To the Editor: Has anyone else noticed that in the past week or so, the Kincardine hospital (part of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre) has reactivated the paid parking barriers, after they were out of service since the spring? In this day of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), and...
To the Editor: RE: “Time to abolish the ward system in Kincardine” Excellent article regarding the Municipality of Kincardine’s ward system. I share your skepticism and have never been in favour of the ward system. It has been very divisive and counter-productive....
To the Editor: The Kincardine District Senior School (KDSS) Christmas Knights will not be going door-to-door in December to collect non-perishable food and new toys for the Kincardine Christmas Hamper program. For the past 23 years, KDSS students have trudged through three feet of s...
Kincardine council made history Monday night (Nov. 9) and is now one step closer to abolishing the ward system in the municipality. Congratulations to Ward 3 councillor Randy Roppel for bravely stepping up to fill the position of deputy mayor, left vacant after the death of Marie Wilso...
To the Editor: I find it ironic that those rabidly opposed to the proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for used nuclear fuel in South Bruce, keep claiming that there is not enough research to support building a DGR; yet, they keep insisting we stop the research and have a referend...
To the Editor: RE: “Edith Smith of Ripley remembered for love of sewing, knitting, genealogy, and her pink jello” Thank you Beverley Smith, for a lovely, informative life story of your mother. She will be missed by all of your family and by her neighbours and the ...
Editor's Note: This in the final “Seniors Matter(s)” column by Bill Pike. The Kincardine Record thanks him for his hard work and dedication in providing this information for our readers over the past two years. The Valuable Time of Maturity “I counted my years ...
To the Editor: RE: “NWMO update on progress with landowners in South Bruce” With respect to the recent article, entitled “NWMO update on progress with landowners in South Bruce,” I would like to stress to all residents of Kincardine and Huron-Kinloss that this ...
To the Editor: In 2003, two mates from Melbourne, Australia - Travis Garone and Luke Slattery - were having a quiet beer at the Gypsy Bar in Fitzroy when their conversation turned to recurring fashion trends. The moustache, a fixture in past decades, was nowhere to be seen in recent tr...
To the Editor: I would like to share a few suggestions with your readers and the Municipality of Kincardine: 1. Bike paths. Where are they? Do we need more studies of the local traffic to design them? Or do we only need paint on the roadways? Marked pathways on the roads within t...
2020 has been an extremely challenging year. For the residents of our communities, our health-care and front-line workers, businesses, elected leaders and, most importantly, our families and friends, the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has impacted the world in a way many of us haven&rsqu...
To the Editor: RE: “Downtown landowner upset neighbouring developer plans to destroy 100-year-old trees” As a certified forester, I know that during development, construction, road work or service work, most trees should be removed prior to the tree failure. In this cas...
Dear Neighbour: I’m writing to you again to provide an important update on the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO)’s work in South Bruce. As you may have heard, we recently announced we have aggregated more than 1,500 acres in the area and have formed a potentia...
To the Editor: RE: “Downtown landowner upset neighbouring developer plans to destroy 100-year-old trees” Developers do not care about trees, no matter how old they are. Trees have no value in their eyes; in fact, trees are a cost to them. The only thing they see are dollar...
Welcome back! I have done some research on house-swapping as an inexpensive way of seeing the world and using your equity of a home by inviting others to share your locale. A house swap is a great way to travel on the cheap, but is swapping homes for your next vacation really th...
Kincardine deputy mayor Marie Wilson has died. That was the headline I had to write yesterday and I struggled with the whole story. I've known Marie since I moved to Kincardine in 1995. At that point, she was a reporter for the Kincardine News and I was a reporter at the Kincard...
To the Editor: The Ripley Agricultural Society thanks everyone who helped make the 157th Ripley-Huron Virtual Fall Fair a success. It has been a learning experience for our directors as new ways of sharing our fair experience were developed. Thank you to the Township of Huron–...
As we head into the Thanksgiving weekend, I am taking this opportunity to give thanks on behalf of the Bluewater District School Board. I am thankful for our students, parents/guardians, and families who have endured many changes and alternating plans in our public education system ove...
Welcome back! I loved the movie, “The Bucket List,” and never thought I needed one, but recently, I have developed, and am working hard on, my bucket list! Do you have one? Jumping out of a plane is my hardest one and probably will not be achieved. However, since deve...
To the Editor: RE: “Kincardine okays downtown street closure for next summer” During the summer of 2020, I did not go downtown during weekends when the street was closed. I was afraid of being in crowded or highly-populated areas. I would not have gone to my salon downtown...