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Listowel Farm and Maker Market open’s 2025 season

Heather MacEwen July 3, 2025Arts & Entertainment, Listowel Banner, Local News, News

MAKER MARKET – The Listowel Farm and Maker Market kicked off their season this past weekend at…

Howick Hornets BBQ fundraiser draws out great community support

Heather MacEwen July 2, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, Wingham Advance Times

To access this post, you must purchase Digital Subscription - Monthly or Digital…

Four ladies competing for title of 2025-26 Listowel Fair Ambassador

Heather MacEwen July 1, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, Rural

To access this post, you must purchase Digital Subscription - Monthly or Digital…

Red Top Berries opened strawberry season with a summer kick-off June 21

Patrick Raftis June 26, 2025Arts & Entertainment, Listowel Banner, Local News, Rural

Participants played games, picked the month's top treat choice and welcomed summer.

Blyth Festival’s opening act highlights Indigenous voices with Anishnaabe playwright Drew Hayden Taylor’s tongue-in-cheek satire about Canada’s first prime minister

Cory Bilyea June 26, 2025Arts & Entertainment, Listowel Banner, Local News, Rural, Wingham Advance Times

The 2025 Blyth Festival season began with a comedic and bold critique of Canadian historical perspectives while amplifying the inclusion of the Truth and Reconciliation recommendations for the arts community.

You can’t just jump the fence and run the race again Skippy

Denny Scott June 26, 2025Columns, Editorials, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

You can ask my daughter – I’m a firm believer of encouraging and practicing the act of getting up and trying again when things don’t go your way the first time, and I’ve tried to teach her the same. That said, there needs to be some rules about how you can do that.

Listowel Lions Club’s truck show lined up another impressive display of classics

Cory Bilyea June 26, 2025Arts & Entertainment, Listowel Banner, Local News, Rural

Listowel-area truck enthusiasts braved the extreme heat on Sunday, June 22.

Senior Legionnaires lineup ‘shows promise’ as season gets underway

Submitted June 26, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, Sports

After a long winter and challenging spring training, the Listowel Senior Legionnaires have recently kicked off their Midwestern Ontario Senior Baseball League (MOSBL) season.

Legion, expert seek to connect Memorial Crosses with area

Denny Scott June 26, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, Police

Historical medal reclaimer Dave Thomson and the Listowel branch of the Royal Canadian Legion are looking to work on recovering First World War memorial medals that may belong to local families, if they can connect with or identify those families.

‘The junior farmer is much in the fore today’

Submitted June 26, 2025Columns, Editorials, Listowel Banner, Pieces of the Past

In July 1915, local papers published the Annual Report from Ontario Minister of Agriculture, James S. Duff.

The N.E.A.T. Club Members visit the Monkton Diner

Submitted June 26, 2025Arts & Entertainment, Listowel Banner, Local News, Rural

Every week in the summer, the North Easthope Antique Tractor Club (N.E.A.T.) heads to different area locations to have breakfast with over 50 members in attendance. It is a fundraiser for the different locations they visit.

Perth County Council returns to courthouse, votes to renovate chambers

Kelsey Bent June 26, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News

Upon returning to the Perth County Courthouse for the first meeting in five years, Perth County Council promptly voted to renovate the council chambers at its June 19 meeting. 

Blyth Festival Art Gallery opens The Rural Queer Agenda show

Denny Scott June 26, 2025Arts & Entertainment, Listowel Banner, Local News, Rural, Wingham Advance Times

In what several participating artists called a necessary and unprecedented idea, the Blyth Festival Art Gallery opened The Rural Queer Agenda show over the weekend, highlighting art from 2SLGBTQIA+ artists from rural communities. 

Elma Minor Ball marks annual Minor Ball Days June 20 – 21

Submitted June 26, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, Sports

There were two days packed full of games and fun for players and fans.

Perth County Celebrates opening of new courthouse entrance, admin offices

Submitted June 26, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News

Following a council meeting yesterday, Perth County held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of the new courthouse entrance and administrative offices. 

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April unemployment rate decreases to 5.2 per cent

WALKERTON – In April, the unemployment rate in the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region…

Over 50 attend No Tyrants protest co-organized by Kincardine man

Contributed photos The No Tyrants protest, aimed at highlighting autocratic activities, specifically those in the United States, that was held in Owen Sound late last month brought over 50 protestors to Owen Sound’s city hall. Co-organizer Kevin Larson was very happy with the turnout, especially compared to another political protest around the same time.

Denny Scott dscott@midwesternnewspapers.com OWEN SOUND – A local rally aimed at refuting the…

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Regional track and field see local schools compete at F.E. Madill

F.E. Madill Secondary School hosted junior and senior elementary school students for their annual…

North Perth Public Library to be home for new community art mural

LISTOWEL – The Listowel Branch of the North Perth Public Library was a vibrant sight on June 6,…

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Math gains emerge in early grades as Bluewater board outlines achievement plans

CHESLEY - Trustees with the Bluewater District School Board (BWDSB) received updates on mathematics achievement efforts and a broader student achievement strategy during a governance standing committee meeting on June 2.

Bluewater District School Board passes balanced $299M budget amid rising costs and funding gaps

CHESLEY - The Bluewater District School Board (BWDSB) has approved a balanced $299.1-million budget for the 2026 - 2027 school year, navigating financial pressures while continuing to maintain a focus on student achievement and well-being.

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‘Freiburger Bash’ celebrates four major events for Marvin and Angela Freiburger

WALKERTON - When Marvin and Angela Freiburger hold a celebration, they go all-out.

D-Day commemoration

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 102 members were joined at the Walkerton Cenotaph by several community members on June 7, to commemorate D-Day, or the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II, with a brief ceremony.

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Regional track and field see local schools compete at F.E. Madill

F.E. Madill Secondary School hosted junior and senior elementary school students for their annual…

New sign in Bluevale tells story of Walt Disney’s local connection

A permanent historical information sign at the junction of Clyde Street and Morris Street in Bluevale tells the story of the famous family in the region..

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Government decisions need to be reviewed with rural lens

Federal and provincial governments are forgetting how important rural and agricultural communities are to the country.

Do they really not make things like they used to?

Just so nobody gets the idea that I’m some kind of curmudgeon in a dark room hunched over my…

This is what you get when you vote for a party instead of a person

Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu could be facing a (likely doomed to fail) legal challenge from the very people she represents.

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Regional track and field see local schools compete at F.E. Madill

By Rachel Hammermueller

F.E. Madill Secondary School hosted junior and senior elementary school students for their annual…

New sign in Bluevale tells story of Walt Disney’s local connection

By Rachel Hammermueller

A permanent historical information sign at the junction of Clyde Street and Morris Street in Bluevale tells the story of the famous family in the region..

Huron County OPP Torch Run raises over $5,000

By Rachel Hammermueller

Participants set off from Maitland River Community Church in downtown Wingham June 3 for the…

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