The Listowel Celtics travel basketball teams kicked off their 2024-2025 season with many teams playing regionally over the weekend.
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Listowel Lightning travel to York University
The Lightning Girls Hockey Team travelled to York University to take part in their annual All Canadian Classic Tournament in Vaughan last week over Feb 5 - 6.
Smoke and mirrors
Don’t be fooled by what you are being shown on mainstream media right now. Along with the smoke,…
No more affectionate ‘Irish Eyes’ duets
Despite the talk about the wonderful history of friendship between Canada and the United States,…
Listowel junior curlers travel for bonspiels
This past weekend was filled with fun and successful opportunities for Listowel junior curlers.
National Flag of Canada Day
February 15 has been celebrated as National Flag of Canada Day since 1996. That date marks the…
Kin Cares, Westfield to host free community clothing boutique
Kin Cares is kicking off its third year of community service with a new event, a free to give, free to take, community clothing boutique, hosted with North Perth Westfield Elementary School on Feb. 15.
Time to compartmentalize
Normally I am among those who are least likely to be sympathetic to folks who don’t engage during…
Candidate slate grows as nomination close approaches
With election day two weeks away, local candidates are putting their names to paper to officially register for the upcoming provincial election.
Perth resident victim of text scam; police warn of romance scams
PERTH COUNTY – A parent in West Perth has been defrauded through a text scam, a police report…
North Perth looking into providing funds for physician recruitment housing
Council here has directed staff to gather insight and strategic initiatives to see if providing $50,000 annually to the North Perth Physician Recruitment Committee would be ideal.
Listowel turnbacks for Feb. 13, 2025
TEN YEARS AGO 2015 – RBC Olympian Brian Price was on hand to help celebrate RBC’s $25,000…
Perth County accepts 20 planting applications worth over $151K through stewardship program
Two years running, the Perth County Stewardship Program has exceeded expectations, thus resulting in the planting of more trees across the county.
It Takes A Village hosts annual This is Home 24-hour event
LISTOWEL – It Takes A Village held it’s annual This is Home event Feb. 8-9 at the Blue Box…
AMDSB attendance report: 59.6% of students are meeting ministry’s attendance expectation of 90%
A report presented to the Avon Maitland District School Board informed trustees that the Ministry of Education has asked school boards to publicly report on school attendance, with the expectation that every student should strive for 90 per cent attendance.
