How clever are you at following the clues and solving the puzzle, like a modern-day Sherlock Holmes? Welcome to Escape Rooms, real-life brain teasers in which you have 45 minutes to work as a team and solve the clues to complete a variety of tasks. The clues will test your logic, your ...
(ARRAN TWP, ON) – June 10, at 7:39 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a single-vehicle crash along Bruce County Road 3 in Arran Township. Officers arrived to find that a blue Mitsubishi Lancer was travelling northbound on Bruce County Road 3 when it left the r...
Yard sales are popular, beginning the May 24th weekend and running right through until Labour Day weekend. Trillium Court Seniors' Community and the Kincardine Masonic Lodge hosted yard sales Saturday, May 29, at their respective locations. At Trillium Court, the atrium was line...
(BLUEWATER, ON) – A 29-year-old Goderich man is facing a slew of charge,s following an out-of-control ride that took place late last week. At about 9:30 p.m., June 9, Huron County OPP officers received information about a tow truck that was travelling in an extremely ...
The former Town of Kincardine was without power Sunday afternoon and evening, from 1-7:30 p.m. Westario Power after-hours personnel said the loss of hydro was a Hydro One issue. A spokesperson for Hydro One said the problem was with the Douglas Point transformer station, but crews w...
The municipal parking lot, east of Queen Street, Kincardine, is starting to take shape, as it nears completion. The project is being done by Kempton Construction, and so far, the parking lot is paved on the north and west sides, with the pedestrian walkway completed, and an area behind...
The 17th annual Kincardine Scottish Festival and Highland Games is featuring plenty of new things to interest people of all ages. The event runs July 1-3 in Victoria Park, and chairman Tony Doherty and event manager Janice Griffith outlined what's in store, during the sponsorship a...
The Kincardine Legion held its annual Honours and Awards ceremony Sunday, June 5. Highlights included the presentation of a 50-Year Medal to veteran Cliff Buckingham and the Legionnaire of the Year Award to Laura Haight. Due to the power outage Sunday, June 12, the monthly Family Dinne...
Declan Mowle brought home a shiny, silver medal, after competing in the Skills Canada outdoor power and recreational equipment competition, held June 5-8, in Moncton, New Brunswick. The Grade 11 student at Kincardine District Secondary School student is the son of Kevin and Joan Mowle ...
Tiverton Blooms Thanks to all the volunteers who came out to plant the flowers in the village. Also thank you to the municipal workers for a job well done. The village is looking very much like summer. Lisa Robertson-Taylor (L) and Laurie Convay, plant the flower bed, al...
Another new doctor is coming to Kincardine, but he is not new to the area. Dr. Jason Murray has signed up to join the physicians at the Hawthorne Community Clinic in Kincardine, this fall. Council approved the agreement, following a closed session at the meeting Wednesday night (June 8...
Kincardine council has agreed to spend up to $300,000 to keep the shoreline bank, north of Kincardine Harbour, from washing into Lake Huron. In committee-of-the-whole Wednesday night, June 1, public works director Adam Weishar said that staff met with municipal engineer, B.M. Ross and ...
What's bugging you? Apparently, for neighbouring property owners, it's the proposal for a termite field test site to be located in Lorne Beach. The proposal was part of an application by FPInnovations for a zoning bylaw amendment, presented by Bruce County planner Mollie Kuchma...
PICK-UP TRUCK STOLEN OVERNIGHT (MILDMAY, ON) – June 9, at 7:43 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a stolen pick-up truck at a residence along Absalom Street West in Mildmay. Sometime between 11 p.m. June 8, and 7 a.m. June 9, a white Ford F150 crew ...
Jackie McDonald (above) of Kincardine brought home three medals from the Special Olympics Provincial Spring Games, held May 26-28 in Guelph. She won gold in 50-metre backstroke, silver in 50-metre freestyle, and silver in 50-metre breast stroke. This qualifies her to go on to the Nat...
Despite the threat of rain, a good crowd turned out, with their dogs, for the Kincardine and District Lions Club's Purina Walk or Dog Guides, Sunday afternoon, at the Davidson Centre. About 50 walkers and 20 dogs participated, raising $6,724 for Lions Foundation of Canada which tra...
Wednesday (June 8), the Ontario government released its new Climate Change Action Plan, outlining an overall strategy to cut greenhouse gas pollution to 15 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, 37 per cent by 2030, and 80 per cent by 2050. With such an aggressive plan in place, the provi...
MARINE UNIT FINDS SAFETY VIOLATIONS ON THE WATER (SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – June 4, the South Bruce OPP Marine Unit was out on Chesley Lake and the Saugeen River along with a conservation officer from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. The officers fo...
"It's All Gone to Shitz," based in Ripley and Kincardine, raised a total of $15,566.25 for the Grey Bruce Gutsy Walk, placing it in the top 10 fund-raising teams across Canada. The Grey-Bruce event was held Sunday morning at Walkerton District Community School in support of ...
The Blyth Festival opens its 42nd season with Our Beautiful Sons: Remembering Matthew Dinning, a riveting new play by Christopher Morris, directed by the festival's artistic director, Gil Garratt, which opens June 15. Based on the true story of a local family, the Dinn...
