Wednesday, hundreds gathered outside Queen's Park to express their frustration with the Liberal government's unaffordable hydro rates. "People came from across the province, including Huron-Bruce, to tell the government that enough is enough," says H...
POLICE LOOKING FOR STOLEN UTILITY TRAILER (WALKERTON, ON) – May 12, at 3:10 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a theft from a produce business located along Ontario Road in Walkerton. Sometime between April 28 and May 12, a silver 2012 Stor 712 util...
With time running out and few options, Kincardine council is attempting to salvage at least part of the proposed Inverhuron water and sewer project. In a unanimous recorded vote last night (May 13), council agreed to request a two-year extension for the Building Canada Fund gra...
The crowd was antsy as it gathered at the entrance door to the Tiverton Lions Garage Sale which began Friday night and ran through Saturday morning, at the Tiverton Community Centre Annex. Prior to the sale opening Friday night, people enjoyed a barbecue, served by the Lions Club. A...
Four teams of enthusiastic participants took their turn onboard the Big Bike for Heart and Stroke, as it toured through downtown Kincardine, Monday, May 4. The team of Sun Life Financial and Kincardine Realtors rode the 30-seater bike through the pouring rain Monday morning, as did the...
POLICE LOOKING FOR DRIVER INVOLVED IN PEDESTRIAN CRASH (WALKERTON, ON) – May 8, at 12:46 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a crash involving a pedestrian along Yonge Street South in Walkerton. Officers arrived to find that a 15-year-old Brockton te...
(GODERICH, ON) – Tuesday, May 12, the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau – Drug Enforcement Unit, West Region Emergency Response Team and Huron County OPP executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a residence located on Blake Street in the Town of Go...
Sobeys Kincardine was the place to be Saturday during the Better Food Fair. A walk through the store, just off Highway 21 on Durham Street, Kincardine, brought you samples of a variety of summer flavours, including soups, salads, appetizers, desserts and Italian soda, Youngsters wer...
The South Bruce Grey Health Centre is working with the Kincardine Physicians Group and the Kincardine Family Health Team to divert non‐urgent patients from the emergency department (ER) at the Kincardine hospital in preparation for the busy summer months. The physicians group at ...
The Bruce B vacuum building inspection and maintenance program is complete. Done about every 10 years and requiring all four units at Bruce B shut down, the work wrapped up safely earlier this week. Unit 8 was the first to return to the provincial grid Sunday evening, follow...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – The results from the 2015 Huron County OPP Prescription Drug Drop-off Day are in, and once again, it was a successful event. Huron OPP had two sites operating this year - one in Goderich at the Maitland Valley Medical Centre and one in Exeter at the Exe...
Monday (May 11), Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson and Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker stood in the Legislature, asking Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins to ensure funding for the Restorative Care Unit in Chesley, a program that costs $800,000 a year. "This program he...
POLICE INVESTIGATE ATV CRASH WITH PEDESTRIAN (WALKERTON, ON) – May 6, at 12:55 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a crash involving an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) on McNabb Street in Walkerton. Officers arrived with Bruce County paramedics to find that ...
Kincardine is looking at a scaled-down version of its proposed Inverhuron water and sewer project after tender bids came in at almost twice the estimated $9.6-million. At a special council meeting last night (May 11), councillor Laura Haight, policy chairperson for water and wa...
ATV OPERATOR CHARGED (RIPLEY, ON) – May 8, at 11:47 p.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Tain Street in Ripley, stopped a green 2001 Suzuki All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV). The officer found that the operator had been drinking alcohol. A 19-year-old Huron To...
We hope everyone had a great Mother's Day. The community/relative shower for Sarah Wray was held Saturday at Purple Grove. She was warmly welcomed by everyone there. Members of the Purple Grove Women's Institute and friends enjoyed a day out Wednesd...
Q: I continually battle with the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). How can I manage this better so that it interferes with my life less? A: IBS is an exceptionally-common disorder that often goes undiagnosed for many years. This is mainly because its principal symptom...
More than 100 trucks, and a couple of cars, gathered Saturday, May 2, for the inaugural Clint Parker Memorial Ride. The 18-year-old was killed in a snowmobile accident Feb. 15, near MacGregor Point Provincial Park. The ride toured from the Parker farm on Concession 9, Kincardine, to No...
With less than three months until ‘All Roads Lead Home,’ the Ripley Reunion 2015 organizing committee is nearly ready for the event, which runs July 30-Aug. 3. The committee will officially open Reunion Central, on the southeast corner of Huron and Queen Streets, Sa...
The Kincardine Sparks, Brownies and Pathfinders gathered at McDonald's Restaurant in Kincardine, Tuesday night, May 5, to donate about 10 cases of second-hand children's books. McDonald's has a year-round book sale, with proceeds going to Ronald McDonald House in London. Th...
