Station beach open
Water samples taken at Station Beach show acceptable levels of e-coli, said the Grey-Bruce Public Health Unit Tuesday morning.
The beach was posted as unsafe on Aug. 6. Based on samples taken from Station Beach Aug. 12, the Health Unit has reopened the beach. However, those samples were taken prior to the heavy wind and waves yesterday, meaning there is a good chance of high e-coli levels once again.
While e-coli levels may or may not be now acceptable, The Independent reminds swimmers to play safe after yesterday's incident in which a 16-year-old is presumed drowned. For more on that story, see the front page of this week's print edition, which is on newstands now.
We also encourage swimmers to read our story "What to know before you swim", which was posted on this website two years ago following a drowning in similar lake conditions.
Waves, heavy rain cause E. coli problems
By Eric Howald
Although the water at
Why the delay in declaring the water safe or unacceptable?
Testing a water sample isn’t as simple as putting it under a microscope, according to James Schmidt, a public health inspector with the Grey Bruce Health Unit.
Juno winners DiggingRoots rock Summer Music Festival
DiggingRoots members ShoShona Kish, right, and Raven Kanatakta perform in Victoria Park last Thursday as part of the Kincardine Summer Music Festival's 4 O'Clock in the Park concert series. DiggingRoots won a 2010 Juno Award for aboriginal album of the year. For the full story, see this week's print edition. (Barb McKay photo)
Meurs laces up for Team Canada
By Josh Howald
Team Canada and Garrett Meurs are off to a great start at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial under-18 tournament in the Czech Republic. Canada won an exhibition game against Sweden Saturday 3-2 in overtime, and opened the tournament with a 6-3 win over the same team Monday morning. Meurs has been kept off the score sheet so far, but he has looked good in the team’s first games, said Shawn Bullock, a member of the national team’s staff.
“This is my first time overseas, so it’s a pretty cool experience,” said Meurs Thursday afternoon from a hotel room in the Czech Republic.
“It’s really nice here – except for the food,” he laughed. “I’m not really sure what we’re eating here.”
Kincardine Cable TV changes hands
By Eric Howald
Rogers Communications Inc. has taken over Kincardine Cable TV Ltd. The deal closed Aug. 1.
“It was a good time to sell,” Bryan Walden said Friday.
The competition is changing all the time, he said, and the CRTC is always changing the rules. When the largest and most respected cable company in
Crime Unit raids MacCaskill home
A 26-year-old Kincardine man is facing numerous charges after police raided a MacCaskill Road home Thursday morning.
Neighbours were instructed to stay inside, and MacCaskill was closed for several hours while the South-Bruce OPP Crime Unit, along with members of the South-Bruce OPP detachment and the West Region Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant on the Kincardine home.
Police seized about $15,000 worth of stolen property, including tools, an SUV and household items.
The man, who was arrested without incident at the scene, has been charged with three counts of break and enter and three counts of possession of stolen property. He was held in custody, but had a bail hearing scheduled for Friday, Aug. 6.
Tiverton reunion over budget
By Barb McKay
Costs got a little out of hand for the 2009 Tiverton reunion.
The representatives for the reunion committee announced to Kincardine council at its Aug. 4 meeting that they had exceeded its budget by $11, 462.12. The most significant added expense came from separate event insurance, which was purchased for $5,700. The committee was concerned that if an incident occurred it would impact the municipality’s insurance rates. The committee also went over budget by $1,000 on the purchase of drink glasses and spent $2,270 on the rental of the Whitney Crawford Centre, which it had expected to use at no charge.
Station Beach gets okay
Water samples taken at Station Beach in Kincardine show that beach is once again safe for bathing.
Following testing July 22, the Bruce County Health Unit posted the beach as unsafe. Samples taken July 29 by the health unit indicate the water quality is good.
The health unit made the annoucement today, Tuesday, Aug. 3.
Independent closed for holidays
The Kincardine Independent will be closed for holidays from July 28 to August. 4.
There will be no paper on Aug. 4, 2010.
Normal hours resume Aug. 5, and the next edition will be published Aug. 11.