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July 27, 2010

The Ripley Road (Bruce County Road 7), just north of Highway 86, has been fixed. A torrential downpour washed out the road at the end of June, and the county highways department had to install a new culvert and rebuild the roadway.

July 26, 2010

John Powers of Powers Produce now has his vegetable stand in front of the Bruce Bowling Lanes on Broadway in Kincardine, on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. He used to be set up in the parking lot at Darcie's Variety on Saturdays but moved when that store closed. 

July 23, 2010

A crane hoists the trusses onto a new house being constructed along Penetangore Row on the old soccer fields at the south end of Kincardine

July 20, 2010

Ernie Young (L) and Irene Gowing won the prizes for guessing how many gumballs and peanuts were in the jars when Tiverton Park Manor hosted a courtyard barbecue on Saturday (July 17). There was a good turn-out of family and friends to enjoy hamburgers, hot dogs and salads, and listen to an amazing young girl singing and play some games.

July 16, 2010

M&M Meat Shops joined forces recently with Pierson Chev-Olds, holding a charity barbecue and raising $645 for the Canadian Diabetes Association. On hand for the cheque presentation were Bob McAulay (L), local owner of M&M Meat Shops; Sharon McBride, a volunteer with the Canadian Diabetes Association; and Mike Pierson, manager of Pierson Chev-Olds.

July 15, 2010

Freeman McKay (L), 7, of Fort McMurray, Alberta, gets some help from Anirudha Panditrao to do some paddling on the choppy waters of Lake Huron, just off Macpherson Beach, Tuesday afternoon. Freeman is in Kincardine staying with his grandparents, Duncan and Sandy Elston, for two months.

July 14, 2010

Once the ugly brown steel was removed, the east side of the Davidson Centre arena features a colourful concrete wall. That will be covered up again as the new gymnasium is to be built against that wall.

July 13, 2010

These poles can be seen along Highway 21 between Kincardine and Tiverton. They will carry the temporary traffic lights for one-lane traffic while work is being done on culverts during the highway reconstruction.

July 11, 2010

Kincardine mayor Larry Kraemer heads out on the highway on his Honda motorcycle

July 11, 2010

Scott King with salmon caught on July 9th Media/Sponsor day of the Chinook Salmon Derby

July 10, 2010

Sultry summer evening by the lake

July 8, 2010

Waiting for the sun to go down

Photo by David Dadson

July 6, 2010

Sam Finnie of Century 21, Kincardine, put this thermometer on the dash of his van July 5, while it was parked outside the office just after 4 p.m. Within five minutes, the temperature was off the scale.

July 3, 2010

Evening at the beach

June 30, 2010

A South Bruce OPP officer directs traffic at the intersection of Durham Street and Highway 21 after the traffic lights failed Tuesday afternoon

June 26, 2010

Pat Beattie (L) puts money in the bed pan held by Elaine Pollock of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, Kincardine auxiliary, at the Kincardine Home Hardware. The group held tags days Thursday and Friday at various locations throughout Kincardine.

June 24, 2010

Peaceful cattle scene in Huron-Kinloss

June 22, 2010

Sunset over Kincardine Harbour

June 20, 2010

LAC Kalvin Stares (L) and Sergeant Joseph Finnie of the Kincardine Air Cadets, sell tags Saturday at Canadian Tire in Kincardine

June 17, 2010

Work progresses on the Holiday Inn Express and Suites, just east of Boston Pizza at the corner of Highways 21 and 9, to be completed this summer

June 15, 2010

Part of the parking lot at the Davidson Centre in Kincardine has been fenced off as work is set to begin on the construction of the new gymnasium addition

June 11, 2010

This three-mast, five-sail ship, the "Moonfleet" from Goderich, was docked in Kincardine Harbour Thursday

June 3, 2010

With the help of a crane, workers put the trusses on Phase 2 of the duplex project by John Ball Carpentry in Ripley

June 3, 2010

This old one-lane bridge can be found beside one of the access points to the Saugeen River, south of Paisley

May 30, 2010

Workers spruce up the outside of the building above Enbridge, beside J'Adorn, in downtown Kincardine

May 24, 2010

Feature Canada Geese take flight
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May 22, 2010

