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Close friends and family gathered at the park in Cargill last week to plant an oak tree in memory of David Thomson (1931-2024), father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend to many, a man who spent a lifetime serving his community.

After over 20 years in their location on Wallace Avenue in Listowel, Gerber’s Workwear Ltd. will be relocating to its “state-of-the-art production facility” and head office in Donegal – just a 10 minute drive out of town.

This community knows how to throw a great homecoming celebration!

Thirty-eight enthusiastic golfers aged 10-18 years old descended upon the Walkerton Golf Club on Saturday, July 20 to compete for the Walkerton and District Optimist Club Junior Championship.

- Blue boxes arrive here;

TRI-umph Triathlon returned to Gorrie this weekend for another adrenaline and fun-filled day of swimming, biking and running for ages 6-17.

Listowel’s Corey Conners, representing Canada, finished in a tie for ninth in the men’s Olympic golf tournament, closing with a 5-under score of 66 on Aug. 6 at the Paris Olympic venue, Le Golf National.

Emergency crews responded to a unit fire within an east-side downtown building on Wallace Avenue North in Listowel at approximately 9:45 p.m., on Aug. 4.

There was what we would now call a federal election in Canada in the summer of 1863. The campaign literature from one of the candidates who ran in Stratford rivals social media posts in modern times with comments about court cases and accusations of “unprincipled behavior.”

Alyssa Albers took home a gold and a silver for Team Canada at the Dance World Cup in Prague.

2014 - Charges pending after violent collision south of Millbank resulted in seven injured and transported to the hospital after a gravel truck struck a minivan.