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No warnings are expected from Environment Canada.
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Bruce Power’s Summer Bus Tour Program saw a record season with 6,193 people taking part. “Giving people a peek behind the curtain at how one-third of Ontario’s electricity is generated is always exciting for the staff at the Visitors’ Centre,” said Dwight Irwin, Bruce Power’s manager of community relations in
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On a beautiful sunny August Saturday, the For Our Youth (FOY) horticulture club met at the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG) to tour the gardens, sample different food grown there, and harvest the vegetables we had planted in the spring. Introductions were made with our host Olivia, the BBFG garden
Moira A. McDonald, Ann-Kathrin McLean Global attitudes towards the United States as a tourism destination are plunging. Travel pressures, exchange rate shifts and increasing economic uncertainty have all damaged the reputation of the American travel sector. Canadian travellers are increasingly turning to domestic destinations instead of heading south. In July
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Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory on Gibraltar Island, Ohio, offers scholarships for students enrolled in classes each summer through its Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program. One project collected close […]
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Spectators at the 28th Bruce Grey Holstein Show held Aug. 26 at the Walkerton Fairgrounds watched as Kevin McGriskin of Melancthon placed 98 head of Holsteins exhibited by breeders of Bruce, Grey and Huron counties. Grand Champion of the show was the Senior Two-Year-Old Cow class winner “Hodglynn Alpha Aspen,”
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A dry summer in Montreal, as well as across southern and eastern Ontario, has pushed water levels in the lower St. Lawrence River to their lowest August level in more […]
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As the summer season comes to an end, fall fairs are starting to pop up around the region. The Kincardine Agricultural Society is hosting its 174th fall fair at Connaught Park on Labour Day weekend. Themed “Fields, Flannels, and Friends,” admission to the event is $5 per person with children
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The For Our Youth (FOY) club had a special July meeting this summer. We were warmly welcomed to the beautiful native gardens at the home of Christine and Jim Roberts in Blair’s Grove. FOY doesn’t usually meet in July, due to the heat and vacation schedules, but we couldn’t resist
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Hoping to plan a last-minute trip before the kids go back to school? Michigan’s Great Lakes offer a great opportunity to cool off and could be a quick trip, depending […]