The Ontario energy minister's parliamentary assistant has been bringing false hope to the residents of South Bruce about the future of natural gas in Bruce County, says Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson. Bob Delaney, the MPP for Mississauga-Streetsville, was in South Bruce at t...
POLICE INVESTIGATING COPPER WIRE THEFT (BRUCE TWP, ON) – June 6, at 3:09 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a theft at a hydro switching station located in the 500 block of Concession 2 in Bruce Township. Sometime between 5 p.m. June 3, and 12 p.m. ...
"Violet" is lost and her family and friends hope someone may have seen her. The five-month-old German Shepherd-Labrador-Golden Retriever mix has been missing since Saturday morning. She either got off the property or was taken. Her owner lives in the Sutton Street-Broadway ar...
The Kincardine Sunset Quilters’ Guild hosted a “trunk show," Monday, June 6, at St. Anthony’s Church. Guest speaker was Patti Carey of Northcott Silk Industries, a Canadian distributor of cotton-printed fabrics. More than 100 ladies attended the event. C...
The Farm Safety Club is the newest addition to 4-H in this area. The second Farm Safety 4-H meeting was held Monday, May 30. The club has approximately 22 members and so far, it has covered topics including WHIMIS and personal protective equipment. The goal is to increase awareness ...
For the sixth consecutive year, Bruce Power has launched a $50,000 scholarship program aimed at students pursuing post-secondary education in Bruce, Grey and Huron counties. Students who are enrolled in a skilled-trade, college or university for the 2016/17 academic year, are i...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) - One week from today marks an event in Huron County that Special Olympians and Huron County OPP officers look forward to every year. Huron OPP officers and Special Olympians from all over Huron County will run, walk, and stroll together, Tuesday, June 14...
Laura Haight was somewhat surprised and shocked to hear her name called as the Legionnaire of the Year at Sunday evening's Honours and Awards and Volunteer Appreciation Banquet at the Royal Canadian Legion, McDonald Branch 183, Kincardine. As she accepted the award, standing with h...
Huron-Kinloss council has turned down a proposal to provide curbside yard waste collection in Lucknow. May 16, angry Lucknow residents came to council demanding the service be reinstated. Those concerns were sent to public works director Hugh Nichol who brought forward a report last ni...
Wednesday, June 1, a Caregivers Support Workshop was presented at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre. The morning session offered information and resources currently available for caregivers, while in the afternoon, participants were invited to practise training for a volunteer peer suppor...
Due to high demand, the Bruce Power bus tour program is expanding in 2016. Tours begin from the Visitors’ Centre, July 2, with two tours per day from Monday to Saturday throughout July and August, excluding holidays, ending Sept. 2. Scheduled at 1 p.m. and 2 ...
Many theme songs from the greatest television shows in history, along with some famous commercials, are featured in the Kincardine Community Singers' spring concert, "Showtime!" which runs June 11-12 at 7:30 p.m., at Knox Presbyterian Church, Kincardine. If Wednesday'...
Shane Hotchkiss of Kincardine, former Canadian peacekeeper with the United Nations Force in Cyprus, was the reviewing officer at the 28th annual Kincardine Air Cadets, Typhoon Squadron 183, inspection, held Sunday, May 29, at the Davidson Centre Arena. The review began with the squadro...
It was a sunny, hot day for the Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School-Huron Heights Public School Fun Fair, held Saturday, May 28, at KTTPS. Students from both schools, and their families, enjoyed many activities and games, including a bouncy castle, ring toss, face-painting, demo...
A crowd of Kincardine District Secondary School students dressed in their finest for Prom 2016, held Saturday, May 28, at the Kincardine Pavilion. It was a parade of fancy dresses and sharp suits as the young people had photos taken at the Rock Garden, before heading in for the dinner ...
Kincardine's gold-medal Special Olympian Rosie Laidler was the torch-bearer at the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics which made its way through downtown Kincardine, Tuesday afternoon. Joining Special Olympics athletes and members of Community Living of Kincardine and D...
The Kincardine Legion presented $5,000 in donations, Thursday night, just prior to Bingo, in the Legion Hall. The money is from the poppy fund. Jim Weir, charity chairman, was joined by president Mary Farrell and vice-president Jim McDonald in making the presentations to the Kincardi...
About a dozen participants and five dogs joined in the Tiverton Lions Dog Guide Walk, Sunday, May 29, beginning at the Tiverton Lions Hall. Among the dogs, were "Kleo," owned by Lynda Eskrick; "Maggie," being walked by Tiverton Lion Brent Crawford; "Taz," ...
History was the theme when the Bervie Women's Institute met at the hall Wednesday, June 1, at 7 p.m. After the usual openings, the Roll Call, “A memory of Bervie,” was answered by nine members and one guest with many interesting comments. Our recent plant...
To the Editor: The Municipality of Kincardine has declared June 4-12 as "Kincardine Trails Week". The Kincardine Trails Association has scheduled events throughout the week and they begin Sunday, June 5, with the Poker Rally Walk or Run. The fun begins at 1 ...