Lives behind the Commemorative Banners: Fall Banner News 2023
This fall will mark the 7th year that Banners will be hung on the main streets of both Port Elgin and Southampton honouring those...
An opportunity to be on the Right Side of History says reader
Dear Editor,
Nearly four years ago, I wrote my first letter regarding the proposed Deep Geological Repository for spent nuclear fuel in South Bruce. At...
Cham-bettes Christmas Home Tour 2023: The Bartnicki Home
#6 Odette and Andrew Bartnicki
124 Trillium Drive
This beautiful home on Trillium Drive features a spacious open concept kitchen-dining-living room. The living room features a...
Lest We Forget – A Young Soldier’s last letter home from somewhere in...
In 2019, Saugeen Times published the story of Irvin Emery Reinhart, a young 17-year-old who went off to war on February 3, 1916.
It was...
The Field of Crosses – remembering the Fallen
Looking across the country each November, one of most poignant remembrances is the over 3,500 crosses that stand as silent reminders along five acres...
New Paisley Bridge officially opens but will experience temporary daily closures
On August 10th, 2022, the entire village of Paisley (ON) gathered to say goodbye to the bridge that most had known for their entire...
Grey Bruce Labour Council hosts annual Activist Awards dinner
The Grey Bruce Labour Council (GBLC) held its annual dinner Activist Award presentation on October 30th (2023).
Participants from many unions and the United Way...
Southampton Rotary celebrates 20th anniversary with Fund-a-Need for local school
Southampton Rotary held its 20th Annual Dinner Auction, in support of Rotary Causes and the G.C. Huston Playground Project, at the Walker House last...
Lives Behind the Commemorative Banners – John Rowan Geddes: November 3, 1917
John Rowand Geddes was born in Port Elgin to Alexander and Elizabeth Geddes. The family farmed on Lot 11 at the corner of Bruce...
Cham-bettes Christmas Home Tour 2023: The MacKay Home
#5 The MacKay Home
686 Catherine St., Port Elgin
This home was built in 1990 by Doug Lyoness for Gord and Ann MacKay and their three...
Remembrance Day: A Lifetime of Dedicated Service – James Eadie Fraser M.D.
I was going through some old local history “stuff” and found the following story about Dr. James Eadie Fraser M. D. It was in...
A Word of the Day: Unicameral
Unicameral
This is not a word that one hears very often but yesterday morning I decided to make it my word of the day.
If you...
Elgin Lodge – Retirement Living at its Best
Elgin Lodge Retirement Living is now under a new Management Team.
Located in picturesque Port Elgin, Saugeen Shores, on the coast of Lake Huron, once...
A frosty Fairy Lake 2023 Halloween doesn’t stop trick-or-treaters
Despite snow throughout the day as streamers of sleet and snow swept across Lake Huron, trick-or-treaters came out in droves to trek around Fairy...
