Police Briefs

MAN RESCUED AFTER GETTING LOST IN THE SWAMP   A senior from South Bruce is no doubt feeling exhausted and quite fortunate after he was rescued early morning on April 27 by police out of the Saratoga Swamp. The previous night, just before 11:00 p.m. Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a 9-1-1 call […]

Local wins championship title

Annika Rear of Ripley, Ontario, earned the champion title in Amateur Trail at the 2022 Nutrena AQHA East Level 1 Championships on April 30th, 2022 in Wilmington, Ohio. Rear showed the American Quarter Horse Maybeline, owned by Annika Rear of Ripley. The 2015 chestnut mare, by Batt Man and out of RL Sudden Fancy, was […]

For our Youth plans an exciting year ahead

Plants have best friends, just like people do. Marigolds help tomatoes to grow better by deterring bugs, like the tomato-hornworm, that would harm them. This is called companion planting. Ripley and District Horticultural Society’s Youth club “ For Our Youth” leaders therefore picked “plant –buddies” or with a fancy word “cooperation” as the theme for […]

Letter to the Editor: Dig deeper, learn more

“How to convince people?” Dave Ireland South Bruce Business Association minutes, to be a willing host for the deep geological nuclear facility (DGR) for all of Canada’s high-level nuclear waste? “We want to ensure that we have healthcare within the community, we want to ensure that there is good services for the folks in our […]