Misty Sunset west of Ripley

May 21, 2010

Deb Hlinka of the public works department, cleans out the fountain at Victoria Park to have it up and running by the May 24th week end

May 20, 2010

Vibrant sunset in Huron-Kinloss

May 18, 2010

Framed canola field in bloom across from Ashfield Presbyterian Church

May 14, 2010

Shirley Hayes (R), unit director of the Society of Energy Professionals, presents a cheque for $3,000 to Andrea Paquin (L), administrator, and Miranda Lytle, co-chairperson of the Bluewater Summer Playhouse. The money will support the production of "Funny Business." Also, instead of "Nunsense II", the playhouse is presenting "Freedom 85" from July 7-17.

May 8, 2010

Travis Crawford (L) and Ryan Berry (R) of myFM Radio are joined by Mark Fry (second to left) in a pizza-eating contest, while Dan Fry does the play-by-play at Kincardine's Gordon Pharmasave, to promote the Mother's Day specials Friday. The pizza was supplied by Boston Pizza of Kincardine.

April 29, 2010

Ava (L), 3, and Dale MacCrostie, 2, pose with their grandma, Kathy Ciavaglia, on a rock along the sidewalk on Durham Street, Kincardine. They were out for a walk in the sunshine Wednesday afternoon.

April 28, 2010

This huge tractor and cultivator was found working a field in Ashfield Township on the weekend

April 26, 2010

The Kincardine area raised $6,618.89 in the annual Canadian Cancer Society daffodil sales campaign held at the end of March. That amount is up slightly from last year.

Kincardine District Secondary School's OSAID (Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving) raised $800 at the yard sale held earlier this month. It was a great fund-raiser with money going toward OSAID events, such as the concert held Friday night (April 23) at KDSS.

April 23, 2010

Margo Riekenbrauck (R), president, and Gerry McLeod, treasurer, of the Merry Kin Seniors Club of Kincardine, present a cheque for $1,000 to Mike Eadie, Kincardine recreation supervisor, to put toward the new gymnasium project at the Davidson Centre

April 16, 2010

Work has begun to refurbish the apartments above the Bruce Inn in downtown Kincardine

April 13, 2010

Curtis Lytle (R), operations co-ordinator, and Merrilee McTeer, both of Greenfield Ethanol, present a cheque for $3,000 to Larry Duwyn of the board of directors, and Joanne Tiffin, office manager, of the Bluewater Summer Playhouse. The money is in support of the "Blue Suede Shoes" show this summer.

April 11, 2010

Strong wind Friday afternoon causes white caps along the lakeshore beside the Point Clark Lighthouse

April 10, 2010

 A Canadian flag waves from atop the Point Clark water tower in Huron-Kinloss, compliments of some industrious youth who climbed the tower to put it there during the Easter weekend

April 8, 2010

The Kincardine Sparks put together a donation for the Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey as part of the 20th Anniversary of Sparks Caring Challenge: back, volunteer Hayley Murdoch-Fyke (L), Cheyanne Woods, and volunteer Sydnie Nauss; front, Savana Palaminos (L), Meah Wickert, Andrea Petraitis, Makayla Roberts and Allison Pope. Photo by Mary Ritter

April 5, 2010

Jackson (L), 2, Dakota, 8, and Anna Scholtz, 10, all of Tiverton enjoy the view from one of the cannons in Victoria Park, while they wait for the Easter egg hunt to begin Saturday morning

April 4, 2010

Strong wind Saturday snapped this tree in two in the parking lot at Kincardine Baptist Church

March 30, 2010

Rachel Thompson rakes the debris from the front garden at this Huron Terrace home

March 21, 2010

Water rushes over the falls at the bridge on Victoria Street, Inverhuron

March 21, 2010

Spring run-off rushes along this stream to Lake Huron along Victoria Street, Inverhuron

March 19, 2010

Two Canada geese join seagulls on a flooded field on the 11th of Kincardine Township

March 17, 2010

Katrina Smiley (C) of The Hair Connection, shows Shoshana Jarvis (L) how to attach a hair extension for Stephanie Bonnett when the Kincardine Pathfinders had a tour of the hair salon on Durham Street Tuesday evening (March 9)

