Wingham Advance Times

Maitland River Elementary School held its annual track and field meet on May 17 at F.E. Madill Secondary School, with multiple divisions of student-athletes taking part in a number of different track events.

The Wingham and Area Historical Society held its monthly meeting on May 17 at the Alice Munro Library.

A small group of local heroes gathered around the kitchen table in Wendy Herbert’s dining room on May 17 to talk about why they volunteer and walk for Alzheimer’s every year, each one with a personal story of the grief and pain that comes with the devastating effects of this incurable disease.

Bill McGrath, left, and Neil Bieman from the Wingham Knights of Columbus, were at Sacred Heart Catholic School on May 19 with a big cheque for $1,000. Kathleen MacDonald, of Sacred Heart, accepted this donation which is for the school’s breakfast/snack club. The Knights of Columbus visited several o

If you were in Wingham, Teeswater or anywhere in between on Friday, May 19, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., you may have noticed Wingham Independent Motorcycle Club (MC) members cruising on their bikes near the schools.

The much-needed safety aspect of the Josephine Street sidewalk extension project to provide walkways to the busy corner at Highway 4 outweighed the extra costs after North Huron council found out that the public works department was requesting an additional $57,133.10.

There was a moment right at halftime when the F.E. Madill Mustangs’ march to the Huron-Perth varsity girls’ rugby championship may have appeared in jeopardy. But it was a fleeting moment, and in the end the regional final wound up the same as every other Madill game over the course of the 2023 sprin

In what first appeared to be a duplication of the discussion held at the last North Huron council meeting, the Pride discussion was back on the agenda at the May 15 meeting, this time to address the requests.

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), a Canadian not-for-profit organization tasked with the safe, long-term management of Canada’s used nuclear fuel, signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) to Co-operate on Used Nuclear Fuel Management with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on May 17.

The new Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) strategic plan has been over two years in the making. Now it’s done, at least in draft format, and ready for approval and implementation.

In her report to the Saugeen Conservation board of directors on May 18 at the Formosa headquarters, SVCA general manager Jennifer Stephens reported that she has continued her visits with municipal councils and CAOs to discuss the services and programs provided by the SVCA.