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Kincardine Independent

“Erie Belle” blows up off Kincardine

Bruce Krug July 23, 2026Kincardine Independent, Local News, Pieces of the Past, Walkerton Herald-Times

KINCARDINE - On Nov. 21, 1883 the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine.

April unemployment rate decreases to 5.2 per cent

Submitted June 4, 2026Independent Plus, Kincardine Independent, Listowel Banner, Local News, Mildmay Town Crier, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

WALKERTON – In April, the unemployment rate in the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region…

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Editorial

Community newspaper publishers need fair rates, quality service from Canada Post

Community newspaper publishers are asking the Honourable Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and Québec Lieutenant, to direct Canada Post to offer publishers the same rate it offers to the country’s dominant flyer printer.

Living in a horror movie for the second time in my life

Last Tuesday, unless you live underground (which would not have been a bad idea that day), locals…

The uncommon common sense – part ??

Common sense, and the lack thereof, is something I’ve written about a number of times over the years because, unfortunately, every day there seems to be more and more people who couldn’t pour water out of a rubber boot without instructions being printed on the heel.