LOCAL HEADLINES

St. Marys council has approved a land-lease agreement with Bell Mobility that will allow the telecommunications company to construct a new cellular tower on municipally owned land near the northeast edge of town.

While a particularly challenging budget yet, recently Huron County Council passed the 2026 Budget.

A group of protestors of all ages addressed a variety of concerns marching around Stratford City Hall on a snowy Saturday morning.

While staff and the board of directors for the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) don’t anticipate cuts to service levels or relative funding for the area, they do expect a significant cost born from the plan to consolidate the province’s 36 conservation areas (CAs) into regional authorities.

The Port of Goderich is the only deepwater port on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, and each year, the Town of Goderich holds a Top Hat ceremony to celebrate the first ship to dock each spring.

Ontario’s finance minister tabled the 2026 provincial budget last week, and reaction from a pair of area Conservative MPPs has been positive.

The townships of Wilmot and Wellesley are moving forward with plans to jointly fund a 12-month municipal sustainability manager position, aimed at advancing local climate action initiatives and reducing greenhouse-gas emissions across both municipalities.

Wilmot Township is in a water crisis, and the municipality isn’t alone. Kitchener, Waterloo and other communities have been in a development freeze because there isn’t enough water for proposed massive new construction projects, both residential and industrial.

The back-and-forth Doherty Division championship series between Woodstock and Tavistock will be decided in a seventh game.

A fire may have destroyed her beloved barn, but it hasn’t extinguished Carolyne Siebert’s passion for farming.

Tillsonburg is upping the ante on its clean-up efforts in conjunction with Earth Week.

The County of Brant and the City of Brantford are set to begin negotiations over a potential boundary adjustment involving the Brantford Municipal Airport lands, following direction from the Province of Ontario and the appointment of a provincial facilitator.

A pair of Canada’s top military officials were in Ingersoll last week for a major funding announcement at a weapons maker.

In a unanimous decision, Stratford city council has agreed to compose and send a letter supporting “provincial consultation and transparency regarding potential changes to English public school board governance.”

Potential strategic growth areas between Baden and New Hamburg that could support increased residential density and mid-rise development were the focus of a March 23 presentation to Wilmot council as work continues on the township’s new official plan.

Local manufacturer Schaeffler Group has become the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN)’s newest incubator. As Raed Kadri, head of OVIN, told the Times, the partnership is an exercise in future-proofing Ontario’s position as a global leader in the automotive industry.

Tavistock may have taken the first two games of their Provincial Junior Hockey League’s (PJHL) Doherty Division final in easy fashion, but the Navy Vets sent a message on Tuesday night they will not go down easily.

Jayden King did not end up kissing a cod and getting screeched in while at the Montana’s Brier in St. John’s Newfoundland. But the Courtland curler did embrace wide-ranging opportunity to learn from the personal and competitive experience it offered.

The rivalries may already be getting intense, but the experience will all be in good fun as the community comes together in support of a good cause. The third annual charity hockey tournament will be back in at the South Huron Recreation Centre April 9, bringing together six teams from local businesses to raise funds and collect food donations for the Huron County Food Bank Distribution Centre.

Tillsonburg’s integrity commissioner found no wrong-doing by the former chair of the board of the Downtown Tillsonburg BIA and its executive director during a recent investigation.