Bruce Power is working with the Canadian Red Cross to help provide assistance by raising funds to help those affected by the wildfires, especially in the popular tourist town of Jasper. “We’re located in a small, tight-knit community that also relies on tourism, so it&rsquo...
The long, hot days of summer are passing quickly and we trust everyone had a good Civic Holiday weekend! Congratulations to the Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation and its fund-raising efforts, especially the amazing results from Cruise Night in in downtown Kincardine! Than...
For more than 30 years, Gwen Lamont (above) kept the memories of her childhood buried beneath a protective gauze of forgetting. Her recently-released memoir, “The View From Coffin Ridge: A Childhood Exhumed,” is a remarkable story about what happens when we are forced to re...
Anton Ernst Uwe Christiansen of Hanover, formerly of Holyrood, died peacefully, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at Hanover and District Hospital, at the age of 93. Beloved husband of the late Ursel Christiansen (nee Depholt). Devoted father of Ralph of Holyrood, Kiera Weale (Shaun) of Gow...
Pauline Adams (nee Inglis) of Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home in Lucknow, died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, at the age of 101. Dearly missed by her daughters, Andrea Pettigrew of Winnipeg; Carolyn Smith of Kinloss Township; Mary Lou and her husband, John Stewart of Blyth; Janet Watterworth and h...
Cruise Night in downtown Kincardine, Friday evening, was a huge success for the Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation, raising $75,000 for the Kincardine Hospital capital campaign. Despite the threat of rain, and a brief shower midway through the event, Queen Street was fille...
The third annual Hindu Culture Open House, a celebration of diversity, cultural exchange, and community unity, will be held Saturday, Aug. 17, from 2:30-6 p.m., at Victoria Park in Kincardine. Everyone is invited to join this free event, which includes the following activities: ...
Members of Kincardine council and the community gathered in front of the Kincardine Library, Thursday afternoon, to raise the Black Liberation flag, marking the start of Emancipation Month. “We’re here today to celebrate freedom,” said mayor Kenneth Craig. “None...
The Lake Huron Coastal Centre’s Coastal Conservation Youth Corps program has wrapped up this year’s session with participants feeling that they’ve made a lasting impact on the Lake Huron shoreline. In July, the corps took a day trip from Kincardine to continue its ste...
Bruce Power has reached a major milestone in its Major Component Replacement (MCR), progressing Ontario’s largest clean energy infrastructure project by completing the Unit 3 reactor removal series safely and ahead of schedule. The removal series was completed faster than Unit 6,...
The 100 People Who Share Bruce County met Monday night (July 29) at Ainsdale Golf Course, and the final vote was to make the donation to Community Living of Kincardine and District. Initially, the group heard from April’s recipient, the Alzheimer Society Grey Bruce, which receive...
Carol Jo-anne (Shields) Verdonk of Paisley, died unexpectedly in her home, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at the age of 68. Wife of the late Herman Verdonk. Loving mother of Christopher (Nadine) Scholtz and Anne Louise (Mike) Taonax, Herman Jr. (Kathy) Verdonk, Kelly Verdonk, and John (A...
The Walker House in Kincardine is sporting a new roof, thanks to generous donations from the community. Through a mail-out earlier this year by the fund-raising committee (the Friends of Paddy and Jane Walker), and the proceeds from the gala held in April, the goal of $30,000 was met f...
Ivonne Congram (nee Hartemink) of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, formerly of Lucknow, died suddenly, Feb. 27, 2024. She was 61. Beloved wife of the late Bill Congram. Survived by her daughter, Samantha; two grandchildren, Hank and Gus; and her son, Curtis. She leaves behind her siblings,...
(CULROSS TWP, ON) - Aug. 1, at 9:13 a.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of an individual on a property along Concession 4, Culross Township. The individual showed up in a stolen vehicle reported earlier by Grey Bruce OPP. Officers arrived on scene and located the st...
Here we are in August already. To recap last week, our Legion Family Dinner was a success, with tickets selling out very quickly. Make a note to yourself to go early if you are planning to attend the next one. As for the Saturday Meat Draw, Elmer Lamont won $114 on the 50/50, and we ha...
Did you know that Canada experiences, on average, about 50 tornadoes per year? Canadians see more tornadoes than any other country in the world, except for the United States. Bruce County is no exception and has experienced tornado watches as recently as this summer. Bruce County emerg...
Miller Insurance of Kincardine has donated $10,000 to the Ripley Medical Centre and YMCA Child-care Centre, part of the company's commitment to giving back to the communities it serves as part of its 125th-anniversary celebrations. Huron-Kinloss council and staff appreciate this ge...
(GODERICH, ON) - The person pulled from the water at the Goderich pier, Wednesday morning, has been pronounced dead. July 31, at approximately 11:50 a.m., the Huron County OPP, Huron County Paramedic Services, Goderich Fire Department and the Canadian Coast Guard (JRCC Trenton) re...
The Municipality of Kincardine is launching Emancipation Month with a flag-raising ceremony tomorrow afternoon (Thursday, Aug. 1). A press release, issued Wednesday, states that the public is welcome to attend as Black Liberation flags are raised at the Kincardine Public Library at 12:...
