Hundreds of people - parents, grandparents, and children - gathered at Victoria Park, Sunday afternoon, July 5, for Family Day at the Kincardine Scottish Festival. The sun continued to shine and it made for a glorious time, enjoying the Celtic Music in the Park, learning All About Wool...
A good crowd made its way to Robinson Park, just east of Victoria Park, Kincardine, the new venue for the heavy events at the Kincardine Scottish Festival, Saturday, July 4. Competitors - men, women and youth - demonstrated their skills at stone throw, weights for distance, weights ove...
About 170 dancers took part in the Highland dancing competition at the Kincardine Scottish Festival - some from as far away as Northern Ireland and Scotland. Fourteen Scottish and nine Irish dancers joined the large number of competitors Saturday, July 4, competing in a variety of danc...
We will be holding our ever-popular Fish Fry, Friday, July 17, from 5- 7 p.m. Enjoy a great fish dinner with all the trimmings for just $13 per person. Tickets are available at Jerome Flowers and Gifts, Quinn Florist, the Legion bar, and at the door. Every Thursday evening is B...
The sound of "Amazing Grace" played by hundreds of pipes and drums was a remarkable way to wrap up the competition Saturday at the Kincardine Scottish Festival and Highland Games. The massed bands perform "Amazing Grace" Saturday evening at the Kincardine Scotti...
Three young ladies have already put their names forward to compete for the title of Kincardine Fall Fair ambassador, but more contestants are welcome. That's the word from ambassador pageant organizers Margaret Visser and Judith Bond who met with the ladies June 29. Currently in th...
Huron-Bruce federal New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Gerard Creces is urging residents to look beyond the glitz and glamour heading into the pre-election period. With the Conservative attack ad machine in full force, and the Liberals answering back, the national airwaves are ...
Several appointments were made to the South Bruce Grey Health Centre's board of directors at the annual general meeting June 24 in Kincardine. Besides the appointment of four-year board member Allen Wickert as the new chairman, a vacant position was filled with the nomination of Jo...
Tiverton Agricultural Society The agricultural society is hosting a Bruce County Beef Dinner July 26. Tickets are on sale, get in touch with an executive member or call 519-368-7114. The agricultural society is also hosting, the same afternoon, a "Rise 2 Fame Talent Co...
Three young Ripley residents are in the contest to become the ambassador of the 2015 Ripley Reunion. Marley Martyn, Gregory Reid and Kirsten Walden will compete at the Ambassador Competition and Citizenship Awards, Thursday, July 30, starting at 8 p.m. at the Ripley-Huron Community Cen...
IMPAIRED DRIVER FACING COURT DATE (LUCKNOW, ON) – July 8, at 11:17 p.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Campbell Street in Lucknow, stopped a blue Ford F150 pick-up truck. The officer found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. Thirty-year-old Kri...
Bruce Power's maintenance and inspection activities will be enhanced through a new, state-of-the-art tooling system unveiled Thursday by a coalition of respected Ontario-based companies. The coalition has used innovation to drive the province's nuclear industry forward by meeting ...
(SOUTH HURON, ON) - A Goderich man, wanted for failing to comply with his court release conditions, is back in custody after he was arrested early Thursday morning, July 9, by Huron County OPP. At approximately 12:20 a.m. Huron County OPP officers were conducting a Reduce Impaire...
A huge crowd lined Queen Street in downtown Kincardine for the Parade of the Clans, Saturday, at the Kincardine Scottish Festival and Highland Games. Led by the Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band and guests, the parade marched from the Kincardine Legion to Victoria Park, with numerous clans...
Kincardine council has decided to cuts its losses and proceed no further with the Inverhuron water and sewer project. The $9-million infrastructure project has been in the works since approval was received in 2009 for a two-thirds grant from the federal and provincial governments throu...
Betty Conlin loves art, music and gardening. And it shows, as the 83-year-old Kincardine woman continues to create in all three facets, with her gardening skills on display this year as part of the Kincardine and District Horticultural Society's annual "Through the Garden Gate...
DRINKING DRIVER STOPPED (HURON TWP, ON) – July 8, at 2:38 a.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Bruce County Road 86 in Huron Township, stopped a black Ford Ranger. The officer found open alcohol in the vehicle. The driver, 31-year-old Robert COLLINS of...
(HURON TWP, ON) – The South Bruce OPP has identified the passenger killed in Friday's single-vehicle accident in Huron Township, as 53-year-old Eleanor ZETTLER of North Huron Township. July 3, at 3:46 p.m., the South Bruce OPP was called to the scene of the crash along ...
Everyone has a story to tell and Alison Brovener wants to capture them all. The Toronto writer and radio producer is stationed at the northwest corner of Victoria Park, Kincardine, beside the gate, in her storymobile, welcoming people to be part of "The Tale of A Town Canada."...
Walter E. Splettstoesser, beloved husband of the late Hanna Splettstoesser (Bischoff), of Bervie, died at University Hospital, London, Monday, July 6, 2015, at age 79. He was born in Hanhofen, Germany, Aug. 18, 1935, to the late Lisbeth (Jacob) and Walter Splettstoesser Sr. Dear Fat...
