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As much as Canada Day festivities are without question the most anticipated time of the year for residents of Atwood, nipping right at its heels in terms of popularity would be the Witches Walk.

“We are in a fall wave of COVID-19 but I just want to point out how different it feels,” Huron Perth Public Health (HPPH) Medical Officer of Health and CEO, Dr. Miriam Klassen, told the Board of Health on Oct. 13.

The way voters choose members of North Perth municipal council in the next election could change drastically.

The LDSS junior boys (1-1) opened their 2023 fall Huron-Perth volleyball season with a win and a loss on Oct. 5 in Listowel, taking their opener in straight sets over Goderich before losing 2-1 to St. Marys later in the afternoon

The Listowel Cyclones were finally able to tarnish the undefeated record of the Elmira Sugar Kings on Saturday night, handing the Midwestern Conference’s top club its first loss of the 2023-24 GOJHL campaign.

Area farmers are busy contending with the fall harvest, including crews at Marmeadow Farms east of Britton, pictured recently taking off a corn sileage crop. Farmers ask motorists to be patient during the coming weeks, as slow-moving agricultural vehicles will be prevalent on roadways.

Before the invention of radio, television and the internet, people would travel to towns and cities to do recitations for the residents of the area. They would read from authors such as Dickens and Shakespeare. A number of them came through Perth County in the mid-to-late 1800s and into the turn of

The Agriculture Specialist High Skills Major program at Listowel District Secondary School received a $1,000 donation from Farm Credit Canada during Ontario Agriculture Week on Oct. 5. The growing program has over 40 grade 11 and 12 students, and emphasizes getting students out into the community to

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After months of closure, the construction rehabilitation of Elma Street West between Wallace Avenue South and Victoria Avenue South appears to be coming to an end with the paving process commencing last week. The project was initially slated for completion in October.

Council received good news relating to recent engineering proposals, as Manager of Public Works Lyndon Kowch stated they came in under budget.

An integral part of any community’s economic growth and prosperity can be found within its small business sector.

North Perth council does not plan to let up on their petition to limit vehicle speed in Kurtsville.