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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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A 16-year-old driver from Arthur, Ont. has been charged after allegedly launching their vehicle into Lake Huron. According to Huron County OPP, just before midnight on Sept. 14, police received a report of a vehicle that had entered Lake Huron at the west end of Amberley Road in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh. When



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Ontario Provincial Police on Tuesday were seeking the public’s help locating a 14-year-old boy who hadn’t been seen for several days. Police said the 14-year-old, identified only as Frank (Franz), left his home in Vienna, a small village of about 750 people in Elgin County, last Friday around 5 p.m



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It was 1940, a time of national emergency. At the start of the Second World War, Hitler’s army ruthlessly swept across western Europe. Britain suffered devastating bombing raids and food shortages due to German blockades. Canadian farms would have to supply hundreds of thousands of tons of food to feed



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The Ontario government is investing $242,796.09 over two years to support the Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) led by South Bruce OPP. “This grant will enable the OPP to expand its Mobile Crisis Response Teams across the province, allowing us to improve pathways and connections to necessary services for those



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The first day back for Bluewater District schools was just nicely underway when 30 members and guests of the South Bruce branch of the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario/Organization des eneignantes retraitées de l’Ontario (RWTO/OERO) arrived at the Ainsdale Golf Course for their annual not-going-back-to-school breakfast. Looking relaxed and happy



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HURON – A new pilot program launching in Huron County is aiming to confront the growing rates of homelessness in the county head on. The Community Paramedic Homelessness Outreach program is set to launch Wednesday, Sept. 10, and will see Huron County paramedics and Huron housing and homelessness services staff