Patrick Raftis

ATWOOD - The Canada Day parade in the village of Atwood was part of a day-long celebration of the nation on July 1. Parade floats featured plenty of flags and fun entries.

Journalists often jestingly (sort of) refer to federal and provincial freedom of information legislation as the “Freedom from Information” Act, a nod to the weeks- and months- (occasionally years) long lapses that can occur between the filing of a request and receipt of an often heavily-redacted res

As we were putting our Midwestern Newspapers publications to bed last week, the difficult news was being broken to Spinrite Inc. employees that the long-standing Listowel industry would be shutting down its local operations.

As we were putting our Midwestern Newspapers publications to bed last week, the difficult news was being broken to Spinrite Inc. employees that the long-standing Listowel industry would be shutting down its local operations.

News last week that the province’s legislators voted themselves a big raise hit with a thud in a lot of quarters.

A tragic blow to the people of Walkerton is top of mind for many across this region and beyond this…

Measles? Really? Skimming the news recently I came across a story on a Kitchener school closed for a day while local public health officials completed the required vaccination verification steps following an exposure at the school. 

Canada’s newly re-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney seems to have gained his new mandate largely on the belief among voters he is best positioned to deal with the literally existential threat posed to Canada by US President Donald Trump.