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A local duo competed at the Ontario Carriage Driving Association event at Steenbeek Friesians Farm near Varna last weekend. In the single horse division event on Sunday, Anne Marie Anderson from Whitchurch drove her horse Hercules through the obstacle course, while Diane Foster of Goderich navigated

Staff informed council on Aug. 9 that the before and after school program in Teeswater was full and had a waiting list for the upcoming year.           

It was the end of an era in local politics on Aug. 9, as longtime councillor Jim Nelemans resigned his seat on Morris-Turnberry council.

A line of antique tractors again filled the town as they made their way to Mary’s Family Restaurant in Lucknow during the annual antique tractor parade on Aug. 13.

The Township of North Huron signed an agreement with the County of Huron to participate in the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) program, beginning the process to lower childcare costs in the area.

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) revised its timeline for the site selection for the deep geological repository (DGR), pushing the date for a final decision back by a year, from 2023 to 2024.

For the second time in just over a month, South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) has announced temporary closures this coming weekend “due to a number of unexpected nursing staff absences.”

The Grey Bruce Health Unit will be vaccinating eligible individuals against monkeypox during by-appointment clinics, beginning this week.

It has been three long years since the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) has been able to conduct its province-wide Ambassador of the Fairs competition. It’s also meant three years of representation for most regional fair ambassadors, whose reigns were extended with the arrival of the pandemic in e

U15 Listowel hosted the Exeter Extremes #2 in an Aug. 2 girls’ softball tilt at John Bell North, with the visitors coming away with a 12-6 victory.

Pete Nichol dropped his third career hole-in-one on Wednesday, July 20, scoring his ace on No. 2 Heritage from the blue tees using an 8-iron. It was Nichol’s first hole-in-one recorded at the Listowel Golf Club.

Progress on implementing the automated school bus stop arm camera system in Perth County has hit a roadblock.

Fundraising efforts continue for North Perth Westfield Elementary School’s new playground equipment, with a selfless group of local kids braving the heat to set up a lemonade stand to bring in money for the cause on Rogers Road in Listowel on Aug. 6. The Westfield students’ efforts raised over $700.