Bruce County Memories: Farmerettes were the unsung heroes on the home front

Bruce County Memories: Farmerettes were the unsung heroes on the home front
The Lucknow Sentinel
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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Laser weeding is taking place around the world

Laser weeding is taking place around the world
The Lucknow Sentinel
In addition to farmers using them in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, they are zapping weeds in the U.S., Europe, Australia and New Zealand
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Fall fair season kicking off in Kincardine, Huron-Kinloss

Fall fair season kicking off in Kincardine, Huron-Kinloss
The Lucknow Sentinel
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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Worker in Mildmay airlifted to hospital after mishap

The Lucknow Sentinel

Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is investigating a workplace mishap after a 23-year-old worker from West Grey was transported by Air Ornge to a trauma centre in London with serious injuries Tuesday.  A ministry spokeswoman said in a brief statement that the worker, who was employed by JT Excavating, was injured by a piece of machinery […]

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Unemployment rate in region that includes Grey-Bruce ticks up

Kincardine News

Despite a rise in the unemployment rate in the region that includes Grey-Bruce, the area had the lowest jobless rate in Ontario last month. The Four County Labour Market Planning Board release a report last week that shows the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula region increased by 0.4 percentage points in December to 3.6 […]

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