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South Bruce Retired Women Teachers celebrate year end with picnic

South Bruce Retired Women Teachers celebrate year end with picnic
The Lucknow Sentinel
As the school year winds down and students and teachers prepare for summer break there’s an excitement in the air that is felt even by those long retired from education. That energy and feeling of anticipation was evident at the final meeting of the South Bruce Retired Women Teachers of
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Setting fires on purpose to cut risk of catastrophic wildfires

Setting fires on purpose to cut risk of catastrophic wildfires
Great Lakes Echo
By Victoria Witke Wildfire risk is predicted to stay elevated in the Upper Midwest from drought and high winds. That’s risky for the region’s pristine inland lakes, but land managers are working to reduce wildfire risk in the Northwoods with controlled burns.
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When forests burn, lakes suffer

When forests burn, lakes suffer
Great Lakes Echo
By Victoria Witke Wildfire risk is high in the upper Great Lakes, and research shows that large, scorching wildfires spell trouble for lakes in the region’s remote watersheds.  
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Retiring Kincardine Township-Tiverton P.S. teachers reflect on careers

Retiring Kincardine Township-Tiverton P.S. teachers reflect on careers
Kincardine News
Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School (KTTPS) teachers Brenda Colquhoun and Tracy Hallam were celebrated during a recent assembly at the school as they enter retirement. Below are a few words each submitted in reflection of their careers in education. Tracy Hallam: I began supply teaching after graduating from Teacher’s College and
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Nature club enjoys artistic photography at annual general meeting

Nature club enjoys artistic photography at annual general meeting
Kincardine News
Members of the Huron Bruce Nature (HBN) club enjoyed the artistic photography of Rob Wray at their June 23 meeting in Point Clark. Rob Wray, a member of both the Owen Sound Field Naturalist Club and the Bruce Birding Club, has come to photography and birding only in the last
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Joey Havers Memorial Walk raises over $10,000 for Wingham hospital

Joey Havers Memorial Walk raises over $10,000 for Wingham hospital
The Lucknow Sentinel
The first annual Steps that Give Back: Joey Havers Memorial Walk held on June 13 generated $10,554 for the Wingham and District Hospital. The new event was created by Mary Havers in honour of her brother, Joey, a beloved member of the Wingham community known for his kindness and generosity
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What’s that smell? Researchers explore new ways to deter sea lamprey

What’s that smell? Researchers explore new ways to deter sea lamprey
Great Lakes Echo
By Elizabeth McGowan Researchers are exploring a new approach to controlling invasive sea lamprey populations: Chemicals that disrupt pheromones rather than lampricide.
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