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Listowel DSS students return home safely from UK school trip

Midwestern Newspapers March 25, 2020News

Two students, chaperone speak about their experiences via video link from self-isolation By Colin…

Human Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth closes animal centres, moves to essential services only

Mike Wilson March 25, 2020Listowel Banner, Local News, News

KITCHENER – The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth (KWSPHS) is moving to…

Human Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth closes animal centres, moves to essential services only

Midwestern Newspapers March 25, 2020News

KITCHENER – The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth (KWSPHS) is moving to…

Bruce County trails closed to the public

Mike Wilson March 25, 2020Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

BRUCE COUNTY – Bruce County has closed all county-owned trails in an effort to keep people from…

Bruce County trails closed to the public

Midwestern Newspapers March 25, 2020News

BRUCE COUNTY – Bruce County has closed all county-owned trails in an effort to keep people from…

THE IVORY SILO: The house of cards is on fire

Mike Wilson March 25, 2020Listowel Banner, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times

COVID-19 is playing the same role as the collapse of 1929, writes Stewart Skinner Sept. 3, 1929 to…

THE IVORY SILO: The house of cards is on fire

Midwestern Newspapers March 25, 2020News

COVID-19 is playing the same role as the collapse of 1929, writes Stewart Skinner Sept. 3, 1929 to…

Over 100 Huron Perth residents tested for COVID-19, still only two confirmed cases

Mike Wilson March 24, 2020Listowel Banner, Local News, News

‘We know that COVID-19 is transmitting in our neighbouring communities … I call on everyone to…

Over 100 Huron Perth residents tested for COVID-19, still only two confirmed cases

Midwestern Newspapers March 24, 2020News

‘We know that COVID-19 is transmitting in our neighbouring communities … I call on everyone to…

Brockton waiving penalty and interest charges on tax bills

Mike Wilson March 24, 2020Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

BROCKTON – Property owners in Brockton will be able to breath a little easier when it comes to…

Brockton waiving penalty and interest charges on tax bills

Midwestern Newspapers March 24, 2020News

BROCKTON – Property owners in Brockton will be able to breath a little easier when it comes to…

Ontario hydro rates switching to off-peak for 45 days

Mike Wilson March 24, 2020Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Off-peak rate will be applied to bills automatically, says Premier Ford TORONTO – Ontario’s…

Ontario hydro rates switching to off-peak for 45 days

Midwestern Newspapers March 24, 2020News

Off-peak rate will be applied to bills automatically, says Premier Ford TORONTO – Ontario’s…

Huron County in need of front line PPE supplies

Mike Wilson March 24, 2020Local News, News

HURON COUNTY – First responders across Huron County are asking for help sourcing personal…

Huron County in need of front line PPE supplies

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HURON COUNTY – First responders across Huron County are asking for help sourcing personal…

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“Erie Belle” blows up off Kincardine

KINCARDINE - On Nov. 21, 1883 the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine.

McGugan briefs Huron County Council on amalgamation pitfalls

GODERICH – “The bottom line is that we expect this amalgamation to be more costly for the…

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Panthers senior beach volleyball wrap-up

LISTOWEL – Panthers senior girls volleyball teams played their final beach volleyball games…

2026 Hayloft Music Festival

To access this post, you must purchase Digital Subscription - Monthly or Digital…

See all Listowel area articles.

Teeswater arena roof repair approved as council opts for lower-cost fix

TEESWATER – A lower-cost roof repair will move ahead at the Teeswater-Culross Community Centre after council approved a $37,940 project that addresses current leaks while keeping the door open for a larger replacement if provincial funding is approved.

Tentative agreement reached for school bus contract negotiations

BRUCE COUNTY – Families across Grey-Bruce, weeks before school was set to start, have been told a contract has been reached regarding bus services for students.

See all Mildmay area articles.

Steve Travale elected to the 2026/28 AMO board of directors

OTTAWA – Steve Travale, Brockton council member, has been elected to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) board of directors’ rural caucus.

Peabody ‘not giving up’ on court security cost issue

WALKERTON – The mayor of Brockton, Chris Peabody, had promised months ago – at the April 14 council meeting, to be exact – to bring the matter of court security costs to this year’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference in Ottawa.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

See all Wingham area articles.

Editorial

Learning from Ignatieff, Pierre’s son, ‘Titanic’

“If this is the direction the rats are going, that’s good enough for me.”

Here we go again with the value of the Sunshine List

If you read last week’s Listowel Banner you will have seen that North Perth Coun. Allan Rothwell, a retired government employee, thinks the public salary disclosure (also known as the Sunshine List) needs to be adjusted for inflation.

Community newspaper publishers need fair rates, quality service from Canada Post

Community newspaper publishers are asking the Honourable Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and Québec Lieutenant, to direct Canada Post to offer publishers the same rate it offers to the country’s dominant flyer printer.

Columnists

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

By Rachel Hammermueller

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

By Rachel Hammermueller

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

Steve Travale elected to the 2026/28 AMO board of directors

By Pauline Kerr

OTTAWA – Steve Travale, Brockton council member, has been elected to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) board of directors’ rural caucus.

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