Ahead of Ontario Agriculture Week (Oct. 3-9), the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre presents its new fall exhibit, Farm Fresh, exploring the history of agriculture in Bruce County.
Stout ‘n Kraut returns to Mildmay
Mildmay’s Bavarian street festival, Stout ‘n Kraut, is returning this year.
Southampton’s ‘boys of summer’ won big in the 1930s
Our story starts in the “Dirty Thirties,” when factories closed, summer visitors dwindled, and the lamprey eel was the bane of fishermen.
Issues that matter to students
High schools usually have their own sort of community, and in that community there are various different problems. The question is: out of these problems, which issues matter most to the students that live with them every day?
Listowel Minor Baseball Association – 2022 Awards Banquet
The Listowel Minor Baseball Association held its annual awards banquet at Parkview Gardens on Sept. 23, honouring its top players from each team for the recent summer campaign.
Fifty Archives Treasures: History behind James Reaney’s ALPHABET magazine
In September 1960, ALPHABET magazine announced itself as “A Semiannual Devoted to the Iconography of the Imagination.”
Humane Society partners with county fire departments on emergency pet decal
The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth (HSKWSP) has partnered with fire departments across Perth County to launch an emergency decal to help keep pets safe in the event of a fire or another life-threatening emergency.
Listowel resident remembers encounter with the Queen
Listowel resident Bob Tanner recalls an encounter with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during a trip to Nassau, Bahamas in 1966. “When I arrived at the airport, they gave me a sticker saying ‘Royal Visit ‘66’ – I thought nothing of it,” said Tanner. Unbeknownst to him, the Queen and Prince Phil
11U Legionnaires raise $1,500 for local dancers
Not only did the Listowel OBA 11U Legionnaires capture the provincial baseball championship earlier this month, but the club also managed to raise $1,500 for the group of Listowel School of Dance Team Canada members headed overseas later this year for competition. Donations came from the team’s fami
Stratford-Perth Pride seeks volunteers to plan inaugural Trans Pride Week
Stratford-Perth Pride is looking for community members and organizations to help plan Perth County’s first Trans Pride Week in November.
Fifty Archives Treasures: Recounting the Queen’s 1959 visit to Stratford
Many have paused recently to watch live television broadcasts of rituals and other observances of respect marking the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
South Bruce 4-H Club Achievement Day Show hosted at Mildmay-Carrick Fall Fair
The South Bruce Dairy Club held its final meeting of the year on Aug. 20 at the Teeswater Fall Fair.
ROI announces new members to board of directors
The board of directors of the Rural Ontario Institute (ROI) has announced the appointment of AJ Adams, Chris Wray and Graham Hoogterp as ROI directors.