March 16, 2010

Alanna McKay (L), Kanza Saleem, Conor Coultrup, and Andrew Moreau crunch into their apples during the "Great Big Crunch" at Kincardine District Secondary School March 11. Photo by Rebecca Dadson

March 14, 2010

Samuel Thompson, 11, helps with the spring cleaning in front of his family's home on William Street, Kincardine, during the warm, sunny weather Saturday morning

Hanging out in the unseasonably warm weather and sunshine Wednesday (March 10), are Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School students Savana Palominos (L), Lauren Thede, Paige Santha and Rebekah Ballagh

March 9, 2010

Sandy shore breaks free of the snow north of Kincardine Harbour

March 8, 2010

Nine-month-old Avery Boulton, daughter of Meaghan and Kyle Boulton of Kincardine, goes for a swing in the bright sunshine Saturday afternoon at the Lions Park - spring is officially two weeks away

March 6, 2010

Rick Noseworthy of Kincardine enjoys the sunshine and does some ice-fishing at the Kincardine Harbour, sitting on a folding chair atop a foot-and-a-half of ice. He had already caught two rainbow trout (eight pounds and four pounds) but was coming up empty-handed Friday afternoon. With two lines in the water, he said he was having twice the bad luck.

March 5, 2010

Snow melts off the breakwall just off the shore of Lake Huron in Kincardine

February 26, 2010

Merrell Scheel uses his snowblower to clear his driveway on Durham Street, Friday, after Kincardine was hit with another healthy dose of snowy weather overnight Thursday

February 19, 2010

Maysie (L), 4, Makayla, 6, and Maiya Roberts, 4, of Kincardine pose with the snowman they built with the help of their grandparentsFebruary 18, 2010

Laura Haight excited about Olympics

February 16, 2010

A section of downtown Kincardine, on the west side of Queen Street, was blocked off last week due to falling snow from the top part of the buildings.

February 16, 2010

Frozen in Pine

February 14, 2009

The Kincardine Pathfinders made tray favours for the Kincardine hospital Tuesday night (Feb. 9) which were delivered in time for Valentine's Day (Sunday). The units includes, back, Stephanie Bonnett (L), Kaleigh Murphy-Burton, Rebecca Dadson, Shoshana Jarvis; front, Natalie Potter and Christiane Ritter

February 13, 2010

Magnificent Winter Sunset

February 12, 2010

Nathan Andrews, Grade 1 student at Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School, enjoys his spaghetti dinner Thursday afternoon at the school February 8, 2010

Tanner Smith, two-and-a-half, of Ripley holds up a Ripley Wolves puck as he and his mom, Trish, cheer on the team Friday night at the Ripley Arena. The Wolves won, 7-5.

February 7, 2010

Wild turkeys gather in a field along Bruce County Road 1, south of Lucknow

January 31, 2010

Snow falls on Durham Street, looking east of KDSS

January 25, 2010

January thaw along J-1 Sideroad north of Tiverton

January 24, 2010

Winter by the Lake

January 24, 2010

Winter by the Lighthouse

January 22, 2010

Winter Scene over Lake Huron

January 19, 2010

Dale Small and his crew from the Kincardine public works department, take down the last of the Christmas wreaths at the north end of the downtown.

January 12, 2010

This motorist slid off the roadway and ended up in the snowbank on the northwest corner of Russell Street and Highway 21 Monday (Jan. 11).

January 11, 2010

Remington Hilderley, 8, of Orangeville plays some pool while awaiting the results at the Grand Prix de Kincardine Sunday afternoon at Family Funland

January 9, 2010

These new road signs in Kincardine warn motorists to move out of the way of firefighters responding to a fire call

January 4, 2010

Alex McQuillin, who will be two on Jan. 29, helps his mother, Lindsay, shovel snow from the driveway of their home on Scott Street, Kincardine, Monday morning (Jan. 4) after the heavy snowfall Sunday night.

January 3, 2010

See the Angry Lake Pictures

January 2, 2010

The Kincardine Baptist Church New Year Adventure Camp culminated with a performance of singing and dancing for the parents Wednesday afternoon (Dec. 30). The camp ran Monday and Wednesday, but was snowed out Tuesday (Dec. 29). 

