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School board seeks partners to provide before and after school care programs

Submitted February 27, 2025Listowel Banner, News, Wingham Advance Times

Many Avon Maitland District School Board (AMDSB) schools provide space for licensed childcare providers to offer before and after school services to families.

Listowel Banner turnbacks, Feb. 27, 2025

Submitted February 27, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News

TEN YEARS AGO 2015 – The Perth District Health Unit has released its annual stats on flu shot…

Health care matters to rural Ontario residents

Pauline Kerr February 27, 2025Columns, Editorials, Listowel Banner, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

Midwestern Ontario “got discovered” during COVID-19. City residents saw the silver lining as…

Atwood Lions host Rink Fest

Patrick Raftis February 27, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News

The Atwood Lions Club hosted a Rink Fest on the Lions outdoor ice rink on Feb. 22. The event included ice time, games and a food booth.

Paddyfest darts tournament fills the legion

Nicole Beswitherick February 27, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News

The Listowel Legion was packed on Feb. 22 for the annual Paddyfest Darts Tournament.

Decision time is here

Patrick Raftis February 27, 2025Columns, Editorials, Listowel Banner, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

The time for campaigning is over and it’s up to Ontarians to decide.

North Perth dairy barn has roof partially collapse

Patrick Raftis February 27, 2025Listowel Banner, News, Police, Rural

The roof of a dairy barn located on Perth Rd. 146, between Line 88 and Line 89 partially collapsed at approximately 6 a.m., on Feb. 25, Perth County OPP confirmed to the Banner.

Food Basics in Listowel raised $8,666 for Make Happy Tummies

Submitted February 27, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News

LISTOWEL – Make Happy Tummies (formerly Toonies for Tummies) is a yearly donation program at Food…

Police investigate break and enter in Perth; fatal snowmobile collision

Submitted February 27, 2025Listowel Banner, News, Police, Rural

PERTH EAST – Police are investigating a break and enter at a residential property, a police…

Dial #211 to reach a network of local supports, specialty centres and services

Heather MacEwen February 27, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, News

PERTH – HURON – United Way’s 211 Day, a day to spread awareness of the services helpline…

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Bears that Care: spreading compassion for kids

The Listowel Memorial Hospital and North Perth Fire Department received special deliveries on March…

Local band, Hitched, celebrate Paddyfest with intimate show at The Back 9

Local band Hitched played to an intimate, sold-out crowd at The Back 9 on March. 14. Consisting of…

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Walkerton Herald-Times March 19 Turnbacks

From March 11, 1987.

Consider the people who conduct the rescue

Bravo to the first responders who rescued the 23 ice fishermen who ran into trouble recently on Georgian Bay when the ice started breaking up.

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CIP grant will enhance accessibility

A new Wingham business, Life on a Footstool, was awarded a Community Improvement Program (CIP) grant by North Huron Council for $2,168.55 to help improve the façade and upgrade accessibility access.

Speaker shares how Amish keep food cold year-round with pond ice

During the Wingham and Area Historical Society’s first meeting of the year, Brent Bowyer described how one Amish family turns a small farm pond into their year-long refrigeration system each winter. 

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Editorial

From lived experience to lasting support – putting farmer mental health first

In March 2019, my husband Brian and I began milking cows in our new dairy barn near Cannington in Durham Region.

How did we get here?

The North Huron community is reeling from the news a council member was hospitalized with injuries suffered in an altercation following the Feb. 17 council meeting.

The horizon looms

It is a good news story that the Avon Maitland District School Board (AMDSB) trustees adopted their 2026 budget late last month, but it doesn’t line up with what is on the horizon. 

Columnists

Pretty plants, ugly outcomes: The high cost of invasive species

By Cory Bilyea

HURON/PERTH - Periwinkle, English ivy and goutweed look harmless in a backyard bed, but once they reach nearby woods, they can blanket acres. Maitland Conservation Ecologist Erin Gouthro explains how invasive species damage local forests and streams, and how to dispose of “problem plants” safely.

CIP grant will enhance accessibility

By Cory Bilyea

A new Wingham business, Life on a Footstool, was awarded a Community Improvement Program (CIP) grant by North Huron Council for $2,168.55 to help improve the façade and upgrade accessibility access.

Speaker shares how Amish keep food cold year-round with pond ice

By Cory Bilyea

During the Wingham and Area Historical Society’s first meeting of the year, Brent Bowyer described how one Amish family turns a small farm pond into their year-long refrigeration system each winter. 

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