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Exeter Food Bank finds new location

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EXETER — It’s a new era for the Exeter Community Food Bank, with a new and larger location to…

SIU probes Bayfield area death

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BAYFIELD — The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating after a woman pulled from Lake…

LED bulbs in Lambton Shores aimed at saving cash

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LAMBTON SHORES — The municipality will spend $360,391.53 to convert 992 streetlights to…

‘Healthy Kids’ launched in Huron

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HURON — A new program was launched in Huron County last week which will focus on healthy…

Heavy player absences make it tough for Lucan Irish

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EXETER — Hockey results this weekend seemed rather predictable, with the Exeter Hawks going up…

Standing the test of time

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Recently we celebrated my grandparents’ 60th anniversary, so rare that it is called the Diamond…

Bluewater CAO resigns

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BLUEWATER — Gary Long has stepped down as chief administrative officer (CAO) for the municipality…

LS deputy mayor apologizes

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LAMBTON SHORES — Integrity Commissioner Greg Levine’s first ever investigative reports on two…

Repairs to MacNaughton Dam planned

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SOUTH HURON — Council has approved what its environmental services director described as “a…

Sculpted Hensall founders celebrate local history

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HENSALL — The brothers who founded Hensall more than 140 years ago have been immortalized  in…

Dorchester Dolphins defeat Exeter Hawks

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EXETER — The Exeter Hawks attempted to take Dorchester down a peg on Oct. 24, but the Dolphins…

Huron Hurricanes swimmers qualify for championship

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HURON — Sixteen members of the Huron Hurricanes Aquatic Club  travelled to London earlier this…

Confessions of an addict . . .

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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…

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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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