The Kincardine Family Health Organization has a plan in place to maintain continuity of care for patients affected by the closure of the medical practices of Dr. Rejean Duwyn and Dr. Steven Poirier, effective July 17. "We appreciate the closures will result in inconvenience and st...
If the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) party were in power, Kincardine would be allocated sufficient funding for a new hospital. That's the word from leader Patrick Brown. He arrived at the hospital Monday afternoon with Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, to get a first-hand l...
(GODERICH, ON) – Two teens have been arrested and charged in connection with the recent graffiti incidents in the Town of Goderich. The first discovery of graffiti occurred June 30, when police were notified of offensive graffiti damage to two buildings located on Suncoast...
The Bluewater Summer Playhouse continues its 22nd season by welcoming the production of The 39 Steps, adapted for the stage by Patrick Barlow. Mix an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit...
Hope everyone had a great Canada Day! We are so blessed to live in a free country! Shirley and Doug MacDonald visited with their daughter and husband, Sheena and Bob Houghton, and family of Michigan and brought their grandson, Ethan, home for a visit with his Ripley relatives...
Huron County OPP officers were on the scene investigating a two-vehicle crash that took place just east of Ethel, Monday morning, July 6. Shortly before 6 a.m., officers from the Huron County OPP detachment, along with personnel from Huron County EMS and Huron East Fire Departmen...
A record crowd filled Victoria Park, Kincardine, for the East Coast Celtic Music concert, Saturday night at the Kincardine Scottish Festival and Highland Games. The event, featuring the Barra MacNeils and Ashley MacIsaac, was almost sold out, with thousands gathering for the concert wh...
The South Bruce Grey Health Centre hospital auxiliary raised a total of $6,044.28 at the tag days held June 25-26. The auxiliary appreciates the generous Kincardine community that supports these tag days every year, and a special thank you to Sobeys, Canadian Tire, LCBO, No Frills and ...
Allen Wickert is the new South Bruce Grey Health Centre board chairman, taking over from John Haggarty who stepped down in mid-June. Wickert was chosen at the annual general meeting June 24. After 20 years as a member of the board, Haggarty will return in 2015‐16 for his final ye...
The Municipality of Kincardine is launching a customer service survey, Monday, (July 6), with submissions accepted until Sept. 11. The survey is a way to gauge satisfaction with municipal service, and an effort to better understand the needs and expectations of ratepayers and visitors,...
Q: I think I am in menopause but I do not wish to use hormone therapy. Any suggestions? A: Women, generally in their 40s or 50s, are considered to be in menopause when it has been at least 12 months since their last menstrual period. Though it can be a blessing to many to have ...
Every Thursday evening is Bingo night at the legion. Doors open at 6 p.m. and Bingo starts at 7 p.m. Come out and have some fun. Join us on Friday for Euchre, beginning at 7 p.m. Every Saturday afternoon, from 3- 5 p.m., is the very popular meat draw where you just m...
The Bruce Power summer bus tour program is set to begin at the visitors' centre July 7, with three tours per day on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, throughout July and August. Scheduled for noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., the free tours begin with a short film presentation in ...
It was perfect weather Friday afternoon, to kick off the 16th annual Kincardine Scottish Festival and Highland Games in Victoria Park, Kincardine. The highlight was a performance by the George Watson Pipes and Drums of Edinburgh, Scotland, which drew a great crowd initially to the corn...
Those friendly, smiling faces you see pumping gas and washing windshields at the UPI gas bar in Kincardine are local and familiar, and definitely a welcome sight. Country Depot, owned and operated by Jim Hamilton, took over the UPI franchise, effective June 27. Hamilton says the pre...
A planned maintenance and inspection program on Unit 6 at the Bruce Nuclear site, which began in early April, wrapped up earlier this week preparing the 822-megawatt unit to provide clean, reliable and affordable power to the Province of Ontario. The program represented an inve...
(HURON TWP, ON) – July 3, at 3:46 p.m., the South Bruce OPP was called to the scene of a single-vehicle crash along Sideroad 30 in Huron Township. Officers attended with members of the Ripley-Huron Fire Department and Bruce County paramedics to find an orange Pontiac G6 had...
Tiverton Agricultural Society The agricultural society is hosting a Bruce County Beef Dinner July 26. Tickets are on sale, get in touch with an executive member or call 519-368-7114. The agricultural society is also hosting, the same afternoon, a "Rise 2 Fame Talent Co...
NOVICE DRIVER WILL TRY WALKING FOR SEVEN DAYS (HURON TWP, ON) – July 2, at 2:34 p.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Highway 21 in Huron Township, noticed a black Nissan 3ZC moving at a high rate of speed. The vehicle speed was displayed on radar at mo...
A proposal to bring back the two-hour parking limit in downtown Kincardine met with mixed reaction at the Kincardine council table last night (July 2). Councillor Andrew White brought forward the "unpopular topic" because, he said, it's difficult to find a parking spot in...