Allan Thompson, the federal Liberal candidate for Huron-Bruce, was joined by more than 75 supporters, as he opened his first campaign volunteer centre in downtown Kincardine, Saturday morning. Located at the corner of Queen Street and Broadway, across from Tim Hortons, it will act as t...
McHappy Day at the Kincardine McDonald's Restaurant, has raised more than $7,000 for Ronald McDonald children's charities. The annual event was held Wednesday, with $1 from each Big Mac, Happy Meal and McCafe hot beverage sold, going toward the cause. A number of special guests...
Organizers of the Mandarin Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Walk in Kincardine are elated that the event surpassed the $23,000 goal, bringing in a total of $23,465 for the MS Society. Held Sunday morning, May 3, beginning at the Davidson Centre, it drew 120 walkers, dressed in brilliant red and...
The Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation is $4,000 richer, thanks to a donation by the Florence Nightingale Home Foundation, part of the Order of the Eastern Star. The donation was made Monday afternoon at the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, Kincardine hospital. Margaret ...
Thursday, May 14 - Cash Bingo. Doors open at 6 p.m. and Bingo starts at 7 p.m. Friday, May 15, at 7 p.m., is the Kitchen Party in the Clubroom. If you can play piano, guitar, violin, banjo, bass, etc., we need your talents. Spectators are also welcome Saturday, May 16 - weekly Mea...
A demand for Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ and workshops further inland, prompted Corinne Robertson-Brown, owner/operator of J'Adorn in downtown Kincardine, to open a second store in Hanover. "We had customers coming here from Walkerton, Mount Forest, Owen Sound and Durham, t...
Trillium Court Seniors' Community in Kincardine is not only a welcoming home for the elderly, but for their pets as well. Three current residents brought their dogs and a cat with them when they moved into the facility, and the home, itself, now has its own dog, "Lucky." ...
Team It's All Gone to Shitz of Ripley and Kincardine, is busy fund-raising for the 2015 Grey-Bruce Gutsy Walk for Crohns and Colitis Canada, slated for Sunday, June 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Walkerton and District Community School. Led by Emily Lotton, who suffers f...
All this good weather reminds me that the Tiverton Bloomers will be looking for volunteers to help plant flowers in the village. Planting day will be the beginning of June. Watch for details. Anyone wanting to help on this day should contact me at 519-368-7393. Our current volunteers work...
May 4, 1945, at 1600 hours, General Johannes Blaskowitz, the German commander-in-chief in the Netherlands, surrendered to Canadian General Charles Foulkes in the Dutch Town of Wageningen in the presence of Prince Bernhard (acting as commander-in-chief of the Dutch Interior Forces). For...
For the fourth year in a row, Bruce Power has been included in a list of Canada’s top employers for young people. “The best employers realize that their youngest employees value the opportunity to contribute to the organization and society,” said Kristina Leung,...
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – In less than two weeks, residents and visitors, alike, will be enjoying the Victoria Day long weekend and the return of summer. Pleasure craft of all shapes and sizes will be out on the waters of Lake Huron, and smaller, inland, bodies of water. ...
The Joint Review Panel received praise for its approval of Ontario Power Generation (OPG)'s proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) for low- and intermediate-level nuclear waste at the Bruce Nuclear site in the Municipality of Kincardine. Kincardine mayor Anne Eadie (right) said th...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – It doesn’t matter who is at fault when a motorcycle is involved. Drivers and/or passengers on motorcycles are likely going to sustain serious injury or death. The OPP is declaring this week Motorcycle Awareness Week across the province. This pas...
A federally-appointed Joint Review Panel is recommending approval of Ontario Power Generation (OPG)'s proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) for low-level and intermediate-level nuclear waste at the Bruce site. The panel released its 457-page report Wednesday to environmen...
The Northsiders took home the trophy after narrowly winning the North versus South Challenge Walk held in Victoria Park, Monday. Organized by Kate Mahood-Richards and Christie Anderson of the Huron Heights Home and School Association, the event drew about 350 people, including 169 walk...
A group of South Bruce Grey Health Centre’s medical radiation technologists participated in a breast-screening education session in late April to learn techniques to improve image quality, and focus on positive patient experiences. Dr. Don Taves, lead radiologist for the Breast A...
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – Prescription medications can be misused in ways not intended by the physician who prescribes them. In an effort to help keep drugs out of the wrong hands, the Huron County OPP will be supporting the Prescription Drug Drop Off Day by participating in the collecti...
Crusader Productions at Sacred Heart High School in Walkerton, has taken on an ambitious project, to bring the real-life story of Steven Truscott to the stage. Directed by Veronica Davidson, the show features 15 high school students playing a multitude of roles in Beverly Cooper's ...
Warm temperatures have arrived and people are out sprucing up their lawns and gardens. The garden centre at Sobeys Kincardine is now open, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week, and has everything you need to brighten up your corner of the world. The centre offers a variety of annuals...