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Junior Legionnaires wins U22 championship

Submitted August 29, 2024Listowel Banner, Sports

The Listowel U22 Junior Legionnaires won three games in three nights to win the Midwestern Ontario Senior Baseball League U22 Championship.

Hensall Co-op initiative provides funding for projects in local region

Submitted August 29, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

HENSALL – A splash pad development in Hanover is among the projects to receive funding through …

Community Living receives $179,000 from province

Submitted August 29, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

WALKERTON – The Ontario government is providing $179,100 for necessary building upgrades and…

A&W hosted 16th annual ‘Burgers to Beat MS’ on Aug. 22

Nicole Beswitherick August 29, 2024Business, Food, Listowel Banner

LISTOWEL – A&W Canada, for the 16th year, held its ‘Burgers to Beat MS’ event on Aug. 22.

Brockton council hears presentation, report on Development Charges background study

Pauline Kerr August 29, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

BROCKTON – Lisa Courtney, senior planner with B. M. Ross, presented the Development Charges…

Crime Stoppers facing cash crunch, needs more board members

Submitted August 29, 2024News, Police, Walkerton Herald-Times

GREY-BRUCE – The local Crime Stoppers program is in need of both funding and new board members in…

Community-driven medical centre is a boon for all of South Bruce

Tyler Robinson August 29, 2024Business, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

TEESWATER – In December 2019, the Teeswater Medical Development Steering Committee was formed,…

Health care recruitment becoming an ‘arms race’: Mayor

Kelsey Bent August 29, 2024Listowel Banner, News

NORTH PERTH - Mayor Todd Kasenberg was recently a panelist on an Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference panel, speaking to the subject of primary health care in communities. 

In Photos: Perth County Plowing Match held at Monkton-area farm on Aug. 24

Patrick Raftis August 29, 2024Listowel Banner, Local News, Rural

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

EMS attending vehicle collision in front of movie theatre in downtown Listowel

Kelsey Bent August 28, 2024Listowel Banner, News

At 4:14pm on Aug. 28, Perth County paramedics were seen attending to a person in a vehicle, which had been in a collision, in front of the Capitol Twin movie theatre, located in downtown Listowel. 

Emergency shelter situation in Bruce County ‘unsustainable’

Pauline Kerr August 22, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Deputy Warden Luke Charbonneau (Saugeen Shores) noted that council has discussed the numbers for nights of emergency shelter provided on behalf of the county from time to time, but said this is the first time staff has described it in a report as having “reached unsustainable levels.”

Community Liaison Committee hears from regulators

Submitted August 22, 2024Local News, Wingham Advance Times

The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) and Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) described their roles and processes for safeguarding people and  he natural environment during the lifespan for Canada’s deep geological repository (DGR), at the Community Liaison Committee meeting on Aug. 8.

Gorrie individual arrested after some negotiating

Submitted August 22, 2024Local News, Police, Wingham Advance Times

A large police presence was seen in the village of Gorrie on Thursday, Aug. 15 responding to a family dispute.

Rain and mud didn’t stop the Teeswater Fair

Kelsey Bent August 22, 2024Arts & Entertainment, Local News, Wingham Advance Times

It was a muddy good time at the Teeswater Fair last weekend. Events pictured include the parade…

Two representatives appointed to OPP Detachment Board

Rachel Hammermueller August 22, 2024Local News, Police, Wingham Advance Times

Council here appointed two community representatives to the Huron County OPP Detachment Board. 

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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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