The Blyth Festival Art Gallery’s season finale Body Doubles, by Amanda Baron, explores the tension between memory, inner experience and physical form.
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Frosty Queen holds annual car show
Frosty Queen held its final car show of the 2025 season on Aug. 14.
Author details caregiving, mother-daughter relationship and intricacies in new book
Author and Perth County-native Donna Costa released her newest book Aug. 1, a memoir, documenting and illustrating her experience caring for her mother living with Alzheimer’s.
Preparations begin for Blyth’s 150th
Two years before the first parade float rolls down Queen Street, Blyth is already dreaming big.
North Perth Cruisers Retro Revival Series continues to grow
A large crowd came out to the North Perth Cruisers Retro Revival Friday Series held at the Canadian…
Yesterday Once More goes back to the ‘70s
DRAYTON – As someone whose teen years happened during the 1970s, I was really looking forward to…
Block party helps to kick-off Listowel 150th celebrations
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Rae presents King Charles III Coronation Medal to Vince Judge
Matthew Rae, MPP for Perth-Wellington, had the honour of presenting the prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal to Listowel resident Vince Judge on the afternoon of August 2, 2025.
Upcoming Perth County Plowing Match a unique local event Aug. 23
The Perth County Plowing Match is scheduled for Aug. 23, at 7040 Road 154, Atwood, on the farm of Sherry and Scott Dallner.
Karli June, Listowel-born country artist continues to rise
Hot off of Boots and Hearts Music Festival, Karli talks love, motherhood and core memories of her hometown
Hayloft Music Festival has ‘incredible turnout’ in its first year
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North Perth firefighters visit library for special afternoon of emergency awareness
Firefighter Regan O’Brien and Fire Prevention Officer Scott Wolske demonstrated all the equipment firefighters use when they gear up quickly for a call.
Fun and games at the Listowel 150th
From the Listowel District Secondary School reunion to activities at memorial park, there was plenty of fun to be had as part of the Listowel 150th celebration over the weekend.
Inaugural Hayloft Music Festival has ‘incredible turnout’
LISTOWEL - The first-ever Hayloft Music Festival was held at the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex in Listowel on Aug. 2.
Order of Canada Officer Hinton-Davis at helm of ‘Powers and Gloria’
The Blyth Festival’s remounting of the 2005 production Powers and Gloria represented the first chance for Order of Canada recipient and well-known Canadian theatre icon Peter Hinton-Davis.
