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Walkerton Senior cards results

Jo-Ann Carter July 4, 2024Local News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Euchre results at the Walkerton Library on Wednesday, June 26 were: high, Jim Bolton 78, Phyllis Nesbitt 74, Bonnie Thomson 69, and Marilyn Spitzig 38 for low. Draw winners were Mary Ridler, Mary Dales and Nesbitt.

Arrest made in multi-jurisdictional theft investigation; $600,000 in stolen vehicles, equipment recovered

Submitted July 4, 2024Listowel Banner, News

PERTH/GREY/HURON COUNTIES – One person is facing several charges following a property crime…

Peabody prepares for special meeting of Bruce County Council

Pauline Kerr July 4, 2024News, Walkerton Herald-Times

The agenda for the July 4 session of Bruce County council is different from usual, with a special meeting scheduled for the afternoon, following the morning’s regular long-term care and planning meeting.

Bridget McKee named 2024 Homecoming Ambassador

Cory Bilyea July 4, 2024Contests, Local News, Wingham Advance Times

The 2024 Wingham Homecoming celebrations began Thursday evening , June 27, with the Homecoming Ambassador competition at F. E. Madill Secondary School.

Enrolment open for Huron County Starter Company Plus Program

Submitted July 4, 2024Wingham Advance Times

Application process for new business mentorship, training program opened on July 1

County to hold open house events to give update on draft official plan

Kelsey Bent July 4, 2024Listowel Banner, News

County council approved the next step in the process of adopting a new official plan. 

Butterfly effect would be a game changer

Patrick Raftis July 4, 2024Columns, Editorials, Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

Among my favorite movies is The Butterfly Effect. The 2004 film features Ashton Kutcher as a troubled time traveller who discovers, to his chagrin, that attempts to correct mistakes in the past can generate unintended consequences for the future. 

A parka with shorts? Why not?

Pauline Kerr July 4, 2024Columns, Independent Plus, Listowel Banner, Opinion, Walkerton Herald-Times, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

With the arrival of Canada Day, many of us muse about what it means to be Canadian.

New apartment building in East Ridge has plenty to offer

Pauline Kerr July 4, 2024Business, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

The new apartment building going up in East Ridge, Walkerton, the first of three, no longer looks like a construction site. The building has taken on the appearance of a building that will soon have people who call it home.

July 4, 2024 Turnbacks

Midwestern Newspapers July 4, 2024Columns, Opinion, Pieces of the Past

2014 – Listowel and Wingham hospitals prepared to participate in a provincial program to increase the sharing of information across health care providers.

Margaret’s Mercantile to reopen in Cargill

Pauline Kerr July 4, 2024Local News, Walkerton Herald-Times

The popular shop, operated by volunteers with the Cargill and Greenock Swamp Promotional Organization (CGSPO), has offered assorted local items from preserves and maple products to crafts, and has been housed in various buildings in Cargill. 

HOMECOMING 2024: Weekend highlights from this year’s big event

Midwestern Newspapers July 4, 2024Local News, News, Wingham Advance Times

Wingham Homecoming 2024 was celebrated from June 27 to July 1 with a wide range of activities taking place around the community.

Wingham BIA Bucks program changing

Cory Bilyea July 4, 2024Local News, Wingham Advance Times

The Wingham BIA Bucks program is undergoing a procedural change, according to a press release from BIA Treasurer Doug Kuyvenhoven. 

School board approves budget of $251 million for 2024/25

Submitted July 4, 2024Local News, Wingham Advance Times

HURON-PERTH - The Board of Trustees of AMDSB received and approved the 2024/2025 Budget at its meeting on June 25. 

Listowel Lions Club hosted a Vintage Pickup Truck Show

Submitted July 4, 2024Listowel Banner, Local News

LISTOWEL – The Listowel Lions Club hosted a Vintage Pickup Truck Show on June 23. “Some pretty…

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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.

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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. 

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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