The Rotary Club of Walkerton recently held its seventh drawing of the Walkerton lottery. Rotarians Nina McTeer, Flo Gutscher, Rose Austin and Tom Traversy conducted the draws. Winners include Kim Taylor ($1,000), Mary Jane Sayles ($500), Jackie Hofmann ($300), Emily Meyer ($250), Larry and Ruth Barr
‘Life is good’: Remembering Dr. Robert James (RJ) Creighton
Dr. RJ Creighton passed away peacefully as the afternoon sun came out on Sunday, March 20, 2022. He was 88.
Live theatre is back on four local stages
Open the doors and cue the stage lights! Drayton Entertainment will finally welcome audiences back to all of its theatres across the province this year including four local venues – the Drayton Festival Theatre in Drayton, Hamilton Family Theatre in Cambridge, St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, and Schoo
NWMO donates $3,500 to the Teeswater-Culross Firefighters Association
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has donated $3,500 to the Teeswater-Culross Firefighters Association to support ongoing equipment upgrades. The donation will help support the purchase of additional equipment, training materials and tooling.
Striving for the ‘perfect’ diet for a healthy life
A statistic: 69 per cent of what Americans eat has no nutrition. Canadians are better at 54 per cent with no nutrition.
Clinton, Kincardine minor baseball camps return in 2022
Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb announced last week the eighth annual Clinton Minor Baseball Camp and the fifth annual Kincardine Minor Baseball Camp are back on this summer after a two-year hiatus.
Study: Half of Canadians say their mental health has worsened during COVID
As Canadians hold onto hope that COVID-19 case totals will continue to trend downward, many are looking forward to a less stressful time in their lives.
Britespan supports Wingham hospital with $8,000 donation
The Wingham and District Hospital Foundation has received a donation of $8,000 from the team at Britespan Building Systems Inc. that will go towards updating the staff locker room.
Paddyfest squash tournament held March 12
The Listowel Squash Courts hosted a Paddyfest squash tournament on March 12, with Greg Ford and Dave Dickey pictured above playing in the final game.
Ward & Uptigrove celebrates United Way workplace campaign results
Ward & Uptigrove Chartered Professional Accountants in Listowel celebrated the results of another successful workplace campaign in support of United Way Perth-Huron’s (UWPH) work in the community.
Fifty Archives Treasures: Urquhart family diaries
This is the tenth of a continuing series of articles celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stratford-Perth Archives and its treasures.
$33,200 Trillium Grant assists the Walkerton Golf and Curling Club
On March 18, Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson stopped by the Walkerton Golf and Curling Club to meet with representatives to hear about the impact that a $33,200 Community Building Fund grant has had on curling in the community since the Club received it last year.
Chesley resident wins $104K in Lotto 6/49 draw
Philip Jackman of Chesley won $104,529.20 in the Jan. 26 Lotto 6/49 draw. The 55-year-old was shocked to realize he was a big winner. He plans to finish building his house, invest some, and take a trip to Jamaica. The winning ticket was purchased at Petro Canada on Kennedy Road in Scarborough.
