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At the Dec. 16 Board of Health meeting for Huron Perth Public Health (HPPH), Medical Officer of Health Dr. Miriam Klassen provided an extensive report, updating members on COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza within the region as well as in the province.

Listowel’s Knox Presbyterian Church held its annual ‘Music of Christmas’ concert on Dec. 18 with two shows, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The church was filled to the rafters as people enjoyed the festive choir singing hymns and celebrating their Saviour’s birth.

The Central Perth U15 LL Predators were in tough against a high-scoring Wingham squad on Dec. 16 at the Perth East Recreation Complex, dropping a 7-2 decision to the visitors.

The Listowel District Secondary School senior boys’ basketball team utilized home court advantage to the fullest on Dec. 14, earning a 54-42 win over the St. Marys Salukis  for its first victory of the 2022-23 Huron-Perth Athletic Association winter campaign.

Ask anyone in attendance at the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex for last Friday night’s GOJHL tilt between the Kitchener-Waterloo Siskins and Listowel Cyclones and chances are they’d agree that the mid-December regular season game had all the feeling of an early March playoff tilt.

Listowel Eastdale Public School’s Grade 1 and 2 students entertained the student body on Friday, Dec. 16, performing a variation of Hansel and Gretel with a holiday theme. Pictured, top to bottom: Kory Fletcher, Calvin Greenwood and Liam Riley; Katie Morrison, Ailysh McArthur and Willow Her; Blakely

St. Mary’s Catholic School in Listowel hosted its primary grade Christmas concert on Wednesday, Dec. 14. Students performed a number of Christmas songs, ending with a collective group effort featuring all primary students.

This is the 49th week in a series of articles celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stratford-Perth Archives. This week we feature a very special pair of cookbooks.

At the Dec. 15 Perth County council meeting, a structure replacement on one of the county’s busiest roads was a topic of conversation.

The Optimist Club of Mornington has been awarded a grant of $40,000 to support the Milverton All Wheels Park Project. This represents the largest single grant in the program’s history.

The Kitchen Cupboard & Icebox ‘Souper Fundraiser’ was held once again the week of the CKNX Health Care Heroes Radiothon. Kitchen Cupboard owner Karen Haverkamp and her staff have ran an event for the Radiothon for the past 14 years, donating in excess of $10,000. Pictured: Listowel Memorial Hospital