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As cold air rushes over the Great Lakes in late fall and early winter, the ingredients for powerful snowstorms fall into place. Lake Erie may be the smallest of the […]
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From snow-shovelling student athletes to families on sleds, the first taste of winter brought out all kinds of reactions.
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If anyone doubts that our community is wonderfully generous and caring, that person should have been at Knox church on Thursday (Oct. 23) evening and on Friday (Oct. 24). There was an amazing amount of children’s coats and snowpants. There were enough hats, mitts, gloves, scarves, wraps, boots, shoes, sweaters
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The Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) Oct. 15 meeting featured a first-person account of viticulture – the practice of growing grapes for the purpose of making wine by member Susan Miszturak. She and her husband spent 23 years in the Niagara region growing grapes and making wine before retiring
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Winter conditions in the Great Lakes are getting much shorter — by about two weeks fewer each decade since 1995
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Did you hear the one about the pioneer who walked his dinner home? That would be the first settler in the eastern part of Arran Township, David Chalmers, a bachelor and a bit wet behind the ears. It was back in 1851, before Arran was surveyed into farm lots. Historian
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During their Sept. 13 meeting, For Our Youth members learned to make salsa and about microplastics found in Lake Huron.
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The first meeting of the fall season of the Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) took place at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre, Sept. 17. The group welcomed Amanda Saxton and Kim Armitage of Kincardine Environmental Action Network (KEAN), a group dedicated to promoting sustainable living practices and finding solutions that
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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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Kawartha Lakes, through Peterborough, Northumberland and Prince Edward County has received 90 per cent less than normal rain