WALKERTON - The Holmdale Pro Rodeo is returning for another full weekend of “heart-pounding action, world-class riders and unforgettable memories,” July 31-Aug. 2. The spirit of the west comes alive at the Holmdale Rodeo Grounds, 588 Sideroad 10 South, Walkerton.
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Annual Paddyfest concert: a night of music gold
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Brussels welcomes vendors for annual spring market
The Brussels Four Winds Barn hosted its fifth annual Spring Market, which saw the building’s…
Fifteen teams compete in Youth for Christ annual Paddyfest volleyball tournament
LISTOWEL - Fifteen teams competed in the Youth for Christ annual Paddyfest volleyball tournament.
Under-budget road work to help fund Perth County $2.2 million winter maintenance deficit
STRATFORD - Perth County public works staff shared the importance of under-budget road work, and the opportunity to use those dollars to partially fund the winter maintenance overage estimated at $2.2 million.
Two decades of disease, celebrated with cake
Friday, March 20, 2026 officially marked 20 years of me living with type one diabetes (T1D). And yes – I got a cake. A personalized one, actually.
Easter weather 100 years ago brought snow
The arrival of Easter generally brings with it thoughts of warm sunshine and whiling away lazy…
Walkerton Herald-Times March 26 Turnbacks
From March 30, 1988
Local artist shares sketches of Canada’s Paralympics champions
Award-winning author and artist Cindy Matthews has done it again – celebrated Canada’s athletes who competed in the Paralympics in Italy by doing multi-media sketches of medal winners.
Freedom from information … and umm? – Communism!
You may have noticed a stream of creative policy pronouncements emanating from the provincial government of late: statutory holiday shopping, legalizing pepper spray, making public parks BYOB zones, to name a few.
Bruce and Grey Federations of Agriculture host Politicians Day in Elmwood
ELMWOOD – Bruce and Grey municipal, provincial and federal leaders joined Federation of agriculture representatives for an open conversation on what matters to the people who – literally – feed the engine that runs this province and country.
Beware the Ides of March, and stay away from the water
The lyrics of a 1950s country song recorded by Johnny Cash in 1958 say, “If the Good Lord’s Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise.”
Farmers, conservationists debate the details during Perth County’s forestry bylaw review
MITCHELL - Sixty-six per cent of this province has forest cover, however, the majority of that is in the boreal forest, which is north of Huntsville to Perry Sound, not in southern Ontario. More locally, Essex County has 3% forest cover, and Chatham-Kent County sits a bit higher at 3.2%. Huron Count
North Perth Council names north-east development Moore Innovation Park
LISTOWEL - North Perth Council considered two names for the industrial lands to be developed north-east of Listowel as well as selecting the names of the streets within. This development is located beside the residential subdivision Countryside Meadows.
When war meets prophecy
Growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70s, I lived near an air-raid siren, remnants of a past where fear hovered over daily life.
