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A group of missionaries from Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada visited Atwood on June 25, holding signs and speaking with passersby about a national exhibition in over 1,000 towns and cities.

The Middle Maitland River was once a robust waterway full of wildlife and clear water. Residents of a certain age happily tell stories to their children and grandchildren of swimming or fishing in the river during their youth.

When David and Abbey Bald purchased the Brenneman’s Funeral Home in Atwood in 2022, they weren’t sure if the small town’s annual memorial tree planting event would continue. Not because they didn’t want to, but because the original location was full.

Pastor Bonnie Schelter-Brown of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milverton welcomed the North Easthope Tractor club (NEAT) to their church for a homemade breakfast last week. Dozens of tractors toured through the Perth County town, giving the ‘farmer wave’ to those residents who welcomed them, and

A study shows that Listowel is one of the more affordable places to live in Ontario.

A container filled with items donated by the community for East Africa will soon be departing. The goods were collected on behalf of Heart for Africa, a faith-based humanitarian organization that focuses on bringing hope to the Kingdom of Eswatini, Africa, in the areas of hunger, orphans, poverty an

A Set7 update was given at the June 19 North Perth council meeting.

The inaugural Stuff the Truck Foodraiser held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Listowel on June…

Turning back to 1967, the City of Stratford was abuzz with planning celebration events for the week of the Centennial of Canada’s Confederation and throughout the year

Perth County is taking action when it comes to school bus safety. Annette Diamond, director of legal and corporate services for the county, presented a report to county council on June 15 surrounding the issue of school bus stop arm cameras in the region.

Listowel’s Cole Brubacher came through in fine form for It Takes A Village and the Tanner Steffler Foundation through the Challenge Accepted Foundation on Sunday, June 25. The 19-year-old fundraiser pulled a 7,000-pound pickup truck for 10 kilometres alongside the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex in supp

Despite all the local progress that has been made in recent years in relation to inclusivity, it would appear that some individuals still can’t bring themselves up to speed.

As American poet Lucy Larcom once wrote, “he who plants a tree, plants a hope.”