On Wednesday, October 13, Windsor West MP, NDP Great Lakes critic and Vie-chair of the Canada United Inter-Parliamentary Group, Brian Masse, visited South Bruce to tour the potential sites and meet residents concerned with the proposed DGR. A late afternoon wagon ride guided Masse, with a group, to borehole sites before returning to the home […]
Dear Editor, A local resident recently called me to talk about the proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for spent nuclear fuel here in South Bruce. It’s a favourite topic of mine, so I was happy to receive the call. This fellow asked me if I had seen a recent letter in the paper from Michelle […]
Not-for-profit charity Forests Ontario facilitated the planting of 2.8 million trees through its 50 Million Tree Program (50 MTP) this planting season. These efforts created approximately 1,400 ha of new forest, contributing to the total 17,100 ha planted since 2008 –an area nearly twice the size of Barrie, ON. In total, Forests Ontario has rooted […]
Steve Mann of Lucknow was recently reunited with a portrait of his deceased twin brother, Stewart. Their high-school friend, world-renowned artist and Brussels native, Janet Cardiff, did the portrait nearly 50 years ago. Steve Mann and his brother grew up in Lucknow after his parents moved them here in 1965 to set up a Massey […]
Montgomery Bus Lines invites you to “Fill the Bus” on Saturday, October 2. The food drive is taking place at the Lucknow Dollar Haven from 10a.m., to 2p.m. All donations will be going to the North Huron Food Bank in Wingham.
The Lucknow Fall Fair made a great come-back this year after Covid had been slowing down the annual event. While the parade was cancelled, there were plenty of fair activities to bring people out once again. The “Family Fun Zone” included inflatables, arts and crafts, a petting zoo, carnival games and Snippity the Clown. A […]
The Western Ontario Athletic Association (WOAA) handed out awards on Sept. 21 and two local people were recognized by the association. Dave Black, formerly of Lucknow and a former Lucknow Recreation Director, received the WOAA Lifetime Membership Award. This award is conferred upon individuals who have given 20 years or more service, with 10 of […]
A recent survey shows that the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO) transportation planning priorities align closely with what Canadians and Indigenous peoples consider important. A key finding indicated that 91 per cent of all respondents agree that safety is the top requirement when it comes to transporting used nuclear fuel. Results from this survey, which […]
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) refers to their proposed nuclear waste storage plan as the “internationally accepted best practice.” How can they make this claim when there are no operating DGRs in the world for high-level nuclear waste? The daily transporting of high-level waste, the repackaging of the used nuclear fuel bundles with the […]
It’s been 18 months since the Ripley & District Horticultural Society (RDHS) held an in-person meeting. The last time members gathered for a regular meeting was February 2020 for a soup and sandwich fundraiser at the Ripley-Huron Legion. And the rest, as they say, is history. Fast forward to September 15, 2021: President Dianne Simpson […]