Wingham Advance Times

The Northern Huron Connection Centre renovations are underway in the basement of St. Paul’s Trinity Anglican Church. Showers, extra washrooms and laundry facilities are framed in, with two new offices, and a common area with tables and chairs will be available for use sometime in April.

For the second consecutive year, council costs in Morris-Turnberry came in well under budget.

The principal of Maitland River Elementary School, Angela Cowley, is happy to announce that the annual school trip to the River Valley Winter Tube Slide in St. Marys is happening this year, thanks to the kindness of a community business.

Chickens will not be allowed in the backyards of urban areas of South Bruce, for now.

The Township of North Huron has reached an agreement with Southside Construction Management Ltd. for the purchase of approximately 20 acres in Hutton Heights, where a new subdivision will be built.

A film crew from France visited Wingham last week to shoot part of a documentary film being created about Alice Munro.

Members of the Lions Club of Wingham attended the March 6 North Huron council meeting to convey their club’s stern message to councillors in person, with a letter from the club president, Lion Murray Wales, outlining seven concerns with the budgeting process.

For February’s scheduled meeting, the Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance (LWHA) board of directors discussed the renovations, new services, and staff shortages that are happening at both the Wingham and Listowel sites.

The Wingham Ironmen U13 LL squad hosted the Minto Mad Dogs on Saturday afternoon for a WOAA Silver South Group playoff game. Minto got out in front early, leading 2-0, but the Ironmen fought back to tie the game in the third period. After three periods, the score remained tied 2-2, sending the game

Shawn and Katie Cottrill have come up short in their bid for a mixed doubles provincial curling championship.

The Wingham Ironmen have had their struggles against the last-place Goderich Flyers at times throughout the 2022-23 PJHL campaign, but those were long forgotten after Saturday night.

The F.E. Madill girls finished at the top of the Huron-Perth standings at the end of the regional varsity hockey regular season, and at the top is where they remained after the Mustangs ran the table during the 2023 high school postseason.