The 78th Fraser Highlanders took the trophy for the top band at the Grade 1 level, at the Kincardine Scottish Festival and Highland Games, July 2. The Fraser Highlanders had the best pipes, the best drums and the best bass. In second place, was the Toronto Police Pipe Band, and in thir...
Bruce Power is inviting the community to celebrate summer at its annual beach party, being held Saturday, July 16, at Port Elgin’s main beach. Scheduled from 4-10 p.m., the event is one of the ways Bruce Power says thanks to the community for its ongoing support. ...
(LONDON, ON) – The West Region OPP is issuing a warning in light of another motorcycle fatal collision that occurred in Essex Ontario, Monday, July 11. So far this year, motorcycle collisions have claimed the lives of 23 drivers and three passengers in Ontario. In 2015, t...
The Hawthorne Community Clinic, Clinic Laboratory Services and Kincardine Family Health Team will provide limited services, from July 27 to Aug. 5 (inclusive), the result of a planned computer systems upgrade. During the limited services period, physicians and nurse practitione...
Q: Rather than answer a specific question this week, we thought we would share a few articles that we have come across over the past few months that caught our attention but, for one reason or another, never made it into a separate column. A: In a study published a few weeks ...
Kincardine's visitor information centre will be moved back to Highway 21 next spring. In committee-of-the-whole Wednesday night (July 6), council agreed that the centre should be relocated to the highway, with satellite operations in the downtown area. Two years ago, council end...
The Grey Bruce Health Unit has issued a heat warning for this week. Over the next two to three days, local daytime high temperatures are predicted to reach or exceed 31 degrees Celsius, with nighttime lows dropping to only 21 degrees Celsius. These conditions increase the risk of he...
Kincardine’s first refugee family is set to arrive at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, Wednesday, July 27. Rev. Kathy Fraser of Knox Presbyterian Church said Sunday that the Kincardine Refugee Committee’s welcoming committee met Friday evening and that t...
Congratulations to Nancy and Gerald Murray who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently. Congratulations to Patricia Murray and David James who were married Saturday. The setting by the lake was lovely. Thanks to the Ripley and District Lions Club for another great beef ba...
Elizabeth Bruce of Kingston was very excited to win the 16th annual Kincardine Women's Triathlon, Saturday morning, at Station Beach. The Bruce Beach cottager joined her fellow triathletes in a duathlon, after the rough water of Lake Huron was deemed unsafe and the swim portion of ...
Ron Nickles of London created some beautiful Egyptian oil paintings which are now hanging in the guest gallery at the Victoria Park Gallery for the month of July. Nickles was born in London, one of five children in a tough, working-class family. He was raised in the Great Depression an...
Zack Miller of Ripley was named the professional drummer of the day at the Kincardine Scottish Festival. Professional piper of the day was Sean McKeown, while amateur piper of the day was Andrew Hutton, and amateur drummer of the day was James Kirkwood. A great number of pipers, dru...
Water users in the Municipality of Kincardine are reminded that Stage 1 restrictions remain in in effect. In a press release, Friday, public works director Adam Weishar, states that the standpipe is effectively off-line, so water conservation is necessitated. Stage 1 lawn watering r...
Anne Nicolson, student volunteer co-ordinator for many years at the Kincardine hospital, part of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, has been honoured for her years of hard work and dedication to this program. Several of the student volunteers met at Kincardine District Secondary Schoo...
The Bluewater Summer Playhouse is staging the latest from Canada's premier playwright, Norm Foster, Jonas and Barry in the Home, July 14-30, at the Kincardine Arts Centre. The play tells the story of two retirees who search for friendship, love, sex and elusive happiness in an assi...
Dear Editor: Wow, what a difference a year can make! It was June, 2015 - after two-and-a-half years of negotiations - that the St. Joseph’s Kingsbridge Community registered charity purchased the former Catholic church on Highway 21, between Kincardine and Goderich. ...
It was a cold and windy evening for the first Cruise Night of the summer, in downtown Kincardine, July 1. There were 225 vehicles and 25 motorcycles at the event, and organizers said that number may have been down by about 100 vehicles due to weather conditions earlier in the day. The ...
A potential labour disruption at Canada Post may delay your mail this summer; however, Kincardine taxpayers are still required to pay their utility bills and property tax bills on time. That's the word from the Kincardine treasury department which sent out a notice Friday, in respo...
The Bervie Women's Institute met at the hall Wednesday, July 6, at 7 p.m., with culture and Canada Day being the theme. Vice-president Joyce Roach opened with a reading “Remedies for a Happy Life,” followed by O Canada and the usual openings. The Roll Call was ...
Tiverton Knox Presbyterian Church will be holding its annual Summer Salad Supper, Tuesday, July 12, from 4:30-6:30 p.m., at the Whitney Crawford Community Centre in Tiverton. The church is also hosting a barbecue lunch, Monday, July 18, at Noon. Come and enjoy hamburgers, sausage and d...