December 31, 2009

Haley Green, 18, of Kincardine doesn't let a bit of snow Thursday afternoon (Dec. 31) slow down her running schedule. A student at the University of Windsor, she kept up her training by running the track at the Davidson Centre while home for the holidays.

December 29, 2009

This Christmas ornament was discovered sitting atop the announcer's booth at the Davidson Centre arena in Kincardine

December 19, 2009

Piper warms up for the winter

December 18, 2009

Olympic Spirit on Charles Street

December 14, 2009

Family of Snowmen

December 12, 2009

Auxiliary constables Sheri Sprung (L) and Zoe MacCrostie of the South Bruce OPP hold up some of the food donated to the "Fill-a-Cruiser" campaign for the Kincardine Food Bank, Saturday morning (Dec. 12) at Zehrs in Kincardine


December 10, 2009

Huron-Kinloss mayor Mitch Twolan (L) presents a clock to chief building official Matt Farrell in recognition of his 10th year with the township. An inscription on the back, says "Only 40,040 hours to go!"

December 5, 2009

Kincardine Venturer Matt Pagnan (L) and his father, Terry, hold up a Christmas tree which they were getting ready to put in a vehicle for a customer. The Venturers are selling Balsam Fir at $40 each, and Scotch Pine at $35 each at Kincardine Home Hardware.

December 3, 2009

Mark Yalden (L), on behalf of the Power Workers' Union Equity Fund, presents Robert Cottrill of the Paddy Walker Heritage Society with a cheque for $5,000. Yalden is no stranger to the Walker House as he spent many Saturday mornings as a volunteer during the restoration. The money has been designated for children’s programming.

Dec 1, 2009

Employees with AECON were working in Victoria Park this week, installing a conduit for Bell Canada, from Highway 21 to the Bruce Telecom building in downtown Kincardine.

November 29, 2009

The full-serve UPI gas station is back in business, at the corner of Broadway and Queen Street

November 29, 2009

Remember last year at this time

November 27, 2009

Decorating is a family affair Friday afternoon, as three-year-old Hadley Pawlikowski gets some help from her dad, Greg, to hand a bow to her mom, Jackie, to brighten up the trees in downtown Kincardine for Hometown Christmas Saturday night

November 20, 2009

Glorious Sunset Wednesday November 18, 2009

November 18, 2009

 Workers install new windows in the apartment above the Enbridge store in downtown Kincardine Tuesday morning

November 15

Highway 9, west of Kinloss, was down to one lane Friday afternoon, while the road was being paved

November 14, 2009

Cattails sway in the warm, sunny fall breeze Friday morning

November 13, 2009

This cattle beast was seen wandering along Bruce County Road 15, east of Glammis, Friday morning. It ran into the nearby driveway after this photo was taken.

November 12, 2009

Sean Owens (L) and Derek Turner ditch their shirts to enjoy the warm sunshine, unusual weather for this time of year, as they fix the roof at the 120-year-old home of Peter and Carol Owens on Durham Street, Kincardine, Thursday afternoon (Nov. 12)

November 8, 2009

Friends Samantha Bianco (L) and Maddie Doerr celebrated their Sweet 16 birthday bash at the Davidson Centre in Kincardine Saturday night (Nov. 7).

The teens welcomed about 150 friends to their party and, in lieu of gifts, raised $800 for the Canadian Cancer Society.

Samantha, whose birthday is on Oct. 26, is a student at Kincardine District Secondary School, while Maddie, whose birthday is on Nov. 11, goes to school at Sacred Heart in Walkerton.

November6

These dark clouds brought hail and wet flurries to the Kincardine area Thursday evening

November 3, 2009

Scouts in Sunset Area gathered at Bannister Farms Oct. 30-Nov. 1 for their annual Halloween Camp. Shown in their wild and crazy costumes are Brett Kinder of Port Elgin Scouts (L), Jamie Poirier of Sauble, McLean Reid, Gregory Dadson and Connor Cobean of Port Elgin, Philip Todtz and Kealin Labbe of Wingham, and Geoffrey Dadson of Port Elgin Scouts.

November 1, 2009

The UPI gas station, beside Tim Hortons in downtown Kincardine, is closed while site improvements are under way

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