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Looking for Easter Hope

Submitted April 17, 2025Columns, Listowel Banner, Opinion

As I read the news each morning, my heart sinks within me.  There is so much hurt in the world that it often feels overwhelming.

Midwestern Newspapers lands seven top awards at provincial competition

Midwestern Newspapers April 17, 2025Arts & Entertainment, Business, Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Rural, Sports, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

Midwestern Newspapers has been recognized with seven first-place finishes in the Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) 2024 Better Newspapers Competition.

Conners takes eighth place at 89th Masters Tournament

Kelsey Bent April 17, 2025Listowel Banner, Sports

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - The 89th Masters Tournament, at the famous Augusta National Golf Club on April 10-13, included in the field, for the eighth time in his career, Corey Conners.

Request for picnic tables declined

Kelsey Bent April 17, 2025Listowel Banner, News

LISTOWEL - The Listowel Farm and Maker Market requested in a letter to council that fees associated with renting picnic tables for the event, which is to take place at Between The Lines on April 27, be waived.

Contributed photo The Minto 81’s are on their way to the national Allan Cup playoff tournament after winning the J.F. Paxton AA Championships again in the Ontario Elite Hockey League (OEHL) playoffs.

Minto 81’s aiming for national prize at Allan Cup tournament

Denny Scott April 17, 2025Listowel Banner, Sports

The Minto 81’s are heading to the national Allan Cup after winning the J.F. Paxton AA Championships again in the Ontario Elite Hockey League (OEHL) championships.

Council approves fall tree sale

Kelsey Bent April 17, 2025Listowel Banner, News

LISTOWEL - North Perth agreed to launch the Plant A Tree Grow A Future sale in the fall of 2025.

North Perth council removes regulations for taxi businesses

Kelsey Bent April 17, 2025Listowel Banner, News

LISTOWEL - Taxis and ride-sharing options could grow, as North Perth Council moved to remove regulations for taxi businesses at its April 7 meeting.

New installation of utility poles leave Howick residents, council upset

Nicole Beswitherick April 17, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Rural, Wingham Advance Times

At its April 8 meeting, council here discussed the installation of new utility poles once again in unfinished business.

Huron Perth, Ontario shows increased number of measles cases

Nicole Beswitherick April 17, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Rural, Wingham Advance Times

The Huron Perth Public Health (HPPH) Board of Health received an update on the ongoing measles outbreak at its recent meeting on April 11.

Howick passes new budget bylaw

Nicole Beswitherick April 17, 2025Listowel Banner, News, Wingham Advance Times

Council here recently passed bylaw 21-2025, being a bylaw to adopt the 2025 municipal budget, and repealed bylaw 12-2025

U15 and U13 Celtics boys wrap up season in Mitchell

Heather MacEwen April 17, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, Sports

MITCHELL – In year-end basketball play over the weekend, the U15 boys fought hard throughout all…

First Listowel all-girls basketball team places second in year-end championship

Heather MacEwen April 17, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, Sports

MITCHELL – North Perth girls league basketball wrapped up their season in Mitchell over the…

Trinity Church rummage sale; another year, another success

Heather MacEwen April 17, 2025Arts & Entertainment, Listowel Banner

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

Upcoming Glitz and Blitz Wedding and Event Expo set to dazzle and inspire at Parkview Gardens

Heather MacEwen April 17, 2025Arts & Entertainment, Listowel Banner, Local News, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

LISTOWEL – As springtime weather approaches, so does the wedding season. Lucky for brides, grooms…

Measles Vaccination Clinic in Listowel April 14

Submitted April 10, 2025Listowel Banner, News, Wingham Advance Times

Huron Perth Public Health (HPPH) is holding a measles vaccination clinic in Listowel on Monday, April 14, 2025, from 1 to 5 p.m.

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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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Library open house collects comments on forthcoming development

LISTOWEL – Members of the public were invited to voice their visions and dreams of what the Library can continue to offer to the community at an Oct. 21 open house event, ahead of the continuation of the United Housing (UH) Perth Huron’s library development project.

Cyclones win both games over weekend on home ice

LISTOWEL – The Greater Ontario Hockey League’s Listowel Cyclones played two games on home ice last weekend, coming away with two solid wins.

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Formosa resident’s years-long push for sidewalks meets uncertain future

FORMOSA – After moving to Formosa in 2020, Marleen Muldoon began asking why a stretch of sidewalk along Bruce Road 12 had disappeared and whether it would ever be replaced.

Jubilee Acres project calls it a day after 30 years

MILDMAY – It’s always a bittersweet time when a long project comes to a successful conclusion.

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Walkerton Hospital donations

The community continues to support the Walkerton and District Hospital Foundation.

Grand prize for art tour presented

WALKERTON – Walkerton’s Fish Art Walking Tour made a splash this summer, with 269 participants completing the full 12-sculpture tour as part of the Municipality of Brockton’s Find the Fish Walking Adventure.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Huron County approves 2027 fees and charges

Councils are preparing for the 2027 year through the review and adjustment of fees and services charges bylaw, which dictates and reflects current costs for the services which the county or municipality provides to residents, as well as provincial legislation and market conditions. 

Belgrave committee receives $25,000

Of the 83 rural community projects nationally, 17 are receiving funding in Ontario, according to a press release from FCC. The fund specifically, the release continues, is to “improve the spaces, services, and infrastructure people rely on every day.”

See all Wingham area articles.

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The price of staying alive

I was six years old when I got my first insulin pump – a year after I was diagnosed with Type 1…

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

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

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

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Huron County approves 2027 fees and charges

By Rachel Hammermueller

Councils are preparing for the 2027 year through the review and adjustment of fees and services charges bylaw, which dictates and reflects current costs for the services which the county or municipality provides to residents, as well as provincial legislation and market conditions. 

Belgrave committee receives $25,000

By Rachel Hammermueller

Of the 83 rural community projects nationally, 17 are receiving funding in Ontario, according to a press release from FCC. The fund specifically, the release continues, is to “improve the spaces, services, and infrastructure people rely on every day.”

Crime spree ends in two arrests following stolen vehicle in North Huron

By Submitted

Police detail in a press release that the arrests happened in North Perth, following a theft of a motor vehicle in North Huron.

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