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Santa Claus will be at the Flower Shop and More for photos and to help give back to the community.

Stonetown Artisan Cheese continues to win more prizes in an award-winning year for the business. Stonetown Cheese won the Grand Champion prize at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair for its Wildwood cheese in the firm and hard – surface ripened, natural or brush rind category.

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.

Shelterlink Youth Services is proud to announce that Nov. 17, 2025, marks the inaugural Youth Homelessness Awareness Day in Stratford and St. Marys.

Pink cookie sales and snack mix may be the answer to providing affordable parking for cancer patients.​

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.

The Stonetown Karate Centre (STK) had four of its martial artists bring home hardware from the World Karate Championships in Niagara Falls, N.Y., from Oct. 25-31.

The DCVI Senior Girls Basketball Team triumphed in Mitchell with a come-from-behind 65-63 win in triple overtime on Nov. 6 in their playoff semi-final.

What better way could there be to bring together two singing actors who didn’t know each other than by having them star opposite each other while dressed as feral cats?

The oil paintings of VC Glennie are displayed in a solo exhibition, CHROMA, at the St. Marys Station Gallery until Nov. 22.

As time goes on, there are more people who find themselves in unfavourable living conditions and circumstances. Sara McClean, a compassionate 14-year-old of Thorndale, loves to help people and make a difference.

The Thames Valley Central Model Railroad club’s setup at the clubhouse in Thorndale. By Nancy Abra The railroad was instrumental in putting Thorndale on the map almost 170 years ago. It was the foundation for the growth of Thorndale, linking the community to regional markets for trade and goods produced in this area. With the historical ties to the railroad, it seems only fitting that the Thames Valley Central Model Railroad (TVCMR) club has called Thorndale its home since 19

From children to parents, Coyote Nature School shows families the value of learning among the trees and animals.

Though it has taken longer than expected, the Pyramid Recreation Centre (PRC) aquatics centre could be ready to reopen by the end of this month or the beginning of next.

St. Marys council has awarded a nearly $600,000 contract for the urgent replacement of a failing culvert under Queen Street West to Nichols Excavating Inc.

Again this year, starting on Wednesday Nov. 12, the Tree of Angels will be at the St. Marys Memorial Hospital.

On Oct. 29, students from South Perth Centennial School showed the community their carving and decorating skills as the school held its second-annual Pumpkin Walk.

On Tuesday Oct. 28, over 30 post-secondary stations were set up in the large gymnasium at St. Marys DCVI for students, and their parents, to learn more about their next steps after high school at the second-annual Post-Secondary Pathways Fair.

The St. Marys Museum will unveil a brand-new exhibit in its military gallery on Remembrance Day focused on communication during the First World War, both from the battle front and the home front.

They say it takes a village and that couldn’t be more true than when Lynn Leslie and Deb Hutton presented the idea for a St. Marys poppy project early this year.