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The municipality will host an in-person volunteer recognition event at the Cargill Community Centre on Thursday, June 23, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided, as well as live musical entertainment.

The Easter egg hunt on Saturday, put on by the Elmwood Chamber of Commerce and the Murray Emke family, had a bit of everything.

Melissa McKie is a single mom (four plus one) and a full-time paramedic working for Bruce County. She’s been competing in triathlons for many years and has set some major goals for herself this year – five triathlons between June and September.

Following a lengthy meeting in closed session during the April 12 meeting, Brockton council has directed staff to prepare a bylaw declaring the Armoury Building surplus to the needs of the municipality, and to accept the report on the building for information purposes.

Council has accepted, with regret, the resignations of four members of the Walkerton Business Improvement Area board of directors.

With warmer weather returning to midwestern Ontario, you can expect to see area youth getting their bikes out. The OPP is offering the following tips to help prevent serious crashes involving bicycle riders:

Police are looking for suspect(s) after a break, enter and theft at new residential lots under construction in Listowel.

For the second time in a week, a Listowel residence under construction has been the victim of a break, enter and theft.

For the second time in a span of three days, Perth County OPP have charged a Palmerston resident following a domestic incident in the Municipality of North Perth.

After three years of no badminton due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local athletes returned to the court last week for the Bluewater District Athletics South Junior and Senior tournaments in Walkerton.

The Walkerton Capitals U15 Rep Team capped  off  their  season undefeated in the OMHA U15 Tier 2 Championship. The Capitals started off the tournament with their first game on Friday afternoon against Mariposa.

At the beginning of the 2021-22 hockey season, the Walkerton Capitals U15 girls rep team set a series of goals for the year. Among those goals was finishing first in their league, to qualify for the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association (OWHA) Southern Championship weekend, and to qualify for the OWHA

Crowds of local residents “hopped on by” to visit the Easter Bunny and enjoy treats and games at the Sacred Heart Church parking lot on Saturday, April 9, courtesy of the local Optimist Club.