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North Perth council candidate – Elma Ward: Jamie Pynn

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

BIOGRAPHY Hello, my name is Jamie Pynn and I have called North Perth my home for the past 16 years.…

North Perth council candidate – Elma Ward: David Ludington

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

BIOGRAPHY My name is David Ludington. Born 1960 and raised in Elma Township. Started farming on the…

North Perth council candidate – Elma Ward: Dave Johnston

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

BIOGRAPHY It has been my privilege to serve the citizens of Elma for many years and I wish to…

North Perth council candidate – Elma Ward: Matt Duncan

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

BIOGRAPHY I am a lifelong resident of North Perth, who is raising four teenage daughters, while…

North Perth council candidate – Listowel Ward: Darrell Weber

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

BIOGRAPHY I was brought up in a Mennonite family between Elmira and Drayton on a farm. I have a bit…

North Perth council candidate – Listowel Ward: Yasmin Vanos

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

BIOGRAPHY I recently retired as a personal support worker (PSW) and moved to Listowel. After…

North Perth council candidate – Listowel Ward: Matt Richardson

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

BIOGRAPHY A town is made of streets, houses, businesses, and people, but a community is made of…

North Perth council candidate – Listowel Ward: Grace Harper

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

BIOGRAPHY I am a wife, mother, ‘gigi’ to three grandbabies and a chosen family new to Listowel.…

North Perth council candidate – Listowel Ward: Sarah Blazek

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

BIOGRAPHY I am a 37-year-old wife and mother; born and raised in North Perth. I own a home here…

North Perth council candidate – Listowel Ward: Neil Anstett

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

BIOGRAPHY My name is Neil Anstett and since 2018, I have been proudly serving as your North Perth…

North Perth deputy mayor candidate – Doug Kellum

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

BIOGRAPHY Doug Kellum is currently the Deputy Mayor for the Municipality of North Perth. With the…

North Perth deputy mayor candidate – Colin Burrowes

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

BIOGRAPHY Colin Burrowes is a former reporter for the Listowel Banner. In that role, he has learned…

North Perth mayoral candidate – Todd Kasenberg

Submitted October 12, 2022Municipal Election 2022

Biography Todd Kasenberg has a passion for North Perth – and pronounces himself “North Perth…

New Horizons for Seniors Program open for applications

Melissa Dunphy October 12, 2022Listowel Banner, Local News, News

MP John Nater wrote a letter to North Perth municipal council informing that the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) for 2022 has a call for proposals for community-based projects.

North Perth receives Canada-Wide Early Learning, Child Care Enrollment update at Oct. 3 council meeting

Melissa Dunphy October 12, 2022Listowel Banner, Local News, News

The Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) Agreement was discussed in more detail at the Oct. 3 Municipality of North Perth council meeting.

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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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Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Panthers senior beach volleyball wrap-up

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

See all Listowel area articles.

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

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.

See all Mildmay area articles.

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

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.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

See all Wingham area articles.

Editorial

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

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.

Columnists

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

By Rachel Hammermueller

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

By Rachel Hammermueller

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

Conservation consolidation limits representation for local counties

By Denny Scott

After months of pushback from local lower- and upper-tier councils, the Province of Ontario released the ‘Improving Ontario’s Conservation Authority System’ document, detailing the amalgamation of the province’s conservation authorities.

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