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U12 Huron-Perth Lakers win Alliance Championship

Nicole Beswitherick April 9, 2026Listowel Banner, News, Sports, Wingham Advance Times

HURON/PERTH - The U12 Huron-Perth Lakers hockey team completed an undefeated season on March 27 in Essex.

Goodfellow records top euchre score

Submitted April 9, 2026News

WALKERTON  - Euchre was played at the Walkerton library on Wednesday, April 1.

Businesses face new recycling reality under Ontario Blue Box changes

Emily Bowen April 9, 2026News, Walkerton Herald-Times

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

Submitted April 9, 2026News, Police, Walkerton Herald-Times

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

Submitted April 9, 2026Listowel Banner, Local News, News, Sports

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

Nicole Beswitherick April 9, 2026Listowel Banner, Local News

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’

Kelsey Bent April 9, 2026Listowel Banner, News

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

Submitted April 9, 2026News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Janice Swanton and Walker’s Landing presented the Walkerton and District Hospital Foundation with donations.

Listowel Memorial Hospital in early stages of redevelopment

Nicole Beswitherick April 9, 2026Listowel Banner, News

LISTOWEL - Redevelopment of  the Listowel Memorial Hospital (LMH) is in the planning stages.

Council maintains stormwater rates to work towards reducing funding gap

Kelsey Bent April 9, 2026Listowel Banner, News

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.

Contributed photos The No Tyrants protest, aimed at highlighting autocratic activities, specifically those in the United States, that was held in Owen Sound late last month brought over 50 protestors to Owen Sound’s city hall. Co-organizer Kevin Larson was very happy with the turnout, especially compared to another political protest around the same time.

Over 50 attend No Tyrants protest co-organized by Kincardine man

Denny Scott April 9, 2026News, Walkerton Herald-Times

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

Denny Scott April 9, 2026News, Wingham Advance Times

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

Denny Scott April 9, 2026Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

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...

Life-threatening injuries sustained in fire at Wingham’s F.E. Madill

Midwestern Newspapers April 7, 2026News, Wingham Advance Times

WINGHAM -  Shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7 emergency services responded to F.E. Madill Secondary School for a reported fire, according to police.

Council considers Mildmay boundary expansion to make room for future business development

Emily Bowen April 2, 2026News, Walkerton Herald-Times

TEESWATER - The Municipality of South Bruce is considering a request to support expanding its settlement boundary in Mildmay, as council reviews a report tied to the County’s new long-term planning document.

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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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Panthers senior beach volleyball wrap-up

LISTOWEL – Panthers senior girls volleyball teams played their final beach volleyball games…

2026 Hayloft Music Festival

To access this post, you must purchase Digital Subscription - Monthly or Digital…

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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.

Tentative agreement reached for school bus contract negotiations

BRUCE COUNTY – Families across Grey-Bruce, weeks before school was set to start, have been told a contract has been reached regarding bus services for students.

See all Mildmay area articles.

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.

Peabody ‘not giving up’ on court security cost issue

WALKERTON – The mayor of Brockton, Chris Peabody, had promised months ago – at the April 14 council meeting, to be exact – to bring the matter of court security costs to this year’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference in Ottawa.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Huron County Plowmans Association – Queen of the Furrow competition

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Family health team offers cooking class with mindful eating, healthful foods

WINGHAM – Those participating in the Aug. 19 cooking class at the North Huron Wescast Community…

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Editorial

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.

Community newspaper publishers need fair rates, quality service from Canada Post

Community newspaper publishers are asking the Honourable Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and Québec Lieutenant, to direct Canada Post to offer publishers the same rate it offers to the country’s dominant flyer printer.

Columnists

Steve Travale elected to the 2026/28 AMO board of directors

By Pauline Kerr

OTTAWA – Steve Travale, Brockton council member, has been elected to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) board of directors’ rural caucus.

Panthers senior beach volleyball wrap-up

By Heather MacEwen

LISTOWEL – Panthers senior girls volleyball teams played their final beach volleyball games…

2026 Hayloft Music Festival

By Heather MacEwen

To access this post, you must purchase Digital Subscription - Monthly or Digital Subscription -…

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