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Plans to create a high school tackle football team in Kincardine are officially moving forward following a large donation from the local legion. “This funding gets us to our goal. We can now purchase — and are in the process of doing so — the remainder of the equipment we need for the players, training […]

“I’m blessed to be able to do this,” said Lisa Harper, resource development manager for United Way Perth-Huron. Harper was the guest speaker at the March 20 meeting of the Kinloss Kairshea Women’s Institute, held at the former Lucknow town hall and she spoke on the Northern Huron Connection Centre (NHCC) in Wingham. The NHCC […]

Wiring, circuit breakers and electrical panels were stolen or heavily damaged when multiple storage units were broken into at Graceland Festival Grounds, home of Lucknow’s Music in the Fields (LMITF) and Dungannon Super Pull. “This is deeply disappointing to the committee and directors. The grounds are owned by the Lucknow and District Kinsmen and Lucknow’s […]

The Dungannon Agricultural Society is in dire need of committed volunteers, or it could be forced to disband. “People are panicking a little bit,” society president Dave Sjaarda said in a March 19 phone interview, describing the community’s reaction to the news. In a letter posted to the society’s social media on March 13, the […]

Community-pooled funds are helping boost charities and projects in the region. This is Part Three of Postmedia’s How Canada Wins series.

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Lucknow’s Music in the Fields has once again been named among the top 100 festivals and events in Ontario. “We’re incredibly proud to once again be included among the ‘Top 100 Festivals & Events’ in the province by our friends at FEO (Festivals and Events Ontario),” Ken Irwin, a member of the Lucknow and District […]

Ontarians will be headed to the polls next week, and you’d be forgiven for not noticing. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, seeking a third straight majority mandate, triggered a snap election more than a year before the scheduled vote, plunging Ontario into a subdued campaign hampered by blizzard conditions and drowned out by U.S. President […]

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Plans for a new dog park in Ripley are moving forward. Slated to be located between the Apple Rail Trail entrance and the soccer fields, plans for the project are still in the early stages, so the Township of Huron-Kinloss is hosting a meeting on Jan. 21 for members of the community to share their […]