Tag: port elgin
Bruce County seeks public input on state of arts and culture
Bruce County is asking people to weigh in on the state of culture in the region by completing a survey. As part of the county’s Cultural Action Plan, the 2024 State of Culture Survey is intended to help examine “cultural vitality” and identify how residents and visitors interact with culture. “As we continue to honour […]
Birds of prey pilot deterring geese at Port Elgin harbour
There’s a new sheriff in town to take care of Port Elgin’s pooping geese problem. More than 100 Canada geese are leaving their mark on the grass and walkway, making for unpleasant walking for harbour visitors. But the birds might have met their match: Michael Thibert’s three Harris hawks, which stand guard while tethered to […]
Funding will link more people in Grey-Bruce with primary health teams
New provincial funding to help local people access health care includes money for Saugeen First Nation to create a health team to treat band members with non-urgent needs on the reserve. “This historic announcement for our community will avail funding sufficient for the recruitment of a nurse practitioner, chronic disease management nurse, occupational therapist, social […]
Six years in prison for Port Elgin man on fentanyl charge
A 35-year-old Port Elgin man was found guilty of possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking and was sentenced to six years behind bars. Matthew Weaver, of 605 Market St. in Port Elgin, was arrested and charged June 9, 2021 in Port Elgin. He had 42 grams of the highly lethal street drug fentanyl […]
Port Elgin marathoner sets course record in Indianapolis
Port Elgin’s Rachel Hannah set a new course record at the 16th annual Indianapolis Monumental Marathon this past Saturday. Hannah, 37, won the women’s race in a record-setting time of 2:35:17. In a post to social media, Hannah said, “I’m thrilled to have a course record and run a time I haven’t been close to […]
Lakeshore Triathlon will call Port Elgin home in 2024 and beyond
The Lakeshore Triathlon will call Saugeen Shores home in 2024 and beyond. Organizers of the race announced earlier this week the former Kincardine Women’s Triathlon, which shifted to Port Elgin this past summer to re-route around Kincardine’s big downtown dig, will make the move permanent. “We are excited to start a new chapter for the […]
Pride of patch for area grower at Port Elgin Pumpkinfest
The plumpest pumpkin hit the scales at Pumpkinfest 2023 in Port Elgin weighing in at 724.16 kilograms (1,596.50 pounds).
Started from Alaska now it’s here, Pumpkinfest winner grown in St. Thomas with swapped seed
Saturday’s plumpest pumpkin hit the scales at Pumpkinfest 2023 in Port Elgin weighing in at 1596.50 pounds. To get there it was grown in St. Thomas by a man named John Butler, and Butler got the seed from a man in Alaska. “I just met this man on vacation one year and we swapped seeds. […]
Pumpkinfest returns to Port Elgin this weekend
In 2020, three pumpkin growers joined forces to try and break the 2,000-pound mark at the Port Elgin Pumpkinfest. Chris Lyons along with Phil and Jane Hunt broke the Port Elgin site record with their 1,939.5-pound pumpkin but failed to tip the scales with a pumpkin weighing over a ton. It’s been a good year […]
Disappearance of their fathers 28 years ago still haunts their kids
Victoria Weidemann continues to wonder what happened to her dad and his buddy when they went fishing one evening in 1995 and never returned. Their disappearance 28 years ago, the discovery of their partly submerged canoe off Saugeen Shores, two paddles and two life-jackets in Lake Huron, suggested the worst. But their bodies were never […]