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This Saturday, the North Perth community will be joining together for a good cause; raising money to aid those experiencing homelessness.

At its Feb. 13 meeting, North Perth council members were presented with a report from staff in response to the first budget visioning session that took place on Jan. 11.

Listowel Branch 259 of the Royal Canadian Legion once again hosted a highly-successful Family Day carnival on Monday, Feb. 20 at Parkview Gardens. Many volunteers, including veterans, came together to make the free event happen, with huge throngs of people turning out to join in the fun.

The LDSS junior boys’ Lightning secured their spot in the Huron-Perth Athletics basketball championship this week, following a decisive victory over the Goderich DCI Vikings in the league semifinal on Monday.

The Memorial Arena Park ‘59 (MAP59) fundraising committee is off to a productive start in reaching its $1.4 million target to construct a new memorial and park at the site of the former Listowel Memorial Arena.

At its council meeting on Feb. 16, Perth County council adopted the 2023 capital and operating budgets in principle, after presentations from staff.

It appears North Huron council has changed its tune towards how the proposed 2024 Wingham Homecoming event should be organized.

Public Order Emergency Commissioner Paul Rouleau says the federal government did in fact meet the “very high” threshold required to invoke the Emergencies Act last winter in response to “Freedom Convoy” protests in downtown Ottawa.

A social media post informing the town that the 2024 Wingham Homecoming event is cancelled caused an uproar in the community, however Reeve Paul Heffer says the event will take place as scheduled next year.

Palmerston’s Leah Herrfort dropped the ceremonial puck prior to the Mitchell Hawks’ home PJHL matchup against the Wingham Ironmen on Feb. 11. Herrfort was instrumental in helping Team Canada to women’s hockey gold at the World University Games in Lake Placid in January, racking up four goals and fou

The Listowel District Secondary School junior girls’ volleyball team concluded its winter regular season schedule on Feb. 9 with a home matchup against top-seeded St. Michael Catholic Secondary (9-0), with the Lightning (5-4) falling in straight sets, 10-25, 10-25. Despite the loss, LDSS advanced to

Despite a momentum-halting loss to the Stratford Warriors on Sunday afternoon, the Listowel Cyclones are gradually rounding into playoff form after winning two of their three games last week.

The Listowel Cyclones U9 Tier 2 team travelled north to Palmerston on Feb. 7 to take on the Minto Mad Dogs. Minto got out to an early 1-0 lead, but the Cyclones stormed back with three unanswered goals to win 3-1.