LOCAL HEADLINES

Tri-County Mennonite Homes’ (TCMH) second annual fundraising dinner was a big success last Saturday, with the event furthering the organization’s mission of building a new Nithview long-term care home in New Hamburg.

New Hamburg author Nancy Silcox has just released a biography detailing the storied career and life of former Ontario Deputy Minister of Culture, and her late brother-in-law, David Silcox – the result of three years of research into a man who worked his whole life to have Canadian art recognized internationally and at home.

Wilmot Township council has selected nine people to sit on a community steering committee to guide the next phase of the Prime Ministers Path project.

With colourful lights, festive crafts and visits from Santa Claus, there will be no shortage of opportunities for locals to embrace the holiday spirit.

The St. Marys DCVI Senior Girls Basketball team, backed by one of the craziest crowds in DCVI sports history, won the WOSSAA single A championship with a 39-27 win over London’s Monseigneur-Bruyère, earning the Salukis an OFSAA berth.

A new Primary Care Access Clinic opened in Paris on Nov. 10, marking the latest step in a regional effort to help residents without a family doctor or nurse practitioner receive timely, team-based care. The Brantford site launched one week earlier on Nov. 3, while the Simcoe clinic, on which the entire model is based, has already been operating successfully for six months. The three clinics, developed through the Brantford, Brant, Norfolk Ontario Health Team (BBNOHT), are op

After direction was brought forward by Wilmot Mayor Natasha Salonen earlier this year to have staff bring forward a policy outlining the process for a regular review of council pay, staff recently presented that policy to township council for feedback before it is officially approved.

Members of Oxford County council had their first look at next year’s document, which comes with an operating budget of $227.8 million and a capital budget of $127.9 million.

Don’t look now, but New Hamburg is creeping up the Provincial Junior Hockey League’s (PJHL) Doherty Division standings after a pair of weekend wins.

The 2025 Federal Budget arrived with a promise to tilt policy toward investment, productivity and long-run growth.

A report just accepted by Stratford city council at its meeting on Nov. 10 paints a dire picture of the area’s child-care services.

The Stratford Film Festival (SFF) held its first ever four-day festival Nov. 6-9, with thirteen screenings that had been whittled down from submissions of over 500 films. Opening night was sold out with a welcoming reception and the screening of the award-winning documentary Beethoven Nine: Ode to Humanity directed by Canadian Larry Weinstein. The feature took home the Best Documentary award.

As the electricity demand in Ontario is expected to grow rapidly in the coming decades, Bruce Power is planning for the next generation.

Nurse Practitioner’s Week had an extra special meaning at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital (TDMH) with the success of a year of the Rapid Assessment Fast Track (RAFT) program under Nurse Practitioner (NP), Krista Wright.

With the changing of the seasons and the approach of winter, the Soulstice Collective Fall Market offers a space to pause and reconnect – to nourish body and spirit through local wellness, handcrafted goods and community energy.

In a home-and-home series on Nov. 7 and Nov. 9, the St. Marys Lincolns and Waterloo Siskins picked up right where they left off in their first-round playoff this past spring.

As the transformation of downtown Paris begins to take shape, Councillor John Bell says community backlash over the new streetscape and parking layout is growing, prompting him to push for changes before construction wraps up. Bell raised the issue at the Oct. 28 council meeting during discussion of a staff report on parking and traffic modifications across the County. The matter had been deferred from the Administration and Operations Committee, but Bell said he felt compel

Members of Uniform Local 88, other locals and labour supporters held a ‘Solidarity Action’ at Ingersoll’s CAMI manufacturing plant on Wednesday. The rally is in response to General Motors' elimination of production of the BrightDrop EV delivery van.

Three Canadian organizations are coordinating efforts to offer mental health support for Jamaican foreign migrant workers struggling to deal with Hurricane Melissa’s devastation. Canadians and workers’ host communities quite literally benefit from the fruits and vegetables of their labour says Leanne Arnal, Manager of Community Development, Catholic Community Services York Region (CCSYR), Simcoe Satellite Office. And now, in those workers’ time of need, she feels responsibil

Starting Dec. 4, calls for paramedic services in Waterloo Region will be triaged and dispatched using a new Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS).