The Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey held its volunteer and donor appreciation evening Thursday night at Rotary Park in Kincardine. Among those honoured as donors were Dom Jackson of the Kincardine Women's Triathlon, Brenda Zinn of the Chantry Singers, Linda Marron, and Jan...
A temple is likely the last thing you would expect to find in the hills of Moundsville, West Virginia, the ‘Mountain State’ widely known for its forests and coal production. This makes what the New Vrindaban community has achieved in establishing one of the largest Krishna-ins...
Everyone is welcome to be a superhero and join in the 15th annual Kincardine SuperWalk for Parkinson's, Sunday, Sept. 13, in Victoria Park. Help ease the burden of Parkinson’s for people in your community with all proceeds going to the Parkinson Society of Southwestern Ontari...
Before the Ripley Wolves defend their 2014-15 Senior ‘A’ Championship, the team will host its fourth annual Indoor Beach Volleyball Tournament in the sand at the Ripley Arena, from Sept. 10-12. The event kicks off Thursday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. when Business Night take...
TIVERTON FALL FAIR It’s time to think about what your Fair Display will be. The theme this year is "Sow It, Grow It, Show It". It’s open to any individual, business or family. The judging will take place on-site between Sept. 9-12. You can find a complete...
The Municipality of Kincardine and the Royal Canadian Legion, MacDonald Branch 183, Kincardine, invite you to attend a Celebration of Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth. Sept. 9 will mark the date when Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning monarch ...
Workers with Pickard Construction of Owen Sound have been busy, installing fibre-optic cable throughout the Town of Kincardine this week. Thursday, they were on Kennard Crescent, running pipe along the road allowance and then installing the cable in the trench left by the pipe. Mean...
More photos and even a video have been sent in for the "Where's Liz?" contest. People continue to capture Liz Dadson, reporter/editor of the Kincardine Record, out and about covering news, sports and features, and taking photographs at numerous events. Linda Campbell...
TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO FRAUD INVESTIGATION (BRANT TWP, ON) – Aug. 25, at 2:05 p.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol, stopped a white Chevrolet Cruze. The officer found that the driver’s licence was suspended and a large number of credit cards was noticed in the c...
If you have a ticket to the sold-out, two-day, country-music event, Lucknow's Music in the Fields, you will be looking forward to a great line-up this weekend, as the seventh annual event opens this Friday night and continues Saturday afternoon and evening. Headlining Friday's ...
Concession 12, east of Highway 21 to Sideroad 10, in Kincardine, will be closed Thursday, Aug. 27, while a culvert is replaced. The roadway will be impassable for all traffic, including emergency services, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. If you have questions, call 519-396-3468, Ext. 122. ...
A Liberal government, led by Justin Trudeau, would invest in Canadian children by giving teachers and Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) in Huron-Bruce - and across the country - a new tax benefit for school supplies they purchase to enhance student learning, says Allan Thompson, federal Li...
Bruce Power has received the highest marks in its 14-year history on the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)’s annual safety grading of Canada’s nuclear plants. “We have worked very hard to continuously improve our safety performance and we’re se...
The Rotary Club of Kincardine is gearing up for its third annual Beachside Run in support of Community Living of Kincardine and District. The club has changed the date to Sunday, Sept. 6, a month earlier than the past two years, hoping to entice more runners to come out and join the fu...
Canada’s award-winning, rabble-rousing, Celtic-fusion band, Rant Maggie Rant, and a tribute to the Beatles, cap off the Bluewater Summer Playhouse season next month. Rant Maggie Rant takes to the stage Saturday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. This group consistently impresses listeners with ...
(KINLOSS TWP, ON) – Aug. 24, at 10 a.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Highway 9 in Kinloss Township, noticed a silver Pontiac Grand Prix moving at a high rate of speed. The vehicle's speed was displayed on radar at more than 130 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zon...
It was sunny and hot Saturday, and a good crowd turned out for the second annual Marine Heritage Festival at the Kincardine Harbour. People toured the tall ships, "Pathfinder" and "Playfair," and youngsters were able to try their hand at steering the ships. Crew mem...
Joan Hartwick of Kincardine likes the taste of puffball, a large white mushroom that grows in the wild. And it's a good thing, too, because friends from Tiverton brought her a giant puffball that measures 14-and-a-half-inches in diameter. Puffballs usually grow as large as one-foot...
A good time was had by all the folks attending the Paisley Heritage Fair last week. Memorial services for Doug MacDonald of New Hamburg and Dolores MacKenzie of Kincardine were held last week and our sympathies are extended to their families at this time. Happy Birth...
POLICE SEEK WITNESSES FOR DOWNTOWN DAMAGE (WALKERTON, ON) – Aug. 23, at 5 a.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Durham Street East in Walkerton, noticed park benches and garbage cans had been overturned. In addition, the officer noted that plants had be...
