Remembrance Day – Southampton
Southampton Legion's annual Remembrance Day parade will not take place this year amid COVID-19 restrictions and there will also be no public event at...
November 11, 2020: Remembrance Day with a difference
On Wednesday, 11 November, 2020, The Royal Canadian Legion, Port Elgin Branch 340, will be holding a PRIVATE SERVICE at Cenotaph Park.
This year, in...
Museum hosts re-known photographer Willy Waterton exhibition: Salt of the Earth
Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre has continued to host several exhibitions and, on November 7th, it will be a chance to meet local...
Lives behind the Commemorative Banners: Part 8 – Port Elgin
In this year, the 75th anniversary of WWII, we remember those young men who volunteered to go to war with what were probably high...
Discover Bruce County’s Link to The Battle of Givenchy
Each year the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre hosts “A Time to Remember”, an event held to commemorate Remembrance Day. This year’s event...
Lives behind the Commemorative Banners: Part 7 – Southampton
We continue our 'Lives behind the Commemorative Banners' series, in this the 75th anniversary year of WWII, and to honour those local young men...
Were you spotted on Hallowe’en?
Were you spotted on Hallowe'en?
Trick or Treaters were out in large numbers last night and it appeared that everyone was practicing safe protocols while...
David Archibald – Path of the Paddle: with Myrna McBrien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVFx3G5YixA
The Clayton Knechtel story
My earliest memory of Clayton Knechtel was from about 1954. My mother phoned him to tell him that I was coming down to his...
‘Once in a Blue Moon’ – a rare Hallowe’en occurrence
Almost everyone has heard the expression, "once in a blue moon" referring to a rare happening and, on October 31st (Hallowe'en) 2020 a Blue...
Lives behind the Commemorative Banners: Part 6 – Port Elgin
The story of Charles Henry Crosswell may be the most unique of any of the more than 1,200 Bruce County Volunteers that joined the...
OPG supports Huron Shores Hospice
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) made a very special donation on October 28th to Huron Shores Hospice in Tiverton.
The donation was made in acknowledgement and...
Owen Sound St. Mary’s school approved for a new addition with government funding
(L) Mascot Mustang, Alecia Lantz (Supt. Business) Quinton Rodgers (Student Council), Norm Bethune (Board Vice Chair), Lori Di Castri (Board Chair), MPP Bill Walker,...
Lives behind the Commemorative Banners: Part 5 – Southampton
Part 5's two young men who went to war, still have many family members living in Southampton and area.
Clarence Gordon Eagles and Arthur Knechtel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9DwbTetzlM
https://youtu.be/287LC2lwDtM
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