Colin Burrowes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A crowd of Indigenous people and non-Indigenous allies from Huron and Perth counties clad in orange shirts gathered at Market Square in Stratford on Sept. 30 for a solidarity Walk to Remember to Falstaff Family Centre for the inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The public had another chance to comment on the Main Street and Wallace Avenue intersection one-way street pilot project during a public information centre on Oct. 4.

With the adoption of a corporate vaccination policy on Sept. 27, North Perth moved one step closer to a return to in-person council meetings.

Huron-Perth physicians recently released a joint statement on vaccine exemptions and common myths circulating about COVID-19 vaccinations. On Sept. 27 Mary Atkinson, executive director at North Perth Family Health Team (NPFHT), discussed the vaccine exemptions and myths with the Listowel Banner.

Research on the importance of Pride celebrations in rural communities based on responses from over 300 respondents in 95 rural communities across Ontario was recently conducted by AJ Adams, a social change advocate who works to enhance LGBTQ2+ efforts in small towns.

Ontario announced on Sept. 24 it is now providing coverage for Trikafta, the latest and most effective treatment option for cystic fibrosis (CF) to become available, under its publicly-funded drug program to give patients more access to life-changing treatments.

Due to demand and COVID restrictions Andrea Charest, director of It Takes A Village, said she had to turn away many people who wanted to participate in the “No Fixed Address” Tour on Sept. 18.

On Sept. 13, Tim Bakelaar made a presentation to council to raise concerns about the one-way street pilot project currently set up in downtown Listowel.

Members of the North Perth Fire Department and the Listowel Agricultural Society banded together to assemble breakfasts for hungry locals who ordered meals at the Drive-Thru Firefighters Breakfast at the Ag. Hall on Sept. 12. Pictured: (Top) Brian Adams and Aidan OKeeffe cooking up a fresh pile of p

A delegation from Listowel Minor Hockey approached council to ask for some relief for its financial woes on Sept. 13.

“Crumbs of Comfort” is the second cookbook Velma Sothern has compiled. It’s a collection of recipes that appeared in the Listowel Banner in the 1930s and it’s a fundraiser for the Howick-Turnberry Fall Fair.

The Multicultural Association of Perth-Huron (MAPH) held a press conference on Sept. 6 to raise awareness of refugee sponsorship in light of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan.