• Local
    • Independent Plus
    • Listowel Banner
    • Walkerton Herald-Times
    • Wingham Advance Times
  • Opinion
    • Letters
    • Editorials
    • Columnists
    • Cartoons
    • Submit Letter
  • Police
  • Sports
    • Submit Sports
  • A & E
  • Rural
  • Business
  • Obituaries
    • Submit a Family Ad

Your browser is not supported

Your browser is too old. To use this website, please use Chrome or Firefox.

×
Login
  • Local
    • Independent Plus
    • Listowel Banner
    • Walkerton Herald-Times
    • Wingham Advance Times
  • Opinion
    • Letters
    • Editorials
    • Columnists
    • Cartoons
    • Submit Letter
  • Police
  • Sports
    • Submit Sports
  • A & E
  • Rural
  • Business
  • Obituaries
    • Submit a Family Ad
Community News
Midwestern Newspapers Logo
  • Wednesday, March 25, 2026
  • Submit News + Ads
  • Subscribe
  • Sections
  • Search
  • Wednesday, March 25, 2026
  • Submit News + Ads
  • Subscribe
  • Login
 
Midwestern Newspapers Logo
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
  • Local
    • Independent Plus
    • Listowel Banner
    • Walkerton Herald-Times
    • Wingham Advance Times
  • Opinion
    • Letters
    • Editorials
    • Columnists
    • Cartoons
    • Submit Letter
  • Police
  • Sports
    • Submit Sports
  • A & E
  • Rural
  • Business
  • Obituaries
    • Submit a Family Ad
  • Local
    • Independent Plus
    • Listowel Banner
    • Walkerton Herald-Times
    • Wingham Advance Times
  • Opinion
    • Letters
    • Editorials
    • Columnists
    • Cartoons
    • Submit Letter
  • Police
  • Sports
    • Submit Sports
  • A & E
  • Rural
  • Business
  • Obituaries
    • Submit a Family Ad

Pauline Kerr

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Pauline Kerr is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with the Walkerton Herald-Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.

SVCA board holds AGM in restored Formosa administrative centre

Pauline Kerr January 23, 2025Local News, Rural, Walkerton Herald-Times

With a few signs of damage still visible on the soffit above the front door, Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority welcomed board members and guests to the annual meeting, held at the administrative centre.

Brockton mayor says this year’s ROMA conference ‘very productive’

Pauline Kerr January 23, 2025Local News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody has been part of the Bruce County delegation and has led the Brockton delegation at this year’s Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference, Jan. 19-21.

Finding answers to rural health-care crisis

Pauline Kerr January 23, 2025Columns, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

Desperation makes people do crazy things – like driving for miles in a snowstorm, and standing in a lineup, outside, in the snow, that snakes around the block – to see if you can sign up for a family doctor.

Over one thousand line up to sign up for new family doctor

Pauline Kerr January 23, 2025Listowel Banner, News, Rural, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

A thousand people who live within 100 kilometres of Walkerton now have a family doctor.

Bruce County Council approves 4.92 per cent tax rate increase

Pauline Kerr January 16, 2025Local News, Walkerton Herald-Times

County council has approved the proposed 2025 budget, which will see a 4.92 per cent tax increase over last year, or $59 for the average household.

Councillors concerned with proposed flood plain location of BESS facility

Pauline Kerr January 16, 2025Local News, Walkerton Herald-Times

A presentation on the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Tara on Jan. 9 ended with a several members of county council expressing concerns over the flood plain location of the facility.

County supports Kincardine resolution on taxation of electricity industry properties

Pauline Kerr January 16, 2025Local News, Walkerton Herald-Times

At the suggestion of Warden Luke Charbonneau (Saugeen Shores) at the Jan. 9 council meeting, Bruce County council supported a Kincardine resolution calling for fair assessment of electricity industry properties.

Peabody: Still a lot of work to do on Brockton 2025 budget

Pauline Kerr January 16, 2025Local News, Walkerton Herald-Times

After one full budget meeting and with no anticipation of a resolution in the second scheduled meeting, Mayor Chris Peabody said there’s still a lot of work to do before the 2025 municipal budget is ready to be approved.

SVCA offices open again after Oct. 6 lightning strike

Pauline Kerr January 16, 2025Local News, Walkerton Herald-Times

As of Monday, Jan. 13, Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority resumed normal operations at its administrative centre in Formosa.

Blame it on Trudeau …

Pauline Kerr January 16, 2025Columns, Listowel Banner, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

For at least the past couple of years, a space alien listening to all the talk about Justin Trudeau…

Walkerton Legion, Municipality of Brockton, partner for traditional New Year’s levee

Pauline Kerr January 9, 2025News, Walkerton Herald-Times

WALKERTON - The annual New Year’s levee at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 102 in Walkerton got 2025 off to a promising start.

Let us look at 2025 with optimism

Pauline Kerr January 9, 2025Columns, Listowel Banner, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

The dawn of a new year always brings a mix of dread and optimism.

Report provides update on Bruce C project

Pauline Kerr January 9, 2025Business, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

BRUCE COUNTY - Claire Dodds, commissioner of community development, presented a report on the status of the Bruce C project to Bruce County council on Dec. 19.

Realtors seek more balance in Official Plan

Pauline Kerr January 9, 2025News, Walkerton Herald-Times

BRUCE COUNTY - Jennifer Morley, president elect, and Mark Wunderlich, OnePoint Association of Realtors, made a presentation to Bruce County council on Dec. 19, to endorse and express strong support for South Bruce Peninsula’s motion on the draft Bruce County Official Plan (OP).

Bruce Spark Program funds three tourism innovators

Pauline Kerr December 26, 2024Local News, Walkerton Herald-Times

On Nov. 26, Bruce County celebrated local tourism innovators and entrepreneurs for the sixth annual Bruce County Spark Program.

  • «
  • 1
  • …
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • …
  • 132
  • »

Select Your Region

Bears that Care: spreading compassion for kids

The Listowel Memorial Hospital and North Perth Fire Department received special deliveries on March…

Local band, Hitched, celebrate Paddyfest with intimate show at The Back 9

Local band Hitched played to an intimate, sold-out crowd at The Back 9 on March. 14. Consisting of…

See all Listowel area articles.

Walkerton Herald-Times March 19 Turnbacks

From March 11, 1987.

Consider the people who conduct the rescue

Bravo to the first responders who rescued the 23 ice fishermen who ran into trouble recently on Georgian Bay when the ice started breaking up.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Huron County Council gives no direction regarding contested roundabout

Huron County Council received a report regarding the contested intersection of County Road 83 and Airport Line, which was originally slated to be re-engineered as a roundabout, but council voted to remove the project from the 2026 budget.

CIP grant will enhance accessibility

A new Wingham business, Life on a Footstool, was awarded a Community Improvement Program (CIP) grant by North Huron Council for $2,168.55 to help improve the façade and upgrade accessibility access.

See all Wingham area articles.

Editorial

From lived experience to lasting support – putting farmer mental health first

In March 2019, my husband Brian and I began milking cows in our new dairy barn near Cannington in Durham Region.

How did we get here?

The North Huron community is reeling from the news a council member was hospitalized with injuries suffered in an altercation following the Feb. 17 council meeting.

The horizon looms

It is a good news story that the Avon Maitland District School Board (AMDSB) trustees adopted their 2026 budget late last month, but it doesn’t line up with what is on the horizon. 

Columnists

Huron County Council gives no direction regarding contested roundabout

By Denny Scott

Huron County Council received a report regarding the contested intersection of County Road 83 and Airport Line, which was originally slated to be re-engineered as a roundabout, but council voted to remove the project from the 2026 budget.

Pretty plants, ugly outcomes: The high cost of invasive species

By Cory Bilyea

HURON/PERTH - Periwinkle, English ivy and goutweed look harmless in a backyard bed, but once they reach nearby woods, they can blanket acres. Maitland Conservation Ecologist Erin Gouthro explains how invasive species damage local forests and streams, and how to dispose of “problem plants” safely.

CIP grant will enhance accessibility

By Cory Bilyea

A new Wingham business, Life on a Footstool, was awarded a Community Improvement Program (CIP) grant by North Huron Council for $2,168.55 to help improve the façade and upgrade accessibility access.

  • News
    • Local News
    • Police
    • Sports
    • Rural
    • Arts & Entertainment
    • Business
  • Opinion
    • Letters
    • Columnists
    • Submit Letter
  • Community
    • Obituaries
    • Family Ad Submission
  • More
    • Facebook
    • Twitter

Subscribe for Full Access.

Subscribe
Connect with us
Contact Us
  • Contact
  • Our Team
  • Home Delivery Issues
  • Submit News

185 Wallace Ave., Listowel, ON N4W 1K8. © All materials copyright Midwestern Newspapers, 2006-2026. Photographs and text found here may not be used for any purpose whatsoever without express permission. If you need something, please ask. Your feedback is welcome. Please direct comments, questions or suggestions to mwilson@midwesternnewspapers.com

Canada
  • Site Feedback
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Editorial Policy
  • Advertising
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok