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South Ward’s Halloween House Decorating contest returned this year and, while contending with weather, the World Series and a new event format, it turned out to be a spooktacular event.  This annual community happening, organized by Paris business owner and Halloween enthusiast Tiffany Martin, is such a fun and frightening initiative that engages the locals in a friendly competition and boosts the spirit of the season. 

Keeping pace with the frenetic growth of new technology is hard enough on its own, but when paired with confusing agreements that are longer than Tolstoy’s War and Peace and using complicated legalese, it can make any business owner’s head spin.

When he started what would become one of West Lincoln’s most prominent farming operations, Daryl Haanstra had little more than his 1998 John Deere 6620 Titan II combine and a strong work ethic.

Oxford MP Arpan Khanna was glad to see the government introduce legislation to tackle shortfalls in the country’s bail system but said it could do more.

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

When Margaret Smart’s daughter was 14 years old, she would go to youth-led events and initiatives where adults would tell her and her peers, “You are the future.”

In a thrilling come-from-behind victory against the South Huron Panthers in Exeter, the Goderich Vikings field hockey team captured the Huron-Perth championship.

The 2026 draft budget for the City of Stratford projects a 3.09 per cent tax increase – though that figure will likely change as deliberations get underway.

A new native plant mural at Elizabeth’s Art Gallery in Goderich is inviting the community to look closely and get creative. The Wildflower Wall Challenge lets participants identify native plants for a chance to win prizes.

A study on growth analysis shows Tillsonburg leading the county in predicted population growth percentage over the next 40 years.

A decision earlier this year by Mayor Al Strathdee not to use his provincially legislated Strong Mayor Powers to table his official draft 2026 budget for the Town of St. Marys.

The streets of downtown St. Marys were flooded with trick-or-treaters dressed in their costume, just six days before Halloween.

If you’ve ever driven down Washington Street and felt a chill run down your spine, don’t panic, it’s just Hallowe’en spirit at work. More specifically, it’s the handiwork of Tiffany and Bernie Martin, the Paris residents who have turned their love of the spooky season into a full-blown community tradition known as the South Ward Scare.

When Paris resident Drew MacDonald drives the nearly 100 kilometres from his hometown to Toronto, it’s not your average commute. By the time he parks near Rogers Centre, he’s stepping into one of the most intense workplaces in Canadian sports, the Toronto Blue Jays clubhouse. MacDonald, the team’s Major League Assistant Athletic Trainer, is responsible for keeping players healthy, managing injuries, and maintaining the steady calm that’s vital through the grind of a 162-game

General Motors is ending the BrightDrop delivery van production at its CAMI plant in Ingersoll. Employees found out this morning via a letter signed by GM Canada’s managing director, Kristian Aquilina, and plant director Bill Harkness.

Though he hasn’t lived in New Hamburg for 17 years, B.C. singer-songwriter Keith “Papa” Thom says when he reached out to the Wilmot & Wellesley Resource Centre to ask if he could perform in a benefit concert to support the organization as part of his cross-country tour, the staff remembered him immediately and agreed to take him up on the offer.

Oxford County’s Community Futures branch has teamed up with the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) to offer $100 million in financing.

A recent challenge posed to Township of Wellesley Fire Rescue by the Perth East Fire Department’s Milverton station has led the Wellesley fire department to plant a 12-tree urban fruit orchard beside its station in the Village of Wellesley, next to the Wellesley Recreation Complex.

General Motors is ending the BrightDrop delivery van production at its CAMI plant in Ingersoll. Employees found out this morning via a letter signed by GM Canada’s managing director, Kristian Aquilina, and plant director Bill Harkness.

Who would have thought, back in 1992 when the very first Pumpkinfest was celebrated, that it would grow to become one of the most popular community events around? Since then, it has become an annual – and very popular – tradition in Waterford, and the Oct. 17-19 edition has just been ‘put to bed’ for another year.