PERTH EAST – Police are investigating a break and enter at a residential property, a police…
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Dial #211 to reach a network of local supports, specialty centres and services
PERTH – HURON – United Way’s 211 Day, a day to spread awareness of the services helpline…
Public Health discusses mitigation of alcohol harm
The Huron Perth Public Health (HPPH) Board of Health received a report presented by Medical Officer of Health Dr. Miriam Klassen on Feb. 14 pertaining to a primer for municipalities in Perth and Huron counties on reducing alcohol harms.
In Bruce County, kids say the darndest things
BRUCE COUNTY - You wouldn’t usually turn to a history book for some funny one-liners. Yet here they are, in Norman Robertson’s History of the County of Bruce, published by the Bruce County Historical Society.
Raising resilient youth: nine things every child needs from their parents
STRATFORD – Avondale United Church, in association with Kiwanis Club of Stratford, along with…
Listowel Celtics U15 – first local girls organized basketball team hosted tournament for the first time this past weekend
LISTOWEL – Girls U15 Basketball over the weekend saw Listowel Celtics hosting their first…
Listowel 150th events lining up
The Listowel 150th anniversary steering committee continues to draw events and activities into the schedule for the celebration this year.
The history of Stillman’s Creameries
Stillman’s Creameries welcomed community members from across Perth County to visit their Stratford plant on Feb. 24 and 25, 1925.
U15 boys basketball team travelled to Kincardine
The weather was in cooperation this past weekend for the U15 boys team to travel to Kincardine. The…
Listowel 150th events lining up
LISTOWEL – The Listowel 150th anniversary steering committee continues to draw events and…
Perth-Wellington candidates discuss housing costs, ER closures, tariffs on agriculture
Candidates gathered at the Listowel Ag Hall on Feb. 21 for the third and final Perth-Wellington riding debate ahead of the Feb. 27 provincial election.
Free period products offered at local libraries to celebrate International Women’s Day
The Huron-Perth Period Poverty Task Force is offering free feminine hygiene products at local libraries on March 8 to celebrate International Women’s Day and raise awareness of barriers that many women face around the world when trying to access necessary products.
World Day of Prayer theme ‘I Made You Wonderful’
Kia Orana! (Hello!) Everyone is welcome to attend St. Joseph’s Catholic Church to celebrate World Day of Prayer on Friday, March 7.
An entirely senseless provincial election campaign
I must confess that when most recent spate of elections was finished (federal in 2021, municipal and provincial in 2022), I did some math on my personal chronological state...
Collision closes Highway 86 on Feb. 5
LISTOWEL – A single motor vehicle collision involving a tree took place on Highway 86, just west…
