Pieces of the Past

2014 – Seven contestants compete for fair ambassador title: Amy Kieftenburg; Candice De Weerd; Stephanie Farrish; Rebekah Hamilton; Hailey Weber; Megan Thompson; Jodi Vanden Braak. 

After being encouraged and advised by then MP John Richardson to apply for funding for the library…

2014 – Listowel and Wingham hospitals prepared to participate in a provincial program to increase the sharing of information across health care providers.

On July 1, 1879, the Canadian government passed a law passed designating the anniversary of…

When Teeswater became home to “the world’s first great woman swimmer” you’d think she might talk about her past life.

As most know, Ontario’s official flower is the white trillium. Found in the forests and woodlands…

Road trips and family drives are great ways to enjoy a summer day. Beginning in 1923, the Listowel Chamber of Commerce invited “motor hikers” to travel together in annual “community motor excursions” to advertise their town and others on the route. That first year, the caravan travelled to Kincardin

Advertising can reveal much about the times during which an ad was placed.

Mother’s Day has been celebrated in Canada since 1914. Ten years later, in 1924, Stratford and the towns and villages in Perth County celebrated the day with special services throughout the churches.

Mitchell was declared to be a town via an 1873 proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor that was made official at the beginning of 1874.

Let’s rewind a century to the Saturday, April 5, 1924 edition of one local newspaper which was full of advertising for the upcoming Better Homes Week. 

With the end of the Second World War expected soon, local newspapers described how area churches were “overflowing” for Easter services in April 1945.