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Council supports HPPH in request for increasing housing crisis urgency

Nicole Beswitherick May 15, 2025Listowel Banner, News, Wingham Advance Times

Council here received an item in its correspondence from Huron Perth Public Health (HPPH) regarding the housing crisis.

Listowel holds town-wide yard sale

Cory Bilyea May 15, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News

LISTOWEL – On May 10, Listowel held a town-wide yard sale. To access this post, you…

Macbeth performances underway at Stratford Festival

Submitted May 15, 2025Arts & Entertainment, Listowel Banner, Local News

Robert Lepage returns to the Stratford Festival with a bold new production of Macbeth, Shakespeare’s compelling tale of unchecked ambition.

ifarm event set for June 10 in Stratford

Submitted May 15, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News

Residents of the Stratford and Perth County areas that want to know where their food comes from should mark their calendars to visit the ifarm event at the Stratford Rotary Complex on Tuesday, June 10.

STUDENT ARTIST - Listowel District Secondary School’s Sofia Reinhardt’s piece Heart of a Historian, received an honourable mention in the Blyth Festival Art Gallery Student Show.

Reinhardt’s art show piece heavily inspired by Indiana Jones

Denny Scott May 15, 2025Listowel Banner, News

Listowel District Secondary School’s Sofia Reinhardt earned one of five honourable mentions at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery Student Show late last month with her piece Heart of a Historian, which is inspired by Indiana Jones.

Listowel Fair Ambassador Lexi Johnston wins ‘25-26 District 8 title

Submitted May 15, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Rural

Listowel Fair Ambassador Lexi Johnston was recently chosen as the District 8 Fair Ambassador for the 2025-26 year.

Brockton’s green bin collection program will begin in Walkerton

Pauline Kerr May 15, 2025News, Walkerton Herald-Times

BROCKTON - In an interview Tuesday, prior to the Brockton council meeting, Mayor Chris Peabody described the meeting agenda as filled with “good news.”

RBC Foundation donates $750,000 to support nurses in Listowel and surrounding areas

Submitted May 15, 2025Listowel Banner, News

The RBC Foundation recently announced a $750,000 donation to support local and regional nurses, including nurses in Listowel, at a critical time.

David Carson

Carson Farms and Auction Services Ltd. to close doors after 60 years

Denny Scott May 15, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News

After 60 years of farming, auctioneering and making international connections, David Carson is closing out the dairy and auction businesses and looking to smaller agricultural efforts in the future.

Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce hosts 33rd annual golf tournament

Pauline Kerr May 15, 2025News

GREY-BRUCE - This is the 33rd year for the Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce annual golf tournament.

‘Massive’ measles outbreak puts elimination status at risk: MOH

Nicole Beswitherick May 15, 2025Listowel Banner, News, Wingham Advance Times

At its recent meeting on May 9, the Huron Perth Public Health (HPPH) Board of Health discussed the latest news on the measles outbreak in the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) report.

Trial raises questions about consent

Pauline Kerr May 15, 2025Columns, Listowel Banner, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

The sexual assault trial of five hockey players in London, Ont. is likely to continue for some time.

Local diploma programs, financial assistance designed to attract early childhood educators

Submitted May 15, 2025News, Walkerton Herald-Times

BRUCE COUNTY - Bruce County is “proud to collaborate” with Georgian College and Fanshawe College to support the recruitment and retention of a high-quality early years workforce, county officials state in a press release. 

April unemployment rate decreases to 4.2%

Submitted May 15, 2025Listowel Banner, Local News, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel

In April, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 1.2 percentage points to 4.2%.

Saugeen Hospice approaches hospital board to ‘work together’

Pauline Kerr May 15, 2025News, Walkerton Herald-Times

BRUCE-GREY - The May 7 meeting of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre board of directors opened with a presentation by Ken Brown and Chuck Bouillion of Saugeen Hospice Inc.

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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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Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Panthers senior beach volleyball wrap-up

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

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Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

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.

See all Mildmay area articles.

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

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.

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

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

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.

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.

Conservation consolidation limits representation for local counties

By Denny Scott

After months of pushback from local lower- and upper-tier councils, the Province of Ontario released the ‘Improving Ontario’s Conservation Authority System’ document, detailing the amalgamation of the province’s conservation authorities.

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