Category: Kincardine News
2024 Afro Caribbean Youth Award recipients announced
The contributions of Afro Caribbean youth living in Grey and Bruce counties took centre stage at the second Afro Caribbean Youth Awards held at the Davidson Centre in Kincardine on Oct. 26. The event featured several speakers, including multidisciplinary artist and arts educator Phillip Saunders. Saunders, the creator of the Afrocentric mural at the Davidson […]
Huron Fringe Field Naturalists time travel on the Niagara Escarpment
The promise of a virtual tour of the Bruce Trail given by a geologist and highly experienced guide brought a large crowd to the Oct. 22 meeting of the Huron Fringe Field Naturalists in Point Clark. Beth Gilhespy is the chief executive officer of the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy with degrees in physical geography and geology. […]
South Bruce RWTO care, share and welcome
South Bruce Retired Women Teachers of Ontario/Organization des enseignantes retraitées de l’Ontario (RWTO/OERO) gathered Oct. 17 at the Ripley-Huron legion hall to share a meal, memories and show caring for others. It’s a tradition of the fall meeting to include an In Memoriam service for members lost in the previous year. Beverly Peterbaugh died in […]
Funding needed to bring high school football to Kincardine
A new high school football team is in the works for Kincardine. “We want our team playing in the fall of 2025… that’s our goal,” Dan Ogilvie, Kincardine Football Association member, said of the new football team expected to roll out at Kincardine District Senior School (KDSS) next year. The Kincardine Football Association is a […]
Horticultural society celebrates achievement, gardens, beauty and harvest
The Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) had a lot to celebrate at the Oct. 16 meeting. Members donated items for the annual bake, bulbs, produce and preserves sale, which featured a delicious variety of baked goods, jams, meat pies, squash, applesauce and bulbs – evidence of a bountiful harvest. The business portion of the meeting […]
Saugeen Ojibway Nation, Bruce Power, Isogen and ITM double down on isotope production
An international collaboration between Bruce Power, Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON), Isogen (a Kinectrics and Framatome company), and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE (ITM) began commercial production of lutetium-177 Oct. 17 on a second production line of the Isotope Production System (IPS) on Bruce Power’s Unit 7, effectively doubling the production capabilities for the cancer-fighting isotope. […]
New Goodwill Donation Centre diverting waste, creating jobs
Kincardine’s new Goodwill Donation Centre is successfully collecting unwanted items for resale. “We are committed to doing more to steward goods away from landfills, ensure access to affordable goods for our communities, and create green jobs by expanding our work in recycling and the circular economy,” said Bev Kobe, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries, […]
Tournament raises more than $10K for therapy horses
More than 60 golfers took part in a tournament benefitting therapy horses on Oct. 4. “The tournament raised over $10,000. This makes it the biggest fundraiser of the year for PRANCE,” said Ann Marie Johnston, PRANCE executive director, in a news release. “There is no question that this was an incredible event and we look […]
LETTER: Putting pencil to paper on proposed DGR
Teeswater in South Bruce is in the running for the high-level nuclear waste burial site for all of Canada. Our council has already signed the hosting agreement and the big prize will be $418 million over 138 years, if South Bruce residents and council agree to accept this waste for short-term population growth and job […]
Bruce Power donates $100K to Huron Hospice
Bruce Power celebrated the importance of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, Oct. 12, with a $100,000 donation to Huron Hospice for its Moments Matter Even More capital campaign. World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is dedicated to recognizing the crucial role of hospice and palliative care which provides relief, comfort, and support to individuals […]