Kincardine chief administrative officer Murray Clarke says the proposed shoreline protection project, north of Kincardine Harbour, will not obscure the view of the lake and the sunsets, from the parking lot between Macpherson Park and Dunsmoor Park. Countering information from letters ...
The top athletes from the Royal Canadian Legion District C track and field meet, held June 25 in Kincardine, will compete at the provincial championships in Timmins this weekend (July 8-9). Athletes from across District C gathered at the Davidson Centre track for the Legion District me...
(ELDERSLIE TWP, ON) – July 2, at 10:57 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a single-vehicle crash along Bruce County Road 10 in Elderslie Township. Officers arrived and found a grey Toyota Matrix in the west ditch of Bruce County Road 10. There was no one with ...
TWO OLD SCAMS STILL GENERATING MONEY (HURON COUNTY, ON) – Huron County PP members remind the public to be aware of two active scams that recently victimized two Huron County residents. These scams are certainly not new, but they are still proving to be effective. ...
Trivia Night is July 15 - bring your team or come and join a team! The fun starts in the hall at 7 p.m. Meat Draw takes place every Saturday from 2:30-5 p.m. in the clubhouse. Come down to the Legion and visit with friends and maybe take some meat home. Bingo starts ...
Don Manary of Tiverton has been named the Municipality of Kincardine's Senior of the Year. The presentation was made by Kincardine mayor Anne Eadie (above left, with Manary), at the council meeting last night (July 6). Manary and his wife, Wilma, have been married 51 years, said...
The story might be about Alan Freed, but the spotlight belongs to Aaron Solomon (above right, with Chris Murphy on saxophone), who rocks the stage in the Bluewater Summer Playhouse production of "Memories of Rock 'n' Roll - The Alan Freed Story." The show opened Tuesd...
The Bruce Telecom Lighthouse Blues Festival in Kincardine, set to run this weekend, has been recognized as one of the top 16 music festivals in Ontario, and organizers held a sponsor appreciation evening June 2, recognizing those who help make it happen. The non-profit event ...
(WALKERTON, ON) – July 4, at 11:04 a.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a two-vehicle crash on Yonge Street South in Walkerton. Officers arrived to find that a grey Ford F150 pick-up truck hit a blue Hyundai Elantra that was stopped to make a turn. The driver of...
Q: With the ongoing attention being cast upon Lyme Disease and the Zika Virus, what is the best way to avoid catching them, short of staying inside my house all summer? A: Lyme Disease is contracted by being bitten by an infected tick; whereas the Zika Virus is spread by way ...
Walk into the gardens at the home of April and Dan Finney on Birchwood, and it's like a peaceful piece of paradise. Located in the Kinhuron subdivision, the gardens are one of eight on the Kincardine and District Horticultural Society's "Through the Garden Gate" tour,...
Westario Power Inc. has launched the ‘Home Energy Assessment Program’, a new local Save On Energy pilot program designed to assist customers with reducing their energy costs at home. The program offers residential customers a complimentary energy audit to help them learn ho...
COMPUTER REPAIR SCAM NETS $5,000 (SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – The South Bruce OPP is asking residents to watch out for cons and scams after receiving a report about the computer repair scam. Computer access was given to a “technician” who called to n...
This is an important message for those within the vicinity of Bruce Power. As part of the Municipality of Kincardine's and Bruce Power’s emergency preparedness plans, a full-volume test of the nuclear emergency public-alerting sirens will be conducted Wednesday, July ...
It's official: the Kincardine Community Medical Clinic has been renamed the Hawthorne Community Clinic. The ribbon-cutting was held Monday morning, with Duncan Hawthorne, retired president and chief executive officer of Bruce Power, and his wife, Lesley, joining Kincardine deputy m...
Huron-Kinloss mayor Mitch Twolan was honoured Monday night (July 4) by township council and staff for his hard work and dedication as chairman of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Cities Initiative for 2015-16. Deputy mayor Wilfred Gamble (above right, with Twolan) presented a plaque to Two...
The 17th annual Kincardine Scottish Festival got off to a chilly start Friday night, but the rest of the weekend saw perfect weather and the crowds gathered in Victoria Park and Robinson Park for the many great events Saturday and Sunday. Event manager Janice Griffith-Curtis said it wa...
(CHESLEY, ON) – June 30, the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau – Drug Enforcement Unit, West Region Emergency Response Team, and South Bruce OPP executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a residence on 3rd Street, in the Municipality of ...
The Class of 2016 was honoured at the Huron Heights Public School Grade 8 graduation, held Tuesday night at the school. Besides the Grade 8 graduation diplomas, and the valedictory address by Hannah Gratto and Zach Bumba, the following awards were presented: English award, ...
Adrienne Mason, project co-ordinator with the Pine River Watershed Initiative Network (PRWIN) for the past seven years, celebrated her final day June 30. A potluck luncheon was hosted by the PRWIN directors, at the McLarty Environmental Study Area, to recognize all the great work Mason...