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It’s not often that you see Maple Leafs and Canadiens fans, or Flyers and Penguins fans, getting along, but that was the case on Saturday night at Parkview Gardens. ‘Remember ’59 – A Hockey Party’ was just that – a party – with more than 200 people in attendance all wearing their favourite hockey je

The Listowel Lions Club hosted a bottle drive on Saturday, Oct. 14 at the corner of Wallace Avenue North and Inkerman Street West. Proceeds from the drive will be used by the club for community betterment projects. Pictured: Lions Nicole Boneschansker, left, and Cathy Lago with some of the empties r

The Listowel Salvation Army Family Services branch is inviting the public to attend a community information night this coming Monday, Oct. 23.

Staff and board members at the North Perth Community Hospice (NPCH) were thrilled last year when a trio of Listowel girls donated over $500 in new books to assist children dealing with difficult circumstances when a loved one had fallen seriously ill or passed away. Last week, the NPCH was again tak

The first Kirkton Union School was built of logs and opened in 1856. It was located on Part Lot 6, West Boundary, Blanshard Township, with an addition in 1925 of Part Lot 7 that was used as a playground. It encompassed both S.S. No. 11 Blanshard and S.S. No. 8 Usborne and sat on the northern limits

The Listowel Memorial Hospital Foundation (LMHF) received another boost to its ongoing commitment to purchasing a new ‘operating room bundle’ on Oct. 12, when the Listowel Agricultural Society (LAS) once again stepped up with a significant donation.

A common misconception about being a volunteer firefighter is that you “just” wear a pager and show up at the fire hall when it goes off.

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.