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Agnes Macphail stepped into the public eye in 1921 as Canada’s first female Member of Parliament. She was a progressive with big ideas and a sharp wit. In the press, she was alternately berated for frequently wearing the same serviceable blue dress, or skewered for trying on something fashionable. Things



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A group of local doctors and nurses are teaming up to support Kincardine’s hospital in honour of recently retired longtime practitioner Dr. Gary Gurbin. “Dr. Gurbin gave this community decades of care, compassion, and leadership. Gurbin’s Gang is running to celebrate that — and yes, we’re absolutely running to take



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Written by Bruce Krug (September 1965) and submitted by the Bruce County Historical Society On Nov. 21, 1883, the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine. She was a wrecking tug owned by a Windsor firm. Previously “Erie Belle” had been a passenger steamer