IMPAIRED DRIVER ARRESTED IN HURON-KINLOSS (HURON-KINLOSS, ON) - July 30, at 11:29 p.m., the South Bruce OPP conducted a traffic stop on Concession 12 in the Township of Huron-Kinloss. The driver was found to have been under the influence of alcohol, was placed under arrest and ...
Home and Community Support Services Grey-Bruce, a dedicated not-for-profit agency and charity, has announced the expansion of its Meals on Wheels program in Kincardine. Due to a recent increase in demand, a second delivery route is being added to better serve seniors and adults with disab...
(GODERICH, ON) - July 31st, at approximately 11:50 a.m., the Huron County OPP, Huron County Paramedic Services, Goderich Fire Department and the Canadian Coast Guard (JRCC Trenton) responded to the report of an unconscious person in the water at the Goderich pier. The individual w...
Bruce County Road 7, between Concession 4 and Concession 6, south of Ripley, will be closed daily, Aug. 7-8, from approximately 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., for culvert replacement, weather permitting. There will be no through traffic daily from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Signage will be in pla...
IMPAIRED DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER REPORT OF UNWANTED PERSON (WALKERTON, ON) - July 29, at 4:11 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of an unwanted person at a business on Yonge Street South in Walkerton, in the Municipality of Brockton. Police attended and located the ind...
Thomas Daniel Hanks III of Chester, Nova Scotia, formerly of Kincardine, died peacefully July 14, 2024, at the age of 85. Born in Toronto, he was the son of Thomas Hanks II and Frances Forsey. Tom was an avid sports fan and long-suffering supporter of the Toronto Maple Leafs. As a y...
The Ontario government is investing an additional $8.566-million this year to deliver faster, more connected care to people in Bruce, Grey and Owen Sound. This funding is part of the province’s investment of an additional $965-million, through the 2024 budget, to help Ontari...
What’s so funny about a murder, you say? Well, get a ticket to the world premiere of “Resort to Murder” at the Blyth Festival Theatre, and you’ll quickly find out. The play, written by Birgitte Solem, opened Friday night and had the audience laughing and spel...
POLICE RESPOND TO MARINE CALLS (SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) - Members of the South Bruce OPP Marine Unit responded to two separate marine incidents this past weekend. Thursday, July 25, the South Bruce OPP was contacted in relation to an unfolding marine incident on Lake Huron o...
The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) has launched a public consultation portal, inviting community members to provide feedback on two critical strategies that will shape the future of local conservation efforts: the Conservation Areas Strategy and the Watershed Resource-Based ...
(ORILLIA, ON) - The OPP is hosting a recruitment event to further support women on their journey to becoming police officers. The women's symposium is being held Aug. 17, at OPP General Headquarters, 777 Memorial Ave., Orillia. The OPP hosts interactive recruitment events peri...
More than 250 youth, aged four to 12, learned several ways to stay safe, at the Progressive Agriculture Safety Days, held in Teeswater, Tiverton and Walkerton. Organizer Dianne Atkinson said the Teeswater event, held July 9, drew 127 children; while the Tiverton safety day, held July 1...
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson met with representatives of Community Living of Kincardine and District, Thursday, to hear about how an 18-month, $94,300 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, made a difference for the agency since receiving it in the spring of 2023. The foundation&...
The congregation at Knox Presbyterian Church, Kincardine, celebrated its Scottish heritage with the annual Kirkin’ O’ the Tartan service, July 7, at the church. The loose offering donated at this service was dedicated to the Kincardine Food Bank, and presented Thursday. ...
A dump truck and car collided on Highway 21, just south of the 7th Concession, in the Municipality of Kincardine, Tuesday evening, July 9. The South Bruce OPP reports that an SMG C85 dump truck was travelling north on the highway and waiting to turn into a driveway, when a Honda Civic ...
Get your tickets for Catch the Ace, and for Handbags for Hospice, and support Huron Shores Hospice. Tickets are now on sale for the next round of the Kincardine Community Catch the Ace progressive lottery, with the first draw taking place Wednesday, Aug. 7, at 4 p.m. Tickets are $5 ...
Grey Bruce Public Health is advising the public to remain vigilant about the risk of rabies after a bat from Grey-Bruce tested positive for the viral disease. Public health submitted the little brown bat for testing, Wednesday, as part of its investigation into a potential human exposu...
Nominations are now open for the Kincardine and District Chamber of Commerce’s Community Achievement Awards. The chamber is inviting the public to nominate a deserving business, not-for-profit group or individual in one of 16 categories. Each award, which focuses on the specif...
The Saturday Night Lights concert, slated for Saturday, Aug. 3, at in the Bar Down parking lot in downtown Kincardine, is a fund-raiser for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of South Bruce North Huron. The agency’s mission is to enable life-changing mentoring relationships to ignite t...
“Nova Scotia Lighthouse,” by artist Bruce Belford, is the next print in the South Bruce Grey Health Centre - Kincardine Hospital Auxiliary's Art/Easel Program fund-raiser. On display at Sobeys Kincardine, this print features a little girl in a pink dress as she walks to...