1. Alexander Fleming Born in 1881 in Darvel, Sir Alexander Fleming is the man who discovered penicillin – the world’s first effective antibiotic - and in the process saved millions of lives across the world. Already known as a brilliant researcher, he found cultures of bacteria left in his lab to have been contaminated by a fungus…. which was destroying them. That was penicillin. He shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945 and was recently voted the Third Greatest Scot, behind Robert The Bruce and William Wallace.
2. John Dunlop John Boyd Dunlop, born in Dreghorn in 1840, invented the pneumatic tyre. An inventor and vet, he came up with the first inflatable tyre for his son’s bicycle in Ireland in 1997 and revolutionised transport in the process. It was soon used for cycle racing and within years, Dunlop tyres made their name around the world.
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Jacqueline Brule at the age of 70. She was born March 19, 1950 in Geraldton, Ontario to Laurette and John McAdam.
Jackie wore many hats throughout her life. She was a mechanic, chef, artisan, painter, visionary, nurse and carpenter. She was an explorer and avid traveler, visiting every province and most of the territories across Canada. In 1992 she attended Bible College for a few years before heading to NWT with her then husband, Mike Brule. While there she worked for 15 years at Aven Manor in Yellowknife. Also during that time, she went on various mission trips with her church. She returned to school, at the age of 50, to complete her nursing degree and become an RN. Jackie moved to Thunder Bay in 2012, working at Grandview Lodge and Hogarth Riverview. She retired in 2017.
Jury clears teen driver over triple fatal crash
They deliberated for just under six hours
Flowers laid at the scene in tribute to the Welton Cliff crash victims. | Photo: Connor Creaghan for The Lincolnite
A newly qualified driver has been cleared of causing the deaths of three of her passengers after her overloaded car left the road and collided with a tree.
Kasey Boulton, 19, who had passed her driving test less than a month before the collision, had five passengers in her Vauxhall Astra including one in the rear footwell.
Ricky Sharp, 17, Aiden Sawyer,17, and Joby John Scrimshaw,14, all died. Boulton and the other two passengers were also seriously injured.