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Colin Burrowes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The homeless experience in North Perth, Part 4 – what, if anything, can be done?

Colin Burrowes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter December 6, 2020Listowel Banner, Local News, News

‘We don’t want charity but we need charity. We don’t want to feel like you feel sorry for us…

‘I’ve never felt so much pride in such a long time, marching down the street with everybody’

Colin Burrowes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter June 25, 2020Listowel Banner, Local News, News

Over 100 North Perth residents peacefully participate in equality march LISTOWEL – The Black and…

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Editorial

Oh, what you can learn from a tube of saliva

About a week before Christmas, I spit into a plastic tube and shipped it off to British Columbia. That sounds weird – I should explain that it was for a 23andMe DNA test.

Is user-pay a fair way to lower taxes?

The big question when government bodies large and small set their annual budgets is how to make a tax increase palatable – or at least unlikely to infuriate taxpayers.

Tariff-ic time for election

Despite a last-minute reprieve, Canadians are being dragged into a trade war that would appear unlikely to benefit anyone.

Columnists

County of Huron congratulates successful Starter Company Plus Program grant recipients

By Submitted

The Huron County Starter Company Plus program, awarded eleven businesses a total of $37,250 in grants this year.

Morris-Turnberry draft budget proposes 9% tax rate increase

By Rachel Hammermueller

Council here had their first draft budget discussion for 2025, hearing from Treasurer Sean Brophy as well as department heads on the year’s outlook in budgeting everything from road repair to landfill maintenance to animal control.

South Bruce’s environmental department focuses on water and sewage improvements

By Rachel Hammermueller

The municipality’s environmental department presented their first draft 2025 Capital Projects to council here on Jan. 21.