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The occupation of downtown Ottawa may be over, but the spirit of the protest lives on. There have been demonstrations and rallies across the country including a small, friendly, noisy one on Family Day at the main intersection in Walkerton. The banners and slogans were familiar: “Freedom of choice!”

Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson was joined by Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody on Thursday, Feb. 17 to announce two investments for the municipality totaling $162,816 from the province’s modernization program.

Bruce County council discussed an amendment to the Official Plan (OP) that will affect all agricultural land in the county, and accepted a staff report for information.

Home sale prices, apparently, do not suffer from the “January Blues” like many of us do.

It’s Nov. 16, 1987, Brian Mulroney is Canada’s prime minister, and in the House of Commons stands defence minister Perrin Beatty.

The Listowel Junior Cyclones have got hot at the best possible time, picking up three straight wins last weekend over some of their biggest conference rivals.

Following a one-day delay due to inclement weather, the Petrolia Squires and Milverton Four Wheel Drives made it worth the wait for fans in their WOAA Senior ‘A’ semifinal series opener on Feb. 20.

Kempston & Werth Realty Ltd. renewed its Valentine’s Day tradition of delivering flowers to local ladies at Caressant Care, Livingstone Manor and Royal Terrace on Feb. 14. All told, realty representatives brightened the days of 135 residents of the Listowel and Palmerston retirement homes.

Ridership on PC Connect dropped significantly in January compared to the previous month.

The Listowel Kinsmen Club conducted its first of two Paddyfest Pot O’ Gold early bird draws on Feb. 11, with North Perth’s Katie Snell (above photo, at right) and Jordan Linstead (below photo, at left) selected as the winners of $500 gift certificates to Bakelaar Jewellers. The second early bird dra

Council is considering several changes to North Perth’s zoning bylaw, including when it becomes necessary for multi-unit residential dwellings to have a visitor parking spot.

For the second straight year, the North Perth community has given Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sgt. Manny Coelho the recognition he deserves for his ongoing efforts that go above and beyond the call of duty.

In the continuing series celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stratford-Perth Archives and its treasures, this week we feature the survey plan of Mitchell from 1859. Much research has been conducted on the origin of the name “Mitchell.” As it is Black History Month, and although there was a recent ar