Pieces of the Past

Some local students doing their first day back to school walk in 1976 made front page news.

In anticipation of this month’s release of the Stratford-Perth Archives’ free, local newspaper database, we are showcasing histories of Perth County newspapers. Today, we take a look at the Stratford Mirror and its interesting founder. The Mirror will be just one of the newspapers available via the

2014 - North Perth council supported a recommendation from Coun. Warren Howard to step back from the Multi-Municipal Wind Turbine Working Group. 

Since moving to Listowel when I was eight, I have always loved driving or walking by this beautiful home, and dreamed of going inside it.  I was thrilled when, a few years ago, before it was sold, I had the opportunity to do just that.  I had a lovely tour of the former Hardwood Haven Bed and Breakf

Turnbacks - Wingham Advance Times August 28, 2024

TEN YEARS AGO 2014 – Joey Pupura brought his Neil Diamond tribute show to the Listowel Legion.…

Going to the Canadian National Exhibition each year is a tradition for many people. Now held for eighteen days at the end of August, it is Canada’s largest annual exhibition. Its roots began in the 1840s as an agricultural fair. As times have changed, it has changed to reflect societal influences in

On Wednesday Dec. 4, 1946, the Perth County Kennel Club held its first ever dog show in Stratford.…

The mail must go through, they say—through snow and rain and gloom of night. Even if it means walking 45 miles, and back. 

Now is the time for fresh corn! Margaret Visser’s 1986 book, Much Depends on Dinner, a classic on…

- Blue boxes arrive here;

There was what we would now call a federal election in Canada in the summer of 1863. The campaign literature from one of the candidates who ran in Stratford rivals social media posts in modern times with comments about court cases and accusations of “unprincipled behavior.”

2014 - Charges pending after violent collision south of Millbank resulted in seven injured and transported to the hospital after a gravel truck struck a minivan.