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Columns

A killer disease makes a return run – measles

Pauline Kerr March 7, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Anyone planning to travel over Spring Break is being advised to make sure they and their children are properly immunized. We are not talking about visiting some exotic location; we are talking south Florida. And we are not talking about a rare, new disease; we are talking about measles.

Still waiting to hear back…

Letters to the Editor March 7, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

It took 11 months and numerous calls to Service Canada for me to start receiving OAS (Old Age Security) so I sent an email to MP Ben Lobb, only to get a response that my email had been received.

Pieces of the past: March comes in like a lion in the early 1900s

Kelsey Bent March 7, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

You have likely heard the saying, “If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb.” 

Four years in the making

Kelsey Bent March 7, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

This is my reminder to challenge myself more often. 

Let’s explore our heritage together

Jessica Carter March 7, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner

My name is Jessica Carter and I am a legend. A historic figure.

‘Despicable acknowledgement’ to DGR delegation

Letters to the Editor March 7, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

What a despicable acknowledgement to the delegation at the council meeting in South Bruce held on Feb. 26, 2024. 

Federal election 2025 is closer than we think

Pauline Kerr February 29, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Some things are mystifying. One is why we blame whatever government is in power for whatever it is that we find annoying, disturbing, frustrating or too expensive.

Pieces of the past: Leap year edition

Kelsey Bent February 29, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

If you are reading this on the date of publishing, Happy Leap Day!

The foundation of exercise – stability

AIDEN HINSPERGER February 29, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Does performing daily tasks leave you with muscle pain, aches, or stiffness? Why does this happen? One possibility is that for many people, they lack the necessary stability to effectively perform these tasks.

Thomas James Smith and 60 Bay St.

Betty Jo Belton February 29, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner

Do you recognize any of the people in this photograph?

There’s an economic storm brewing

Frank Stronach February 29, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

No one likes being the bearer of bad news, but I truly believe with every bone in my body, that we’re headed for some severe times in the years ahead.

From the Minister’s Desk: Everyone is invited to live out Jesus’s invitation to follow

NANCY FREY February 29, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner

The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” (John 1:43)

Ambidexterity – all in the family?

Dan McNee February 29, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Leonardo da Vinci is said to have been able to draw his brilliant works of art with his right hand, and then effortlessly switch to his left when it came time to write down his countless theories or draft another engineering plan that were centuries ahead of their time.

Free parking happens only in Monopoly

Pauline Kerr February 22, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

The “free parking” square on the Monopoly board tends to be a favourite, especially for those whose opponents like to pile houses and hotels on their properties, and rake in horrendously huge rents – almost like real life.

Violence is never ‘senseless’

Kelsey Bent February 22, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Initially when the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl, I decided I wouldn’t write a column about it so as to not come across as bragging. 

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Select Your Region

Local indoor yard sale approaching finale after 35 years

LISTOWEL – A popular long-running indoor yard sale is set to draw to a close with its final sale…

Crime Stoppers Huron Perth looking for board members

Crime Stoppers is on the hunt for new board members, and more representation from across the two counties.

See all Listowel area articles.

Council learns about development charges, Coun. Goetz against them

During a special educational council meeting focused on development charges, South Bruce Coun. Jeff Goetz railed against the implementation of such charges.

The Un-credible Trump

Canada’s newly re-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney seems to have gained his new mandate largely on the belief among voters he is best positioned to deal with the literally existential threat posed to Canada by US President Donald Trump.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Co-ed Wooden Bat Baseball Tournament held at Bluevale ball park

Bluevale Community Committee members Wayne Whalen and Tyler Hallahan held a Co-ed Wooden Bat…

McHappy Day in Wingham saw local names participating in this year’s fundraising event

Several local volunteers joined the Josephine Street location to help with the single largest McDonald’s fundraising day of the year.

See all Wingham area articles.

Editorial

We cannot overlook our own issues

The recent federal election had the highest voter turnout in decades. It seems Canadians took notice when the American president took to sniping at our prime minister, calling him Governor Trudeau, and Canada the 51st state.

Fort44 in Teeswater is focused on the local connection

On Clinton Street, Fort44 Inc.’s office sits just beyond the 44th parallel – a geographical nod to the IT company’s local mentality. 

A glimpse of The Great War through the headlines of Perth County 

 The town of Listowel was a young 39-year-old when WWI broke out in Europe, and those living among the quiet pastoral fields of Perth County and the many communities within it sent their loved ones to places unknown for King and country, their lives immortalized by ink on page. 

Columnists

Co-ed Wooden Bat Baseball Tournament held at Bluevale ball park

By Cory Bilyea

Bluevale Community Committee members Wayne Whalen and Tyler Hallahan held a Co-ed Wooden Bat…

McHappy Day in Wingham saw local names participating in this year’s fundraising event

By Cory Bilyea

Several local volunteers joined the Josephine Street location to help with the single largest McDonald’s fundraising day of the year.

Local indoor yard sale approaching finale after 35 years

By Heather MacEwen

LISTOWEL – A popular long-running indoor yard sale is set to draw to a close with its final sale…

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