Bruce Telecom planning $6.2-million infrastructure upgrade
By Kristen Shane
Bruce Telecom is planning a $6.2-million network upgrade that, by the end of next year, should provide high-speed Internet and digital TV access to more of its customer base.
Board chair Richard Martin, CEO Eric Dobson and several other board members and senior managers of the municipally-owned telecommunications company outlined the infrastructure upgrade plan during a regular update to Kincardine council last Wednesday.
Big bird flies by Kincardine
By Kristen Shane
Andy ‘Kruz’ Kruzynski was on his morning walk Thursday, near the Kincardine cemetery, when he saw a black, “stealth-looking” military jet flying overhead.
It looked as big as a Boeing 747, he said.
“We’re talking huge.”
He stopped and watched it cut through the sky above.
Kruzynski wasn’t the only one transfixed by the aircraft sweeping the Kincardine skyline.
A crowd of cars stopped by the Kincardine airport, where the 174-foot-long C-17 Globemaster did three passes at about
“(Vehicles) filled the parking lot and pulled off to park on the highway,” recalled airport manager Blake Evans, shortly after the event. Local police even came out to keep traffic flowing.
Township considers telephone, Internet voting
By Kristen Shane
Huron-Kinloss council is split over whether it wants to switch to telephone and Internet voting for October’s municipal election, or stick with mail-in ballots.
Township staff said they were impressed by a presentation to local municipal clerks and administrators on e-voting last month. So they invited Dean Smith, president of Intelivote Systems Inc. to come before council during last week’s general committee meeting to explain how it works.
Future investment
Twelve-year-old Dalton Hayes of Tiverton was one of about 30 volunteers to plant trees along the Tiverton Creek Saturday morning in an effort organized by the Lake Huron Fishing Club. They worked to plant 3,500 trees along a 400-metre stretch of land on Allen Wickert’s farm just outside of Tiverton. Tree planting helps cut down erosion and shades the creek water so the rainbow trout that swim in it can do so in the cooler temperatures they like, said Fishing Club member Al Wilkins. (Kristen Shane photo)
Bruce Power recruits Kincardine’s doctor recruiter
By Kristen Shane
Bruce Power has hired Kincardine’s part-time physician recruiter, Peggy Zeppieri, to do the same job full time for both Kincardine and
Murray Elston, Bruce Power’s vice-president of corporate affairs, announced Zeppieri’s new role in a news release last week.
All-male English classes give boys a leg-up
By Kristen Shane
“Okay guys, listen up.”
It’s Thursday,
Ogilvie stands before a projector screen at the front of the classroom. Seated in desks surrounding him are 17 teenaged boys. They wear hats, zip-up hoodies, jeans and t-shirts. Some are hunched over their desks, scribbling notes in binders. Others look at Ogilvie intently and listen.
Man killed in tractor rollover
An 80-year-old man was killed Friday at a Kinloss Twp. farm.
William John (Jack) Barr was using a tractor to tow a large tree along the edge of a riverbank when the tree struck a rock. The tree was sent over the riverbank, pulling the tractor over with it.
Police were called to the farm property along County Road 1 at about 8:45 p.m. along with the Lucknow Fire Department and Bruce County Emergency Services. They found the man trapped beneath the tractor.
The South-Bruce OPP is working with the Farm Safety Association on this investigation.
Large brush fire at Armow dump
A large brush fire caused a brief scare at the Armow dump last week.
The fire started either late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning said landfill manager Dave Guse Monday morning.
“We’re not quite sure how it started,” said Guse, “whether some kids got in and set it or there was a hot spot somewhere in the centre.”
Guse said he got a phone call Wednesday morning, and then called the Municipality of Kincardine Fire Department. Fire Chief Jamie MacKinnon is away from his office until Thursday and was unavailable for comment.
Guse said that trucks from both Tiverton and Kincardine attended the scene, and quickly brought the situation under control. The landfill was closed until 3 p.m. Wednesday, when the fire was completely extinguished.
Anger, accusations and acrimony over learning centre
By Kristen Shane
Weeks of tensions over how the Lake Huron Learning Collaborative aims to bring a learning centre to Kincardine erupted last week in a heated council meeting in which the deputy mayor accused the mayor of a conflict of interest, and council members questioned the learning collaborative’s proposed use of the former Westario Power building.
The fiery meeting concluded in mayor Larry Kraemer and deputy mayor Laura Haight each slinging mud at each other, calling the other “deluded.”
Glammis native Allan Thompson receives medal from Governor General
By Kristen Shane
Governor General Michaëlle Jean last week gave journalism professor and former Glammis resident Allan Thompson a medal to recognize his work to help rebuild the media sector and work toward freedom of the press in