Dan McNee

The Listowel U11 Rep Cyclones were in contention at the Regional Silver Stick ‘B’ Tournament held in Wingham last week, and needed a win versus the Mitchell Meteors on Dec. 1 to advance to the playoff round. Despite a strong start to the game on Friday night, Listowel (1-2-0) fell 4-1 to Mitchell. P

The LDSS girls’ varsity hockey team improved to 1-1-0 on the young 2023-24 Huron-Perth Athletics Association season with a definitive 6-0 win over Central Huron on Dec. 4 at the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex. Jill Alexander scored a pair of first-period goals en route to the rout. LDSS will next retur

ome court ultimately didn’t give the LDSS senior boys’ basketball team the advantage they were looking for in a 47-34 loss to St. Marys on Dec. 4. LDSS fell to 1-1 on the young 2023-24 Huron-Perth Athletics campaign with the defeat; the junior (2-0) and senior boys’ Lightning will be back in action

The Listowel Cyclones continue to put valuable points in the bank as the junior club rolls towards the GOJHL holiday break, most recently logging a 6-0 road victory over the Brantford Bandits on Sunday afternoon.

The North Perth Fire Department conducted its annual Christmas toy and drive on Dec. 2 in front of the Listowel Canadian Tire, Zehrs and Wal-Mart locations, collecting goods for donation to the local branch of the Salvation Army. Pictured are volunteers outside Wal-Mart on Saturday afternoon, from l

The North Perth Chamber of Commerce collected in excess of 100 letters to the man in red from local tykes during its Afternoon with Santa event prior to the Nov. 25 Listowel Christmas parade. Chamber representatives Sharon D’Arcey (left) and Julie Eisler are pictured dropping off those letters to th

Based on a wide range of criteria, the Municipality of North Perth has made the top 100 in a recent Canada-wide list compiled by the Globe and Mail.

The 2023 edition of the Monkton Christmas Parade was another big success on Dec. 2, with many floats and hundreds out to support the event.

The Walkerton Junior Capitals earned a weekend split to open their December PJHL schedule, including a 4-1 home victory over the Mitchell Hawks last Friday night.

Alex McGillivray doesn’t overly consider himself a power hitter, but there’s no arguing that the Durham native is a clutch hitter after he tagged a two-run home run at the U18 World Softball Cup (WSC) in Mexico to lead Team Canada to the bronze medal.

The Wingham Ironmen served as hosts of the Regional Silver Stick U11 ‘B’ and ‘C’ tournaments last week at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex. Wingham went 3-1 overall in the C Division, making it to the tournament semifinals before falling 5-1 to runnerup Mount Forest on Sunday.

The Wingham Ironmen made the most of the lone game on its weekend docket, skating to a 6-3 win over the Flyers in Goderich on Saturday night.

Wingham Branch 180 of the Royal Canadian Legion hosted its annual Breakfast with Santa event on Saturday morning, Dec. 2. Countless tykes were able to not only get a photo and have a one-on-one wish list chat with the man in red, but also enjoy some delicious eats courtesy of hard-working volunteers

Wingham Salvation Army Thrift Store volunteer Barbara Hallman poses with one of the organization’s Christmas kettles placed around town on Dec. 2. The Salvation Army continues to accept monetary and food donations for the area’s most vulnerable throughout the remainder of the month. Volunteers are n