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North Perth resident accused of assaulting police while in custody

Mike Wilson September 17, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

PERTH COUNTY – A North Perth resident is facing multiple charges after allegedly assaulting…

Green Cloud Cannabis dispensary now open in downtown Listowel

Chris Daponte September 11, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

Wait over for recreational users as The Green Cloud Cannabis has AGCO application approved LISTOWEL…

Election speculation season begins with top contenders in dead heat

Mike Wilson September 10, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

VANCOUVER – Less than two weeks from a scheduled re-opening of Parliament with a Speech from the…

Four people arrested, charged for drug possession in Listowel

Mike Wilson September 10, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

LISTOWEL – A traffic stop resulted in drug charges for four people in Listowel. Just after 4 p.m.…

Province pauses COVID-19 reopening plan

Mike Wilson September 9, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

TORONTO – The province is putting a four-week hold on further steps in its COVID-19 reopening…

Driver charged in fatal crash at ‘S-bend’ near Teviotdale

Mike Wilson September 9, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

By Chris Daptone Wellington Advertiser NORTH PERTH – Police have now charged a driver involved in…

OPP: Criminal record check applications moved to online-only format moving forward

Mike Wilson August 21, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

PERTH COUNTY – Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is advising the public of a new,…

OUT FOR A RIP: Suspects on ATV damage cornfield in North Perth

Mike Wilson August 21, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

NORTH PERTH – Perth County OPP are investigating damage at a rural property in North Perth, as…

Fatal accident at ‘S-Bend’ renews calls for improvements at intersection in North Perth

Mike Wilson August 20, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

NORTH PERTH – Some Wellington County politicians and residents are urging Perth County to revisit…

Clifford man killed in crash near Harriston

Mike Wilson August 19, 2020Independent Plus, Local News, News

HOWICK – Emergency personnel are currently on scene of a two-vehicle crash west of Harriston that…

Woman dead, two injured after crash between SUV, tractor trailer

Mike Wilson August 11, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

By Chris Daponte Wellington Advertiser NORTH PERTH – A Caledon woman is dead and two others were…

Police investigating theft from shed in Gowanstown

Mike Wilson August 6, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

GOWANSTOWN – Police are investigating a break, enter and theft that took place in Gowanstown last…

Howick man loses over $50,000 in Bitcoin scam

Mike Wilson August 6, 2020Independent Plus, Local News, News

HOWICK TOWNSHIP –  A Howick Township man lost more than $50,000 in a recent social insurance…

Tires, rims stolen from back of pick-up truck in Listowel

Mike Wilson August 6, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

LISTOWEL – Thieves have stolen a set of tires and rims from the box of a pick-up truck that was…

Drayton Entertainment cancels remainder of 2020 season

Mike Wilson August 5, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

CAMBRIDGE – Drayton Entertainment has cancelled the remainder of their 2020 season due to the…

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“Erie Belle” blows up off Kincardine

KINCARDINE - On Nov. 21, 1883 the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine.

McGugan briefs Huron County Council on amalgamation pitfalls

GODERICH – “The bottom line is that we expect this amalgamation to be more costly for the…

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Panthers senior beach volleyball wrap-up

LISTOWEL – Panthers senior girls volleyball teams played their final beach volleyball games…

2026 Hayloft Music Festival

To access this post, you must purchase Digital Subscription - Monthly or Digital…

See all Listowel area articles.

Teeswater arena roof repair approved as council opts for lower-cost fix

TEESWATER – A lower-cost roof repair will move ahead at the Teeswater-Culross Community Centre after council approved a $37,940 project that addresses current leaks while keeping the door open for a larger replacement if provincial funding is approved.

Tentative agreement reached for school bus contract negotiations

BRUCE COUNTY – Families across Grey-Bruce, weeks before school was set to start, have been told a contract has been reached regarding bus services for students.

See all Mildmay area articles.

Steve Travale elected to the 2026/28 AMO board of directors

OTTAWA – Steve Travale, Brockton council member, has been elected to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) board of directors’ rural caucus.

Peabody ‘not giving up’ on court security cost issue

WALKERTON – The mayor of Brockton, Chris Peabody, had promised months ago – at the April 14 council meeting, to be exact – to bring the matter of court security costs to this year’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference in Ottawa.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

See all Wingham area articles.

Editorial

Learning from Ignatieff, Pierre’s son, ‘Titanic’

“If this is the direction the rats are going, that’s good enough for me.”

Here we go again with the value of the Sunshine List

If you read last week’s Listowel Banner you will have seen that North Perth Coun. Allan Rothwell, a retired government employee, thinks the public salary disclosure (also known as the Sunshine List) needs to be adjusted for inflation.

Community newspaper publishers need fair rates, quality service from Canada Post

Community newspaper publishers are asking the Honourable Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and Québec Lieutenant, to direct Canada Post to offer publishers the same rate it offers to the country’s dominant flyer printer.

Columnists

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

By Rachel Hammermueller

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

By Rachel Hammermueller

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

Steve Travale elected to the 2026/28 AMO board of directors

By Pauline Kerr

OTTAWA – Steve Travale, Brockton council member, has been elected to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) board of directors’ rural caucus.

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