Is a new boardwalk on the north side of the harbour a good idea?

New kids on the block scope out our nuclear neighbourhood

Upcoming CBC doc to feature Kincardine
Post Date: 
03/02/2010, 11:09

By Kristen Shane

 The concept is simple: take two women who may, in a couple decades, wake up next to a nuclear power plant. Bring them, with all their doubts and fears, to a town where nuclear power has been the economic lifeblood for more than 30 years. Take them to the head of the company planning to build reactors in their backyard and watch the reaction. Will they come away with thoughts of Chernobyl pervading their minds, a newfound CANDU attitude about nuclear power, or something in between?

It’s a question to be answered by My Nuclear Neighbour, an hour-long documentary to air on the CBC’s The Nature of Things with David Suzuki, next Thursday night (Feb. 11) at 8 p.m.

PC leader convenes business round-table in Kincardine

Post Date: 
03/02/2010, 10:54

By Kristen Shane

 

The leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario heard local business people’s concerns about the proposed new harmonized sales tax, affordable housing and a Bruce Power brain drain at a round-table discussion hosted by the Kincardine and District Chamber of Commerce on Monday.

 

Tim Hudak outlined a series of tax cuts and new policies his party says will help small businesses in Ontario.

 

Tales of horror, help and hope in Haiti

Post Date: 
27/01/2010, 12:37

 

Kincardine residents Rose Lootsma, pictured above, and Don Bannerman were on a mission trip to Haiti when a magnitude-7.0 earthquake rocked the Caribbean nation Jan. 12, killing hundreds of thousands. See their story in this week's paper. (photo courtesy Don Bannerman)

Bruce Telecom shuffles the deck

Post Date: 
27/01/2010, 12:34

By Kristen Shane

 

In the first of several changes in the works since its new CEO came aboard this month, Bruce Telecom has seen five managers leave their positions.

 

Last week, the company’s CEO and president Eric Dobson said five managers at the municipally-owned telecommunications business will either be moving down to non-management roles, have left the company, or will be leaving it soon.

 

Dobson would not get into specifics, but said the executive team has been re-organized so that one manager is taking early retirement in April, another has already left the company, and two more are moving into non-management roles within the company.

Committee wants more time to review gate issue

Post Date: 
27/01/2010, 12:28

By Kristen Shane

The Municipality of Kincardine’s public works committee wants more time to come up with a recommendation to council on whether to open a gated shoreline road to all passenger vehicles on a temporary basis.

 

Kincardine residents safe after Haiti quake

Post Date: 
20/01/2010, 09:29

By Kristen Shane

 

Two Kincardine residents were confirmed safe last week after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake rocked the Caribbean country of Haiti.

 

Pharmacy investigation reveals drugs were stolen

Post Date: 
20/01/2010, 09:24

By Kristen Shane

 

An internal investigation into a drug supply discrepancy at the Kincardine hospital pharmacy found that some narcotics were stolen, South Bruce Grey Health Centre CEO Paul Davies said last week.

 

Davies revealed the information when asked by reporters questioning him after he spoke to Kincardine council on an unrelated issue.

 

He couldn’t say the exact quantity of the stolen drugs, but said it was less than 1,000 pills. They included narcotics, a more tightly controlled group of addictive drugs that include pain killers such as OxyContin (oxycodone), morphine or codeine.

 

The great gate debate

Proposal to let public use gated road anything but open-and-shut
Post Date: 
20/01/2010, 09:09

By Kristen Shane

 

Kincardine council is waiting to get more information before it decides whether to open a gated shoreline road to all passenger vehicles during bouts of bad winter weather.

 

Snow run!

Post Date: 
13/01/2010, 10:33

Adam, 4, and Aryana Nasimi, 3, of Kincardine zip down the hill by the soccer field west of the Davidson Centre Sunday during an afternoon of tobogganing. (Kristen Shane photo)