HURON OPP DISTRACTED DRIVING CAMPAIGN RESULTS (HURON COUNTY, ON) – Last week, the OPP wrapped up its province-wide Distracted Driving Campaign which ran from March 14-20. Huron County OPP saw a total of 58 drivers charged with Distracted Driving during the campaign. &nbs...
The Kincardine Sparks and Brownies welcomed spring, Tuesday night, by making beautiful bouquets and sporting splendid bonnets. The girls and their parents are glad the weather has improved and the snow is melting away, as they gear up for the spring cookie campaign, selling boxes of ch...
It's a "Long Way to Tipperary" but it's not far to Blyth for "Songs of Wartime and Peace" with the Blyth Festival Singers and their special guests, The Howlin' Dog Vintage Jazz Band of Kincardine. Join the singers, April 12 at 3 p.m., for a tribute conce...
The famously-private Alice Munro welcomed Huron-Bruce federal Liberal candidate Allan Thompson into her Clinton home Sunday afternoon and spent close to an hour around the kitchen table, chatting about politics, writing and other topics. Thompson, a former Toronto Star journalist, desc...
Aibhlin (Avy) Mowle of Kincardine is quite an artist. And this past week, her artwork was used on a concert poster in Australia. The connection between these two sides of the world happened in 2013 when Avy became Internet friends with Bonnie Ward of Melton, Australia, through the webs...
Kincardine council has been granted no extension on the multi-million-dollar Inverhuron water and sewer project. In March, 2009, the project received two-thirds funding from the provincial and federal governments though the Building Canada Fund - Communities Component. Following a l...
OPP wraps up Distracted Driving Campaign (March 14-20) (SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – The OPP wrapped up its Distracted Driving Campaign with strong support from the public, the media and other valued road-safety partners who, throughout the campaign, remained heavily engaged in t...
The Canadian Coast Guard, in partnership with the United States Coast Guard and the OPP warned Wednesday (March 25) of potentially unsafe ice conditions in the vicinity of ice-breaking operations and shipping routes in the Great Lakes. Ice-breaking operations to assist commercial shi...
About 200 people gathered at the Best Western Plus Governor's Inn Saturday night for the annual Kincardine and District Chamber of Commerce Community Achievement Awards. The celebration honours individuals, businesses and organizations for doing that little bit extra to make the Ki...
Sunday afternoon, the Kincardine Legion presented a cheque for $6,000 to the Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation, to put toward the $12,000 cost of a new height adjustable bathtub. This new tub will offer in-patients an invigorating spa experience with a private whirlpool bath...
THIEVES STEAL PROPANE TANK AND FOLDABLE BICYCLE (ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) - Huron County OPP officers are investigating a recent break, enter and theft that occurred at Meneset on the Lake just north of Goderich. Sometime between March 17-21, thie...
Members of the Kinetic Knights Robotics Team 781 of Kincardine were at the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre, Saturday, showcasing their FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics program. Through an interactive display, the public was invited to c...
HuronTel is expanding into Kincardine. General manager Glenn Grubb said Monday that on March 19, the company notified the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) and Bruce Telecom of its intention to offer service in the 519-396 telephone exchange. H...
CALL FROM WITNESS HELPS TAKE IMPAIRED DRIVER OFF THE ROAD (ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – A 25-year-old Goderich man is facing several charges after he was stopped by police March 21. At approximately 1:38 p.m., Huron County OPP officers received a call from a con...
Welcome Spring! March Break last week saw lots of visiting with students and relatives in the area and also a chance to get in some extra skiing! Congratulations to Eleeta Aitken on the arrival of her latest great-granddaughter, Jade Michelle Kathryn Aitken, on March 1...
(LUCKNOW, ON) – March 23, at 3:18 a.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a break-in at the Armstrong’s Bakery located in the 600 block of Campbell Street in Lucknow. Sometime between 7 p.m. March 21, and 3 a.m. March 23, the business was forcibly entered. A quanti...
The Bruce Power Visitors' Centre was a busy place during March Break this past week. Not only was there a two-day GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math and Science) Camp taking place, but there were lots of people taking in the many exhibits throughout the main hall. Also on display,...
The largest outdoor maple syrup festival in Grey and Bruce counties is almost here! The Old-Tyme Maple Syrup Festival, hosted by the Saugeen Valley Conservation Foundation, is scheduled for March 28-29 at Saugeen Bluffs Conservation Area (north of Paisley) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both d...
Marg Morton has been waitressing in Kincardine for many years, so Thursday night was her special evening to be waited upon. Currently a waitress at Jean's Family Restaurant, Morton was honoured with a surprise party, marking her 70th birthday, at Gilley's Feed Lot in downtown K...
John McManus (R) of Kincardine has been named the Bruce Power citizen of the year. At the end of a lengthy Kincardine and District Chamber of Commerce achievement awards ceremony last night (March 21), McManus received his award from Rob Liddle. Also nominated, were George Ling and Ric...
