Submitted August 16, 2023Cartoons
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Veterans to be honoured in Paisley
Terry Wood and Connie Scott show the photo of their father in his Second World War uniform at his headstone in Calvary Cemetery. James Wood was born 1917 at Chesley, the son of John Wood and Anna [Zettel]. During the Second World War, Wood was a gunner with the Royal Canadian Artillery and he has a
St. Thomas’ Anglican Church chicken BBQ fast approaching
It may be a month away, but planning for the annual take-out chicken barbecue at St. Thomas’ Anglican Church is already well underway. Wednesday, Sept. 13 from 5-6:30 p.m. promises to be quite the show, orchestrated again by Bob Foreman and his crew. The popular take-out chicken meal includes colesl
Local unemployment rate drops to 4.3 per cent in July
The local unemployment rate continues to drop, according to data released last week by the Four County Labour Market Planning Board.
Perth County celebrates Cultivating Opportunity grant recipients
Each year, Perth County council awards grant funding through the Cultivating Opportunity grant program. Earlier this summer, Warden Rhonda Ehgoetz travelled around Perth County to present cheques and to congratulate the successful recipients of the 2023 Cultivating Opportunity grants.
Polarized people
There is a saying that opposites attract. We know this saying is true if you’re working with magnets. However, with people and relationships, it is complicated.
Perth County’s female entrepreneurs
Female entrepreneurs set up shop across Perth County in its early years. Independent women knew that ingenuity and hard work would result in, if not wealth, at least a comfortable life.
Memories of Wingham: John McDowell – Part II
The practice of mixed farming in the 1940s and ‘50s was, at times, a very “risky business.”
Acknowledge the wrong, take steps to repair and forgive
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Matthew 5:9.
Perth County centennial celebration
In the summer of 1953, Perth County celebrated one hundred years of existence as an independent municipality. In the days leading up to a grand anniversary party, the Stratford newspaper traced the county’s history back to the 1820s when the Canada Company hacked a road through the Huron Tract and b
Empowerment
Friends, It wasn’t until It Takes A Village started several years ago, that I personally began to better understand the ways in which women in our community are exploited and live in fear for their safety and wellbeing.
Strolling down Memory Lane with the Walkerton Horticultural Society
This is the ninth in a series of garden articles from the early 2000s about Walkerton Horticultural Society activities, in loving memory of longstanding society president, Nancy Bajurny who was always dedicated to beautifying our town.
