Several ladies from the Bervie Women’s Institute travelled to the Bruce Power Information Centre on June 4 to view the displays and see the video on nuclear energy. They then returned to the home of Diane Wilson in Kincardine for their meeting and lunch. Bev Berndt opened the meeting with the usual openings and the […]

A local childcare provider says she’s getting the runaround when it comes to subsidized rates through the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system.  “There are no spaces left to expand (under the CWELCC system) according to what the government divvies up to every county,” Joan Finlay, owner of Unique Minds Childcare Inc. in […]

The Dungannon Super Pull and Demo Derby is back for another year with organizers promising the biggest and best event yet. “Pullers from the Southwestern Ontario Tractor Pullers Association and the Ontario Truck and Tractor Pullers Association will be putting on an amazing show,” commented Nicole Hardy, Dungannon Super Pull committee member, on June 4. […]

Police are investigating after a rainbow Pride flag was damaged at a Norwich elementary school – the second such act of vandalism in just over a week in the Oxford County town, which has a fraught history with LGBTQ symbols. Two people damaged the flag at Emily Stowe elementary school on Jerdon Street shortly after midnight […]

South Bruce’s dairy club held its second meeting on May 20 at Character Holsteins in Deemerton, near Mildmay. Character Holsteins is a dairy farm that specializes in producing elite genetics for the Semex breeding company. The meeting started in the calving barn, where Greg Dietrich, co-owner of Character Holsteins, gave the club some background on […]

May is always a particularly busy month for the Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) as members plant the large tubs of annuals that appear around the village, clean up public gardens and host a plant sale on the long weekend. The cool spring has forced the group to put some planting on hold and […]

A range of herbs, flowers, fruit bushes, trees, house plants, seedlings and more are being offered during the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG) plant sale on May 24. A selection of rare and heirloom varieties, as well as conventional and familiar plants, will be available by donation from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the […]

Provincial lottery officials say they have a tentative answer to the $5-million question that’s gripped Southwestern Ontario: Who bought the uncashed seven-figure ticket that’s set to expire this weekend? It was April 17 when the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. urged the person who bought in Woodstock the winning May 4, 2024 Lotto 6/49 ticket […]