The Bruce County Blues brought its popular ‘Blues in the Schools' program to Kincardine and area, presenting national touring artists Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley to six local schools at the end of April. Diana Braithwaite is a descendant of the Wellington C...
Get out and vote, and vote for Allan Thompson as your next MP for Huron-Bruce. That's the word from retired general and former senator Roméo Dallaire who drew a sold-out crowd for "An Evening With Roméo Dallaire" at the Kincardine Legion, Friday night, ...
About 20 fiddlers and a dozen dancers drew a great crowd to the corner of Huron Terrace and Harbour Street, beside the Walker House, Kincardine, for World Fiddle Day, Saturday afternoon. The fiddlers were from Kincardine and area, with special guests Randy Morrison and Devon Ballagh. ...
It took a little coaxing, but the hot, sunny weather finally hit the Kincardine area by Saturday afternoon of the Victoria Day holiday weekend. Saturday morning was foggy, damp and cold. But the sun broke through by late afternoon, and by Sunday, it was gorgeous weather for walking the...
The Kincardine Sunset Quilters' Guild hosted about 150 quilters at the second annual Gathering of the Guilds, held Tuesday afternoon at the Kincardine Pavilion. Organizers hope this event will become an annual gathering. The first one was organized by the Georgian Quilters' Gui...
Tiverton Fall Fair Ambassador Kerri Rice is off on a new adventure this summer. The 18-year-old, Grade 12 student at Kincardine District Secondary School, has been selected by the local Lions Clubs to go to Hawaii as a Canadian ambassador with the Lions youth exchange program. Kerri...
The Victoria Park Gallery in downtown Kincardine is offering a double-bill for the month of May. The Kincardine Sunset Quilters' Guild has the entries for its Past-President's Challenge 2015 displayed; and local artist Andrea Zimmer has her work hanging in the guest gallery as ...
Twenty young people with the Ripley Horticultural Society's youth club learned about birds and frogs at the home of Allard and Tryntje Eisen, Saturday, May 16. Once they had completed the course, each member received an "I Know My Backyard Birds" Certificate of Reco...
Q: I plan to become pregnant soon; what vitamins and minerals are important for me to take? A: There are a number of important vitamins and minerals to take and for some, it is important to begin taking them two to three months before you do get pregnant. The amounts listed here are no...
Four new faces have joined the cast in the Kincardine Theatre Guild's production of "Murder by the Book," which opens May 22 at the Kincardine Arts Centre. Dylan Trahan plays a detective; Deb Tripp plays Pam; Jennifer Neil plays Nathaniel; and Jackie Simoes plays Sasha th...
PCS ELECT BROWN AS NEW LEADER OF THE PARTY May 13, 2015 The Ontario Progressive Conservatives (PCs) have elected their new leader, the MP for Barrie, Patrick Brown. "It was a long, well-fought leadership race," says Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson,...
The Kincardine Guiding units welcomed their special guests to the annual Mother's Day Tea, held Tuesday, May 12, for Sparks and Brownies at Kincardine Baptist Church, and Wednesday, May 13, for Guides and Pathfinders at Kincardine United Church. The mothers, grandmothers, aunts and...
A crane was brought in for the seasonal boat lift at the Kincardine Harbour, Saturday, May 9. Members of the Kincardine Yacht Club assisted by guiding the boats as they were removed from the stands, where they sat all winter, and were lowered into the water. Come the fall, the boats...
May is Community Living Month and there have been numerous activities going on to increase awareness of this organization in Kincardine and area. Representatives attended council meetings in Kincardine and Huron-Kinloss, bringing treats and requesting the municipalities fly the Communi...
You may have noticed the Hydrangea trees have been placed around the village. That’s a sure sign that summer is on the way! Tiverton Bloomers will be looking for volunteers to help plant flowers in the village. Planting day will be June 6. Watch for details. Anyone wanting to hel...
The Ripley-Huron Community Centre has a new sound system, thanks to the support of the Ripley Lions Club, Ripley Minor Hockey, and the Ripley-Huron Figure Skating Club, in partnership with the Society of Energy Professionals Bruce Power Local. The sound system was recently installed by...
Blair Chaput has tied the Ainsdale Golf Course record with an incredible 67. He was shooting minus-five on the back nine from the blue tees, with 10 total putts on the back nine and a bogey on his only two-putt. Witness to this great round were club pro Joey Rettinger, Rick Ki...
Mary Ritter of Kincardine took the following photos of a beautiful rainbow, Tuesday night, May 12, behind the Kincardine Baptist Church on Queen Street, Kincardine.
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...