The Municipality of North Perth launched its Façade Improvement Program in June to support local businesses in the downtowns of Listowel, Atwood, and Monkton. The program offers financial grants to local businesses that wish to renovate and improve their storefronts. This grant will help with the co
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Truck driver sentenced for 2019 collision that killed three
The Brampton truck driver held responsible for a devastating collision at Mayne Corners in June 2019 that claimed the lives of three members of a London family has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison.
Conners misses podium at Tokyo Olympics
Despite a final round surge that put him in contention for a medal in the men’s golf tournament at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games last weekend, Corey Conners is returning home to North America without any hardware.
We have a third dog?
As the headline of this column suggests, I didn’t realize that there are not two but three dogs in my house. Sort of.
Time to stop blaming the victims
A Catholic priest has accused residential school survivors of fabricating stories of sexual abuse to get more money. Really?
Cartoon: August 5, 2021
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Three local drivers charged with impaired driving over long weekend
The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged three local drivers with impaired driving over the Civic Holiday weekend.
Perth County Tourism hosting ‘Tastings on the Trail’ event on the G2G Rail Trail
Perth County Tourism is hosting a Tastings on the Trail event on the Guelph to Goderich (G2G) Rail Trail this Saturday, Aug. 7 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Province releases COVID-19 guidelines for return to school this fall
Masking, self-screening, music programming, group lunches, gym classes, team sports, field trips and extra-curriculars are all on the calendar for a fall return to in-person learning.
Listowel man charged with assault
A Listowel man is facing an assault charge following an incident here on July 22.
McCutcheon joins hole-in-one club
The Listowel Golf Club welcomed another member to the hole-in-one club last week. Jim McCutcheon scored his ace on July 22 on No. 8 Millennium.
Former Cyclones netminder signs with Hanover Barons
The Hanover Barons will have a distinct Listowel flavour this coming Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) season.
GOJHL encouraging, but not mandating COVID-19 vaccinations
As of now, the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) will not follow the Ontario Hockey League’s (OHL) lead of mandating COVID-19 vaccinations.
Thompson re-signs with Adirondack Thunder
Listowel native Blake Thompson is returning to Adirondack.
Multicultural festival scheduled for Aug. 28 in Listowel Memorial Park
The Multicultural Association of Perth-Huron (MAPH) has rescheduled a multicultural festival it had hoped to hold in June for Aug. 28 from 4 to 7 p.m.
