The promise was, rain or not, the Easter Egg Hunt in Elmwood would be fun, with activities, games, a small petting zoo and the opportunity for photos with special guest, the Easter Bunny.
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Brubacher explores April Fools’ origin
April Fools day occurs on April 1st every year and is a casual holiday that gives us an excuse to play, hopefully harmless, pranks on our friends and family. The origin of April Fools day is uncertain, however there are multiple theories that have been thrown around.
U12 Huron-Perth Lakers win Alliance Championship
HURON/PERTH - The U12 Huron-Perth Lakers hockey team completed an undefeated season on March 27 in Essex.
Goodfellow records top euchre score
WALKERTON - Euchre was played at the Walkerton library on Wednesday, April 1.
Businesses face new recycling reality under Ontario Blue Box changes
MILDMAY - Local businesses are being forced to rethink how they manage recycling after Ontario’s new Blue Box program removed commercial properties from curbside collection.
SIU invokes mandate after South Bruce man arrested following search
SOUTH BRUCE - The Huron Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested an individual from South Bruce in South Bruce who was said to be involved with a incident in South Huron.
Local curlers win silver at Portuguese Mixed Doubles Curling Cup
LISTOWEL - On March 20 to 22, the Dundas Granite Curling Club hosted the Portuguese Mixed Doubles Curling Cup.
North Perth Dog Park hosts ‘egg-cellent’ pop up dog park and egg hunt
The North Perth Dog Park hosted an “egg-cellent” pop up dog park and Easter egg hunt on April 4 at the Kinsmen Station in Listowel.
Community Living North Perth changes additional services ‘to protect essential supports’
LISTOWEL - Community Living North Perth (CLNP) provides individuals with developmental disabilities access to safe, meaningful support which is essential to daily life.
Donations to WDHF’s X-ray Suite Replacement Campaign
Janice Swanton and Walker’s Landing presented the Walkerton and District Hospital Foundation with donations.
Listowel Memorial Hospital in early stages of redevelopment
LISTOWEL - Redevelopment of the Listowel Memorial Hospital (LMH) is in the planning stages.
Council maintains stormwater rates to work towards reducing funding gap
LISTOWEL - Although the latest North Perth stormwater rates study update indicates a funding gap of roughly $1 million annually, CAO Kriss Snell says the municipality is ahead of many other communities across the province.
Over 50 attend No Tyrants protest co-organized by Kincardine man
Denny Scott dscott@midwesternnewspapers.com OWEN SOUND – A local rally aimed at refuting the…
Nearly 1,000 local school board staff on 2025 public salary disclosure
Following patterns of previous years, the local school boards in Huron County have the largest footprint on the public salary disclosure, with just under 1,000 combined individuals from the Avon Maitland District School Board and the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board on the list.
Reporter looking for job to prop up the housing industry
Just to prove I’m an equal-opportunity political critic, I’m going to set my sights this week on Ontario Premier and Conservative head honcho Doug Ford (after last week, when I focused on pseudo-Liberal Prime Minister Carney and, tangentially, the Bloc through the Air Canada language issue) and...