About 20 girls took part in the annual GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math and Science) Camp, held Wednesday and Thursday during March Break, at the Bruce Power Visitors' Centre. Led by Jillian Bjelan of Hensall, a GEMS Camper in 2008, this year's camp focused on polymers and phys...
The Kincardine Fall Fair is getting bigger and better each year. Last year, saw the return of the ambassador competition, after a 20-year hiatus. This year, will see the return of the Saturday night dance. The Kincardine Agricultural Society and its fall fair committee are thrilled ...
Saturday, March 28, at 7 p.m. there is a Charity Hockey Game at the Tiverton Arena, in support of Lindsey Gossell of Tiverton, as she perseveres through her treatments. Come out and show your support and have a fun night. All proceeds go to Gossell. Hockey teams to be announced. Silent au...
Members of the Ripley and District Horticultural Society welcomed 33 youngsters to the Mr. and Mrs. Egghead March Break event, held Wednesday afternoon at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre. Twenty-six adults, including mothers and grandmothers, helped the children plant watercress in e...
Tiverton Minor Hockey is hosting a charity fund-raiser Saturday, March 28, at 7 p.m., at the Tiverton Arena, in support of Lindsey Gossell. Gossell, 19, is a Tiverton minor sports graduate and is undergoing treatments right now. She is a terrific little hockey player and all-around gre...
If you get your drinking water from a well, the arrival of spring means that it is time to test your water. The warmer weather produces spring-melt and flooding. Lots of surface water and high groundwater can contaminate private drinking water systems. The Grey Bruce Health Unit adv...
Durham Market South will be closed for the next two weeks while the watermain is replaced between Queen Street and Princes Street. Wednesday night, Kincardine council approved the emergency expense of $48,000 for the project. Operations manager Don Huston told council that the prolonge...
The Tale of a Town - Canada is a nationwide theatre and media initiative aiming to capture the collective community memory of Canada’s main streets, one story at a time. The group is touring the country in its “Storymobile” (a.k.a travel trailer turned mobile recording s...
To the Editor: RE: "Spring is in the air, and the signs are everywhere" If all we lost during this past winter were a few signs, then we are lucky. I commend all those who were driving the snowplows when they had to use their memories to know where they were on the ...
(ORILLIA, ON) -The OPP is reminding citizens that emergency scams target vulnerable people and seniors by playing upon their emotions and robbing them of their money. Each year, emergency scam artists contact thousands of citizens and many people get scammed in their rush to help...
Kincardine council has approved spending $48,000 to replace the watermain on Durham Market South in Kincardine. In committee-of-the-whole last night (March 18), council heard from operations manager Don Huston who said that the extreme cold weather caused the watermain to freeze. Crews...
Spring is in the air, and the signs are, literally, everywhere. A trip south of Kincardine, Wednesday afternoon, found a sign for Saratoga Road snapped off and lying on the west side of Highway 21. Further south, was a sign for Concession 10 of Huron-Kinloss which had been clipped by s...
Jean Colling, a member of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre - Kincardine hospital auxiliary, reminds us that with volunteering, the rewards aren't always about raising funds. "For many years I have been involved with the television rental program that we offer to our ...
Seniors in Kincardine will receive financial support for renovations to the Inverlyn Lake Estates clubhouse facilities, allowing them to maintain a high quality of life and actively participate in their community, thanks to funding through the New Horizons for Seniors Program. Huron-Br...
An informed public is the key to moving forward with a proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) for used nuclear fuel. That's the word from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) which is tasked with the job of siting a DGR for the long-term management of high-level ...
The Kinetic Knights Robotics Team 781 of Kincardine brought home the Gracious Professionalism award from the Greater Toronto East Regional in Oshawa on the weekend. Mentor Pat O'Cain was also named a finalist for the Woodie Flowers award for mentorship. The team competed in a nu...
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson is pleased to announce the details regarding the 2015 Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence. This award was developed to recognize the spirit of innovation within the agricultural sector. Each year the program recognizes up to 45 ...
Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb, on behalf of the Honourable Candice Bergen, minister of state for social development, is encouraging local organizations to submit their projects for consideration under the newly-launched Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) call for proposals. Organizations can ...
If you haven't picked up your tickets for the seventh annual Lucknow's Music in the Fields this summer, you might want to do that before they are sold out. The initial reaction to the release of tickets has been outstanding and beyond the expectations of the Lucknow and Distric...
DRUGS SEIZED AT RIDE (KINCARDINE TWP, ON) – March 15, at 1:37 p.m., members of the South Bruce OPP were conducting a RIDE check on Bruce County Road 15, in Kincardine Township, when they noticed a silver Nissan Rogue attempt to avoid the check point. The vehicle...