The threat of showers failed to hinder the turn-out at the Sunday night sing-a-long in Dunsmoor Park, Aug. 23. Special guest entertainers, Steve Deer and Friends, kept the surprisingly-large crowd tapping its toes. The audience gathered under the adjacent pavilion to seek shelter fr...
(MUNICIPALITY OF BLUEWATER, ON) – Sunday, Aug. 23,, shortly after 4:30 p.m., Huron County OPP officers were dispatched to the intersection of Mill Road (Huron County Road. 3) and Goshen Line, southeast of Bayfield, where a citizen had discovered a motorcycle and its rider in a cornf...
Q: What is the best way to prepare fruit and vegetables so as to best preserve their vitamin and mineral content? A: One of the best things about summer (besides the lack of a need for shovels) is the freshness and taste of our locally-grown fruit and vegetables (with the notab...
The weather was hot and sunny, perfect for the Monday Street Market in downtown Kincardine. An extension of the regular Monday Market in Victoria Park, the event saw shoppers enjoying the great bargains at local stores, while children enjoyed various activities, such as face-painting, ...
Thursday, Aug. 13, Branch 183, Kincardine, presented cheques to the RC Air Cadets 183 Typhoon Squadron, Kincardine Home and Community Services Meals on Wheels, and Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation. These donations came from our Poppy Fund and totalled $4,036, bringing the L...
If you had a hankering for cheese curds, then the Pine River Cheese Curd Festival was the place to be, last weekend, Aug. 15-16. Groups lined up for the cheese-curd-eating contest Saturday, and children enjoyed the many great activities, including face-painting, balloon animals, bingo,...
The two remaining shows at the Blyth Festival are passionate tales of human emotions that end tragically. On now until Sept. 12, "The Fury" and "Mary's Wedding," are love stories set against very different backgrounds, but with the same dismal ending. "T...
The Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation has upgraded the cardiac monitors and and telemetry to the new Philips IntelliVue system at the Kincardine hospital, and the Kincardine hospital auxiliary is pleased to purchase the monitors for this new system. The foundation has bee...
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Tiverton Park Manor's annual Cruise Night Wednesday evening. It was a great success with 57 vehicles on display. Thanks to all the staff and volunteers, including Gerry Brooks, who worked hard to make it our most successful Cruise Night to da...
It was bright and sunny Friday afternoon but the high wind made the Lake Huron water choppy, as the Toronto Brigantine tall ships, "Pathfinder" and "Playfair," sailed into Kincardine Harbour for the second annual Kincardine Marine Heritage Festival this weekend. A g...
Just when you think you know somebody - and have known her for years - you play a game of golf the day after she dies, and everything changes. That's the premise behind the Bluewater Summer Playhouse production of Norm Foster's "The Ladies Foursome," which opened Thur...
The Municipality of Kincardine and the Community Foundation Grey Bruce have announced the creation of the Kincardine Community Fund, started with $5,000 in municipal seed money. The fund has been developed to help regional donors have personal, significant impact in shaping the future ...
THREE-DAY SUSPENSION SERVED (WALKERTON, ON) – Aug. 20, at 9:56 p.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Yonge Street in Walkerton, stopped a red Pontiac Grand Am. The officer found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. A three-day licence suspension w...
Wednesday, Huron-Kinloss mayor Mitch Twolan announced the appointment of Christopher Cleave as the new Ripley-Huron fire chief, effective Sept. 14. Cleave has 18 years of experience in the fire service, nine of which as a fire chief. He joins the Ripley-Huron departmen...
The Kincardine Agricultural Society and its many volunteers are getting ready to host the best fair yet, in just two weeks' time. With the theme, "Blue Jeans and Country Dreams," the fair runs three days, Sept. 4-6, at the Connaught Park pavilion and fairgrounds. Frida...
ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 21, SOUTH OF REID'S CORNERS (HURON TWP, ON) – The South Bruce OPP is investigating an accident that happened Saturday, Aug. 15, around noon, on Highway 21, just south of the 4th Concession of Huron Township. Police report that a northbound grey Hy...
RENTAL VEHICLE IMPOUNDED FOR SEVEN DAYS (ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) - A driver late for a wedding will be making a trip to court to face a charge of Racing after he was stopped by police this past weekend. At approximately 4:44 p.m. Aug. 15, a Huron County O...
Adrienne Mason, project co-ordinator for the Pine River Watershed Initiative Network (PRWIN), welcomed 18 members of the Ripley and District Horticultural Society's youth club, “For Our Youth,” to the McLarty Education Shed, on Sideroad 20 just south of the 6th Concession,...
Tiverton Agricultural Society hosts Rise 2 Fame contest The Tiverton Agricultural Society hosted the Rise 2 Fame contest Sunday, July 26, in co-operation with the Western Fair’s Rise 2 Fame Talent Search. The event showcased the area’s local talent, w...
Tourism information is now available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, in Huron-Kinloss. The township has installed tourism kiosks at at the Lucknow Tourism Office, Point Clark Lighthouse, Family Funland and the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens. Each kiosk provides visi...