Winter Fair and others have been down to watch all the shows as well. Ripley-Huron Community School students attended last Monday. Congratulations to all exhibitors for a wonderful show; we couldn’t have had any better weather...
Santa Claus was greeting everyone, young and old, at the Tiverton Lions Christmas Bazaar, held Saturday at the Whitney Crawford Community Centre in Tiverton. Meanwhile, customers were enjoying the wide variety of gift items available at the show, including home decor, Epicure spices, k...
Norma Ethelwyn Hoover (née Young), died peacefully at her residence, Trillium Court in Kincardine, Nov. 4, 2016, at the age of 100. Born Aug. 3, 1916, in the Young home on the banks of the Grand River, she was one of six children born to Harry and Winnie (née Martindale) ...
Thursday, Nov. 10, Bruce Power announced that it will provide $5-million in funding to the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) to conduct health research in Northern Ontario, specifically in relation to radiation and the environment. Bruce Power’s contributions to NOSM wil...
Q: I heard Health Canada has issued a warning regarding antidepressants and glaucoma. What is that all about? A: This warning was apparently issued after Health Canada found out that the FDA in the United States was investigating a possible connection between angle-closure glaucoma and...
Fritz William Larsen of Kincardine died at the South Bruce Grey Health Centre – Kincardine hospital, Nov. 9, 2016, in his 84th year. Much-loved partner and best friend of Peps Lorentzen for 32 years. Cherished father of Heidi (Peter) Munro of Durham and Anita (Paul Pearce) Sur...
Bruce Power and its partners raised $126,000 for Wounded Warriors Canada at a charity dinner, held in Kincardine Nov. 9. Wounded Warriors Canada honours and supports ill and injured members of the Canadian Armed Forces, veterans, first-responders and their families, all across Canada. ...
The Good Food Box returns to Lucknow with a new volunteer co-ordinator, Megan Cohoon. Her job is to act as a local contact, organize orders and work with volunteers to pack boxes on pick-up day. “We are lucky to have such dedicated and passionate volunteer co-ordinators for ea...
REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY AT TIVERTON CENOTAPH The weather was exceptionally warm and sunny Sunday, Nov. 6, for the Kincardine Legion Remembrance Day ceremony at the Tiverton Cenotaph. About 100 people where there, including Kincardine mayor Anne Eadie, councilor Randy Roppel and Huron-...
Master Corporal Matthew Patterson of Hanover served a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan and said his most memorable moment was spending time with two brothers who hoped to become a doctor and a lawyer some day. Speaking at the Kincardine District Secondary School Remembrance Day se...
If you stroll through downtown Ripley and glance up, you'll see 12 banners hanging from the light standards along Queen and Huron Streets. This is a project by the Ripley Legion to remember the 12 men from Ripley and Huron Township who died in the Second World War. Don Large of ...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) - The Huron County OPP reminds motorists and pedestrians about laws that were introduced on Jan. 1, 2016, applying to pedestrian crossovers and school crossings. All drivers, including cyclists, must stop and yield the whole roadway at pedestrian crossovers, sc...
Doesn’t a train trip from Toronto to Halifax sound wonderful, especially when you have a sleeper car and meals provided between Montreal and Halifax? You have a chance to win this when you buy a $20 ticket from any Legion executive or buy one at the Legion bar. This is part of the L...
The Kincardine Sparks, under the creative genius of their leader, Pearl (Mary Ritter), worked together Tuesday night to create a Remembrance Day poster, to be presented to the Kincardine Legion on Remembrance Day this Friday. This is a special tradition for the Sparks. This year, their...
Eighty-eight per cent of local survey respondents would like to see healthier food and drink options in Grey Bruce recreation spaces, such as arenas, ball diamonds, community centres and sports fields. And, 85 per cent indicated they would buy the same amount or more if healthy options we...
Bruce Power and Nordion have entered into an agreement to secure the long-term supply of Cobalt-60 up to 2064. The agreement extends a previous supply arrangement that would have expired at the end of 2028 and now covers the life of the four Bruce B reactors, which will operate up to 2...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) - The Huron County OPP would like to remind motorists to take extra caution and be prepared for deer on the roadway this time of the year. Historically, November is the month when police experience the highest number of motor vehicle collisions involving deer. ...
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) hopes to receive a positive response from the federal environment minister sometime next year, paving the way for the proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) for low-level and intermediate-level nuclear waste to be built at the Bruce Nuclear site, located in...
The Kincardine Community Services Association has kicked off of its 2016 Christmas Hamper Program which continues to rely on the generous support of the community. Families and individuals, who are in need of assistance this Christmas and wish to receive a hamper, should contact their ...
A joint study has determined the life-extension activities and ongoing operations at the Bruce Power site will create thousands of jobs and inject billions of dollars into Ontario’s economy for decades. The economic impact study, titled ‘Affordable Power. Jobs & Growth,...
DANGEROUS DRIVER FOUND TO BE IMPAIRED BY DRUG (GODERICH, ON) – A 27-year-old Watford man is facing several charges following a dangerous-driving incident that took place Nov. 1 in Goderich. Shortly before 4 p.m., Huron County OPP officers received two reports about a vehicle b...
There were pirates, princesses, ninja warriors, skunks and the usual ghosts and ghouls at the Spooktacular Halloween Party, held Oct. 29, at St. Anthony's School in Kincardine. The event featured a tour through the Haunted House, as well as lots of food, fun, games, activities and ...
The November meeting of the Purple Grove Women’s Institute was held at the Community Centre. President Janet Rhody welcomed all members and guests, and Wilma Sutton shared the Scripture. The ladies who attended the Bruce County Rally and the Grey-Bruce Area Convention in Octob...
(MORRIS-TURNBERRY TWP, ON) – Eugenia KOSZYCKI, 67, of Waterloo has been identified as the woman killed in a single-vehicle crash on Amberley Road, east of Bluevale, Sunday evening. Huron County OPP said the woman was driving a Honda Fit westbound on Amberley Road, east of Blueval...
It was unseasonably warm and sunny, Sunday afternoon, for the Kincardine Legion's Remembrance Day service at the Tiverton cenotaph. More than 100 people watched as the Colour Party marched to its position in front of the cenotaph. The flags were carried by Mike Dupuis, John Farrell...