LOCAL HEADLINES

Tillsonburg Mayor Deb Gilvesy reflected on the successes of the past 12 months and provided insight into the coming year

The town of Tillsonburg turned up to take care of its own throughout the month of December.

As a result of safety concerns and aging infrastructure, Goderich Town Council recently made the decision to close the doors

In its fifth consecutive year running, Domino’s Pizza in Goderich had a successful Presents for Pizza campaign.

A hockey tournament and the search for a kidney may not seem to have much in common, but the two will come together this weekend

No one knows if the recent Ward 4 townhall meeting should be considered legitimate township business.

No one knows if the recent Ward 4 townhall meeting should be considered legitimate township business. What is certain is Saturday’s event created controversy among councillors.

At its final budget meeting of the year on Dec. 18, 2024, Wellesley council approved in principle the township’s draft 2025 budget with a 3.94 per-cent levy increase – down more than one per cent from the initial 4.99 per-cent levy increase proposed in the budget’s original draft.

A local hemp producer and manufacturer of CBD topicals officially launched its flagship hemp-stick product.

On Dec. 18, 2024, the town’s downtown service location review advisory committee met for the first time since March 2023

On Monday, December 23, 2024, the Stratford Police Service received a report of a missing 23-year-old female, Danica.

County taxpayers won’t see the sticker shock on next year’s tax bill in contrast to this year.

Father and son thank WDDS program

County taxpayers won’t see the sticker shock on next year’s tax bill in contrast to this year. Oxford County passed a tax increase of 16.7 per cent in 2024 but this year’s document is a bit easier on the pocketbook despite being greater than the rate of inflation.

Kevin Thomason isn’t a stranger to delegating at Wilmot Township council meetings. He was at the most recent meeting on Monday night presenting petitions and asking council to declare Wilmot an unwilling host for the Region of Waterloo’s land-acquisition project. Thomason is also a member of the Fight for Farmland group.

Mark King partnered with the Town of St. Marys to welcome locals to the King Family Christmas House.

Quadro Communications and Gosfield North Communications out of Essex County will official amalgamate into one organization in 2026.

After receiving a more than $487,000 bill for road maintenance from Perth County earlier this fall, St. Marys council voted not to pay.

North Perth deputy mayor Todd Kellum has been acclaimed as Perth County warden, taking over from outgoing warden

The 2025 draft budget, with the approved expansions and removals council has made