Category: Goderich Signal Star
The Judith Gooderham Pool and Playground
GODERICH – For 50 years, summers began with the opening of the Judith Gooderham Pool. Well into adulthood, lifeguards and swimmers have fond memories of the Penny Carnivals, themed swim nights, swimming lessons, goldfish diving and just meeting up with friends on a hot summer’s afternoon at the Gooderham Pool. The area that became a […]
Goderich and District Shuffleboard Club
Sept. 24 We had 61 members who played shuffleboard with us today. Our lucky Domino’s pizza winner was Cathy Ryan. We had six three-game winners this week: Leida Gerrits (two weeks in a row), Lorne Kingston, Jim Gilchrist, Don Rose, Gerry Ropp and Lyle Muir. Congratulations to all of our winners.
Gateway CERH welcomes new students
GODERICH – Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) recently announced the addition of two social science research assistants to its team this fall. With a commitment to promoting research and innovation in rural health, Gateway CERH said in a press release it continues to provide valuable opportunities for young professionals to contribute to […]
Trail Talk: The Canadian Wildlife Federation’s four-day Bioblitz
The federation encouraged participants to record sightings of insects
Police identify body discovered on Lake Huron shoreline eight years ago
ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH – Police have identified the body of a man who was found on the Lake Huron shoreline north of Port Albert eight years ago. The male human remains, OPP officials said, had been discovered on the shoreline on Oct. 15, 2016. The adult male was wearing a life jacket and, while the cause of […]
Trail Talk: A summer of butterflies
A streak of 83 consecutive days of butterfly sightings ends as summer draws to a close
COPA Flight 45 hosts Interprovincial Air Tour in Goderich
GODERICH – Engines were rumbling Sept. 5 as aircraft from throughout North America landed at Goderich Regional Airport for the start of the 15th Interprovincial Air Tour (IPAT). COPA Flight 45 Goderich welcomed aviators to the airport alongside local dignitaries with a lunch at the clubhouse, while event organizers presented local representatives with a plaque […]
Trail Talk: A week on the trails
I joined the Tuesday Trompers on Sept. 3 at Sheppardton Tract. Although I have not hiked there often, this was the first time I did not see any water (we did not go all the way to Nile Road). There was a nice group of cardinal flowers by the side of the trail. On our […]
A spectacular failure: The “Salt Combines” of Huron
Peter McEwan and Sam Platt’s discovery of salt in the Maitland River flats in May 1866 ignited a salt boom in Southwestern Ontario. A lot of southern Ontario was on the Michigan salt bed that stretched from Kincardine to Windsor and over to central Michigan. It was an extraordinary find of an inexhaustible mineral vital […]
Trail Talk: Cycling along the G2G
A late-season trail ride to the Maitland River