LOCAL HEADLINES

Canada’s largest outdoor, freshwater pool is nearly ready to welcome visitors for the 2025 season! The St. Marys Quarry will open on Friday, June 27, offering daily swims from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA) marked the completion of its Patient Room Rebuild Project at St. Marys Memorial Hospital with a grand-opening celebration on June 11.

On Thursday night, many families and teachers gathered at Holy Name of Mary School to take part in the annual Warrior Will Fun Fair in memory of Will Simons.

Much of the speech given by the headliner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2025 class could be classified as a love letter to Canada, with Jose Bautista delivering a heartfelt speech. But, not before getting a laugh out of what was the largest Hall of Fame Induction crowd in recent memory.

On Sunday June 8, the Rotary Club of St. Marys will once again raise a glass to community, craft and connection with the return of its beloved Brews & Food Fest, running from 12-6 p.m. at the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

Swimming lessons and other aquatics-centre programming at the Pyramid Recreation Centre (PRC) won’t return this summer as originally expected after emerging structural concerns have delayed the completion of multi-million-dollar renovations to the pool into the fall.

The Town of St. Marys recently recognized three St. Marys residents who have demonstrated their commitment to community for being Strong As Stone.

Staff and students at Walkerton District Community School (WDCS) and members of the surrounding community are in mourning after an assistant softball coach and four students were killed in a multivehicle collision near Thorndale Friday afternoon.

As he looks ahead to his June 7 show in support of the St. Marys Healthcare Foundation and the St. Marys Memorial Hospital, Canadian comedy icon Brent Butt says fans who know him from his hit CTV show, Corner Gas, will see a whole new side of the comic from small-town Saskatchewan.

A change has taken place at our local Canadian Tire store. Previous associate dealers Angie and Matt Miskuski have moved on to the Paris Ontario location, opening a spot for new dealers to take over. Justin and Jayme Lamoreux, the store’s new dealers, recently made the move to St. Marys.

“Avontuur” is the Dutch word for Adventure and now the name of the new store in town located at 11 Church St. S.

It is with heavy heart and much consideration that Richard “Andy” Anderson has decided to leave his position as the director of emergency services/fire chief after serving more than nine years of dedicated service to the Town of St. Marys.

May 8 was once again McDonald’s Canada McHappy Day across the country, during which a portion of every order goes towards Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC).

St. Marys cheesemaker Stonetown Artisan Cheese won the top prize in an international cheese competition for the second time in a row.

Riverside Bed and Breakfast’s historic building is turning 150 years old this year and is looking for St. Marys’ creative arts communities to help celebrate.

The St. Marys Lincolns went out with a bang. In one of the most exciting-yet-heartbreaking games of the entire season, the St. Marys Lincolns were eliminated from the Sutherland Cup Playoffs in seven games by the Chatham Maroons.

Trevor Matkovich knows what it’s like to be in throes of addiction. Now a trained mental-health and addictions counsellor with a private practice he recently started from his home in St. Marys.

St. Marys council is speaking out against a provincial plan to bolster mayoral decision-making powers across the province.

The Rotary Club of St. Marys held it’s 99th annual Rural Urban Night on Thursday evening, April 24. Over 320 people attended this community event held at the Pyramid Recreation Centre. Rural Urban Night celebrates the bond between our rural and urban communities. This bond is not one of dependency but of interdependence.

With 140 of 222 polls reporting by just before midnight April 28, Conservative incumbent John Nater has been elected member of parliament for Perth-Wellington and will serve his fourth consecutive term as a member of the opposition party.