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By Anna Ironside Postage stamps featuring wildlife are helping to fund conservation and bring awareness to communities about habitat protection throughout the Great Lakes region by centering species like the wood duck (Aix sponsa), wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and piping plover (Charadrius melodus).



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The Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) put a busy gardening season to bed at their annual general meeting (AGM) on Dec. 5 at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre. Over 30 members and several distinguished guests, including the Ontario Horticultural Association (OHA) president and OHA District 8 director, attended the meeting



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The South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) Kincardine Hospital Auxiliary celebrated another amazing year with a Christmas lunch held at the Ripley legion on Nov. 26. The Ripley Legion Auxiliary ladies provided a delicious turkey meal with all the trimmings and a traditional Christmas pudding as one of the desserts