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 […]
The Wingham hospital has received more than $2 million in financial support through the Wingham and District Hospital Foundation. “Thanks to the remarkable generosity of local families, businesses, and community partners, the Wingham & District Hospital Foundation is proud to announce it has provided $2.3 million in critical support to the Wingham & District Hospital […]
The For Our Youth (FOY) club gathered on April 26 for a chilly but productive meeting at one of our favourite locations — the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG). We saw some familiar faces at the March Break Ripley and District Horticultural Society meeting, but stormy winter weather prevented us from getting together in February, […]
A cruise ship will visit Toledo, Ohio, next month for the first time since the late 1990s thanks to the efforts of local officials and an auto race that is […]