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Pop-up to provide local shoppers with a special experience

Mike Wilson November 15, 2019Business, Independent Plus, Local News

ARTHUR – A special holiday shopping experience is set to come to Arthur Nov. 23-24. A temporary…

Rural broadband, attracting labour force among priorities for Perth-Wellington MP John Nater

Mike Wilson October 31, 2019Independent Plus, Local News, News

PERTH-WELLINGTON – Conservative John Nater was overwhelmingly re-elected as the Member of…

Experiencing Minto Fire’s training exercise from a different perspective

Mike Wilson July 18, 2019Independent Plus, Local News, Opinion

Mike Wilson shadowed Minto firefighters during their July 11 mass search and rescue training The…

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Editorial

Who is afraid of Mark Carney?

I’ve got a bad habit of doing this, but I’m going to add a provision to this editorial before we even get into it and break the rules right away and tell you my political leanings. I’m pretty much dead in the centre most days. So I can usually find common grounds, politically, with most people most

One of these things is not like the other

Ontario has a new government. Although it may look a lot like the old one, there are profound differences.

What was the point?

So what did that accomplish?

Columnists

School nutrition program vital for students learning

By Pauline Kerr

Hungry kids can’t learn properly. That was the message delivered by Bev Gateman, VON community development co-ordinator in Grey-Bruce for the Ontario Student Nutrition Program, when she presented the 2023-2024 annual report to Bruce County council at the March 6 meeting.

Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody weighs in on tariff situation

By Pauline Kerr

As the American-initiated trade war ramps up, local industries and businesses are already feeling the impact, according to Mayor Chris Peabody.

Two rescued from Maitland River during a flash flood

By Submitted

Two Central Huron residents were rescued after being stranded in their tractor in the Maitland River on Mar. 6, a police report states.