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Ontario government proposes changes to long-term care funding

Mike Wilson July 17, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

New funding model designed to expedite new builds/redevelopments, upgrades including air…

Minto reopens playgrounds, plans for office reopening

Mike Wilson July 17, 2020Independent Plus, News

MINTO – All playgrounds in Minto are now open and town officials say the municipal office will…

Woman charged after breaking into rural North Perth home

Mike Wilson July 15, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

NORTH PERTH – A woman is facing charges after she allegedly broke into a house during a recent…

Region to enter Stage 3 on Friday

Mike Wilson July 13, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Limit on indoor gatherings increasing to 50; theatres, dine-in restaurants allowed to reopen…

Driver charged after tractor takes down hydro lines on Highway 23

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

NORTH PERTH – An Owen Sound driver has been charged after the tractor they were operating pulled…

Palmerston Lions Club to hold bottle drive on July 25

Mike Wilson July 10, 2020Independent Plus, Local News

PALMERSTON – The Palmerston Lions Club will be holding a returnable bottle and can drive on…

One-third of region’s workers underutilized, says Statistics Canada

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

WALKERTON – According to new data from Statistics Canada and the Four County Labour Market…

Local municipalities issue burn bans

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

MIDWESTERN ONTARIO – Several local municipalities have issued open-air burn bans as a result of…

July 4 collision in Perth East injures 2, kills horse

Mike Wilson July 8, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

PERTH EAST – Two people were injured after their car struck and killed a horse that was running…

Perth County OPP looking to speak with driver of suspicious vehicle

Mike Wilson July 1, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

NORTH PERTH – The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are looking to speak with the…

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair cancelled due to COVID-19

Mike Wilson June 24, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

TORONTO – Organizers have cancelled this year’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, but promise it…

Ontario extends emergency declaration to July 15

Mike Wilson June 24, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

TORONTO ― The Ontario government has extended the current state of emergency to July 15 – and…

Province asks school boards to plan for all scenarios come September

Mike Wilson June 19, 2020Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

School boards will be able to decide a plan that works best for their students, staff based on…

Lucknow’s Music in the Fields cancelled, returning in 2021

Mike Wilson June 10, 2020Independent Plus, Local News, News

LUCKNOW – One of the biggest events in Bruce County this summer is the latest event to be…

UPDATED: Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health issues order requiring facemasks in all businesses

Mike Wilson June 10, 2020Independent Plus, Local News, News

Businesses must also provide hand sanitizer to be used by all customers entering/exiting businesses…

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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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