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100 Feline Friends Who Care work to reduce cat overpopulation, homelessness

Midwestern Newspapers June 18, 2021News

PERTH COUNTY – In the spirit of the established format of groups of 100 people forming to make a…

LGBTQ2S+ discussions in local classroom bring education full circle

Midwestern Newspapers June 18, 2021News

Throughout Pride Month, the Listowel Banner will feature a series of articles exploring the lives…

Listowel family doctor publishes penicillin allergy research in Canadian Medical Journal

Midwestern Newspapers June 17, 2021News

Dr. Gateman: ‘If you pick the right patient and the right situation, 95 per cent of people…

The impact of genocide in Canada

Midwestern Newspapers June 14, 2021News

And all of a sudden people woke up. I don’t know what type of veil was covering their eyes, or…

Garnet Jobagy finds comfort in the community of LGBTQ+ supports

Midwestern Newspapers June 11, 2021News

Throughout Pride Month, the Listowel Banner will feature a series of articles exploring the lives…

Brockton among 43 communities getting natural gas in phase 2 of expansion program

Midwestern Newspapers June 9, 2021News

BRUCE COUNTY – MPP Bill Walker, associate minister of energy, joined Premier Doug Ford on…

Ontario moving to step one of reopening plan on Friday

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TORONTO – The Ontario government announced on Monday its intention to move the province into step…

Local resident raises awareness of high cost of living for North Perth residents on fixed incomes

Midwestern Newspapers June 6, 2021News

NORTH PERTH – Brenda Brunton was tired of seeing people living on fixed incomes discussing the…

Listowel, Wingham hospitals update visitors’ guidelines

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LISTOWEL-WINGHAM – With the provincial stay-at-home order lifted, the Listowel Wingham Hospitals…

Wordofa encourages residents to roll up their sleeves, get vaccinated

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PERTH COUNTY – Gezahgn Wordofa, the founder of the Multicultural Association of Perth-Huron,…

Local resident wants more information about LGBTQ+ community available in North Perth

Midwestern Newspapers June 4, 2021News

Throughout Pride Month, the Listowel Banner will feature a series of articles exploring the lives…

North Perth Family Health Team, It Takes A Village start vaccine awareness partnership

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LISTOWEL – An initiative connecting members of the North Perth Family Health Team with It Takes a…

Premier: no in-class learning until fall

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Stay-at-home order expires but emergency orders remain in place By Jordan Snobelen, Wellington…

Golf Fore Hospice garage sale postponed to June 10-12

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WALKERTON – The 2021 Golf Fore Hospice garage and yard sale has been postponed. If health unit…

Hanover and District Hospital adjusts hours of operation for COVID-19 assessment centre 

Midwestern Newspapers June 2, 2021News

HANOVER – In response to reduced patient volumes in all COVID-19 assessment centres across the…

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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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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. 

Panthers senior beach volleyball wrap-up

LISTOWEL – Panthers senior girls volleyball teams played their final beach volleyball games…

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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. 

Teeswater arena roof repair approved as council opts for lower-cost fix

TEESWATER – A lower-cost roof repair will move ahead at the Teeswater-Culross Community Centre after council approved a $37,940 project that addresses current leaks while keeping the door open for a larger replacement if provincial funding is approved.

See all Mildmay area articles.

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. 

Steve Travale elected to the 2026/28 AMO board of directors

OTTAWA – Steve Travale, Brockton council member, has been elected to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) board of directors’ rural caucus.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

See all Wingham area articles.

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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.”

Here we go again with the value of the Sunshine List

If you read last week’s Listowel Banner you will have seen that North Perth Coun. Allan Rothwell, a retired government employee, thinks the public salary disclosure (also known as the Sunshine List) needs to be adjusted for inflation.

Columnists

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

By Rachel Hammermueller

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

By Rachel Hammermueller

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

Conservation consolidation limits representation for local counties

By Denny Scott

After months of pushback from local lower- and upper-tier councils, the Province of Ontario released the ‘Improving Ontario’s Conservation Authority System’ document, detailing the amalgamation of the province’s conservation authorities.

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