Tag: Local News
‘Soxy Carpenters’ display voted winner of 2026 Golden Sock Award
UBC Local 2222 has been named winner of the 2026 Golden Sock Award. Now in its 11th year, Community Living Kincardine and District hosts the Lots of Socks window display competition in celebration of World Down Syndrome Day, March 21. Each year, businesses, schools, and organizations are invited to decorate their windows with brightly coloured […]
Ripley horticulturalists go green for March meeting
The Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) embraced St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at the March 17 meeting with most participants sporting green clothing and accessories. Passersby could be forgiven for thinking the Ripley-Huron Community Centre had been invaded by leprechauns as about two dozen participants were rather short in stature but large in enthusiasm. Vice-president […]
West Coast Whitecaps U13A team nabs 2026 WOAA championship
The West Coast Whitecaps U13A team are Western Ontario Athletic Association (WOAA) champions after a hard-fought series against the Southeast Surge. The Whitecaps found themselves down early in the four-point series but battled back to take the second game and shift the momentum. On March 26 in Lucknow, the two teams met again, and the […]
Province names first two appointees to Grey-Bruce’s revamped board of health
The board members, who had been furloughed, included Kincardine Mayor Kenneth Craig and Huron-Kinloss Mayor Don Murray.
PHOTOS: London-area astronaut’s boyhood moon dream nears reality
The launch window for NASA’s Artemis II opens on Wednesday – meaning liftoff may loom for the astronauts aboard what will be the first crewed journey beyond low-Earth orbit in more than 50 years. That includes Jeremy Hansen, 50, who was born in London and raised in Ailsa Craig and Ingersoll. He was five when […]