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Riegling earns six nominations for 2025 CMAOntario awards

Midwestern Newspapers April 3, 2025Arts & Entertainment, Music, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

HAMILTON - Owen Riegling will be in the spotlight at the 2025 CMAOntario Awards.

Maple syrup season is here; many sugarbushes around region hosting visits

Midwestern Newspapers March 27, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, Rural, Wingham Advance Times

The cold, snowy winter that hit Ontario this year can only mean one thing - it’s a good year for maple syrup.

Local businesses, municipality talk tariff tremors shaking up the nation

Midwestern Newspapers March 13, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Rural, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

The potential impact of threatened US tariffs on Canadian goods will affect businesses on both sides of the border.

Measles case reported in Huron-Perth region

Midwestern Newspapers March 5, 2025Listowel Banner, News, Wingham Advance Times

PERTH COUNTY - Huron Perth Public Health (HPPH) is reporting a case of measles in a local resident. This is the first laboratory confirmation of measles infection in Huron and Perth Counties, states a Feb. 28 press release.

Thompson elected in Huron-Bruce

Midwestern Newspapers February 27, 2025News, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

The results of the 2025 Ontario election race in the riding of Huron-Bruce has elected Lisa…

Rae re-elected in Perth-Wellington

Midwestern Newspapers February 27, 2025Listowel Banner, News

The 2025 Ontario election race in the riding of Perth-Wellington has come to an end, with Matthew Rae of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario being elected. 

Midwestern Newspapers nominated for 19 awards

Midwestern Newspapers February 27, 2025Arts & Entertainment, Listowel Banner, Local News, Rural, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

Midwestern Newspapers has been nominated for 19 Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) 2024 Better Newspapers Competition awards, the organization announced on Feb. 14. 

Shamrock Sharing 50/50 tickets now available

Midwestern Newspapers February 20, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News

Community Living North Perth recently announced that the Listowel Kinette Club’s Shamrock Sharing 50/50 tickets are now on sale, with a potential jackpot of $10,000.

Listowel store among Peavey Marts set to close

Midwestern Newspapers February 13, 2025Listowel Banner, News

The Listowel Peavey Mart location will soon be closing, along with all remaining locations across Canada.

Listowel turnbacks for Feb. 13, 2025

Midwestern Newspapers February 13, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News

TEN YEARS AGO 2015 – RBC Olympian Brian Price was on hand to help celebrate RBC’s $25,000…

Trump tariffs cause concern for North Perth economy

Midwestern Newspapers February 6, 2025Listowel Banner, News

NORTH PERTH - Mayor Todd Kasenberg says North Perth’s focus on economic development “looks particularly wise at the moment,” should the local area be impacted by the temporarily-paused imposition of a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods exported to the United States, which had been slated to go int

Turnbacks – Walkerton Herald-Times Jan. 23, 2024

Midwestern Newspapers January 30, 2025Local News, Walkerton Herald-Times

From January 18, 1995: – Heinz Ketchup $1.99; – Walkerton Council will apply to the county for…

Break and Enter charge; multiple intimate partner violence charges in Huron County

Midwestern Newspapers January 30, 2025Local News, Police, Wingham Advance Times

Huron County OPP has charged a Huron East resident following a break-in at a Huron East business property on Jan. 16, a police report confirms.

Police seeking suspect in fuel theft in Listowel; snowmobile collisions in Perth

Midwestern Newspapers January 30, 2025Listowel Banner, News, Police

LISTOWEL – Police are investigating the theft of fuel from a local gas station in Listowel. On…

Brother of pedestrian killed in collision advocates for safer mailbox position

Midwestern Newspapers January 30, 2025Listowel Banner, News, Police, Rural

On the evening of Oct. 12, 2024, 83-year-old Pat McIntosh of 7422 Highway 23 died after being struck on the two-lane provincial roadway, just north of Atwood around 8 p.m.

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“Erie Belle” blows up off Kincardine

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

McGugan briefs Huron County Council on amalgamation pitfalls

GODERICH – “The bottom line is that we expect this amalgamation to be more costly for the…

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Ruck 2 Remember launches 13th annual Road to Recovery march

WINGHAM/LISTOWEL – Ruck 2 Remember recently announced its 13th annual Road to Recovery, a four-day endurance march taking place Sept. 16–19 from Wingham to Guelph.

The Meighen and King Tour in 1926

In September 1926 the race was on to win a federal election and Perth County voters found…

See all Listowel area articles.

BGCDSB launches new office for student, family concerns

HANOVER – Parents and families will now have another step to follow when school-level concerns remain unresolved, as the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board (BGCDSB) has launched a new office to handle student and family inquiries.

Spikes for Danica returns to Mildmay fair with growing community support

MILDMAY – Mildmay’s volleyball community is preparing to honour Danica Baker for a second year in a row, with nearly 20 teams already signed up for the Spikes for Danica tournament with days still left before registration closed.

See all Mildmay area articles.

Holstein Show attracts competitors from Bruce, Grey, Huron

WALKERTON – Spectators at the 29th Bruce Grey Holstein Show held on Sept. 1 at the Walkerton Agricultural Society’s buildings watched as judge, Richard Osborne, of Hagersville, placed 105 head of Holsteins exhibited by breeders of Bruce, Grey and Huron counties.

Province urged to look at data centres locations

WALKERTON – Bruce County will have its say on a topic that has been getting plenty of news coverage in recent months – data centres.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Council approves new well at Bluevale’s Pioneer Park

Council here approved, in principle, the installation of a well at Pioneer Park in Bluevale. Next steps for this project include municipality staff seeking quotes and establishing guidelines, to be approved by council. 

Playwright Ted Johns revisits fan-favourite with Aylmer’s Ghost

The play, a two-act, one-person production, focuses on the last days of Aylmer Clarke, the protagonist of He Won’t Come In from the Barn, a play first produced by Paul Thompson at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto in 1977. 

See all Wingham area articles.

Editorial

The price of staying alive

I was six years old when I got my first insulin pump – a year after I was diagnosed with Type 1…

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Learning from Ignatieff, Pierre’s son, ‘Titanic’

“If this is the direction the rats are going, that’s good enough for me.”

Columnists

BGCDSB launches new office for student, family concerns

By Emily Bowen

HANOVER – Parents and families will now have another step to follow when school-level concerns remain unresolved, as the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board (BGCDSB) has launched a new office to handle student and family inquiries.

Council approves new well at Bluevale’s Pioneer Park

By Rachel Hammermueller

Council here approved, in principle, the installation of a well at Pioneer Park in Bluevale. Next steps for this project include municipality staff seeking quotes and establishing guidelines, to be approved by council. 

Playwright Ted Johns revisits fan-favourite with Aylmer’s Ghost

By Submitted

The play, a two-act, one-person production, focuses on the last days of Aylmer Clarke, the protagonist of He Won’t Come In from the Barn, a play first produced by Paul Thompson at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto in 1977. 

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