What a spring for the Listowel District Secondary School (LDSS) junior badminton team.
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Local SHSM students discuss food waste, potential solutions
On April 28, 30 of the Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) students from LDSS met at the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex to learn about food waste and discuss how North Perth might minimize the amount of waste going into area landfills.
County staff finds new small business property subclass will add costs to municipalities
The county’s tax policy will be set on May 19’s county council, but until then, council has decided to opt out of a new subclass the province created almost a year ago.
Proposed bird watching program to move sites
A proposed bird watching site at the wastewater treatment plant lagoons is dead in the water, but the proposed program could still take flight.
LDSS’s longest-tenured teacher to retire in 2022
Scott Mitchell is a man of many interests.
Walk for Alzheimer’s returns in person for May 28 at BTL
The Alzheimer Society Huron Perth is putting on its first in-person IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s since 2019.
Ontario Party candidate Sandy MacGregor seeks Perth-Wellington seat
“I’ve always been interested in politics,” Ontario Party candidate for Perth-Wellington, Sandy MacGregor said, “but what’s been going on the last two years with the pandemic and people that have their privileges and their freedoms taken away...
Planting seeds: It Takes A Village’s market to start May 28
Andrea Charest of It Takes a Village is in the midst of planning a market, but, as she says, its more than that. It’s about planting seeds.
Van Allen Insurance staff inspired by Bell Let’s Talk
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Region’s unemployment rate drops to 3.3 per cent
WALKERTON – In April, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 1.2 percentage points to 3.3 per cent, remaining the second lowest in Ontario.
God is indeed merciful
I was going through my daily devotions a short while ago, and I stumbled across a verse in a Psalm that resonated strongly with me. It’s from Psalm 103:8: “The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.”
How much grace does God have?
Recently, as I observed the difficulties some people were walking through and knowing the struggles others have had to navigate through with the pandemic, I was reminded of how much we need the grace of God.
Fifty Archives Treasures: Kroehler Furniture Company catalogues
After 50 years of operation, Stratford-Perth Archives continues to house an ever-growing collection of material that is carefully preserved and made accessible for researchers from Perth County and around the world.
The Multicultural Association of Perth-Huron is hosting the Fundraiser for Ukraine
The Multicultural Association of Perth-Huron is hosting the Fundraiser for Ukraine on May 14 at the Elma Memorial Community Centre in Atwood.
Turnbacks
Ten Years Ago 2012 – The location for a new elementary school in Listowel was approved, while a new recycling plant was coming to the Listowel Industrial Park. Canada’s Got Talent contestant Angela Ewtushik and her dog Rally’s journey on the show came to an end.
