LOCAL HEADLINES

Sustainable Waterloo Region (SWR), in partnership with the Grand Valley Construction Association (GVCA), has officially launched Frameworks: A Building Innovation Exchange – a groundbreaking initiative designed to support the building sector in transitioning toward efficient, innovative and healthy buildings.

A child’s lemonade stand is ensuring youth facing homelessness get the support they need.

Among the findings from a recent study conducted by the Huron County Local Immigration Partnership, entitled “Newcomer Experiences of Housing in Huron and Perth,” the cost of renting and access to housing information were identified as barriers to permanent newcomer settlement in small, rural communities.

Unable to meet provincially legislated compliance requirements and missing out on the potential for much-needed infrastructure grants, the Township of Perth South will hire a deputy treasurer/asset management coordinator to help lighten the load in its financial services department later this year.

Some questions have been raised, as Lake Victoria still appears more like a mud pit than a lake in some areas due to low rainfall since the RT Orr Dam became lodged with debris and drained over the course of multiple days.

The Livery Yard opened its doors in the evening, inviting people to come inside, enjoy some delicious coffee and listen to some amazing music from talented local bands. July 24-26 was the weekend of Livery After Dark, and it was a weekend many came out to enjoy. 

If the first public open house for the City of Stratford’s new 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan proved anything, its that solving the national housing crisis locally will take all heads working together.

CONNOR LUCZKA, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Stratford city council will remain as 11 members for the next term, after a move to...

Workers in the region are being suffocated out of the rental market, with new videos from United Way Perth-Huron (UWPH) providing a glance at the skyrocketing rents and evictions that are making it nearly impossible for residents to find affordable housing. 

The Provocation Ideas Festival (PIF) is looking for your stories about Stratford this fall, as it unveils 2025/26 programming.

The City of Stratford will soon unveil a program to address long-term housing pressures and homelessness, rather than short-term emergency responses.

During a heavy rainstorm on July 24, a sluice gate at the RT Orr Dam in Stratford automatically opened to release water and prevent flooding of upstream roads and buildings.

The Ontario government has provided $60,900 in funding to the Local Community Food Centre through the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Seed Grant stream.

Shelterlink Youth Services and the Collective District Charity Shop have partnered up to help youth facing homelessness.

A group of Stratford high school students is making a difference this summer through a youth-led service initiative designed to foster community connection and moral development.

As grocery bills climb and housing costs soar, more Stratford families, including those with two working parents, are turning to the food bank for help. The Stratford House of Blessing (SHOB) is now serving 33 new clients each month, and staff say demand has nearly tripled over the last five years.

Over seven days of racing in Germany, Stratford youth showed the world what dragon boat racing means to the Festival City.

After news broke July 24 that a sluice gate at the RT Orr Dam in Stratford had become stuck open due to debris, local businesses responded in the most Stratford way possible: they banded together to “help fill Lake Victoria” with a heartfelt and humorous social media movement now known as the Save the Avon Bucket Challenge.

Pamela Morgan is a big fan of anything fresh from the farm in Ontario, and she hopes the app she created will reach more farmers and members of the public.

After about two years in development, the review of the procedural bylaw (the bylaw which governs the structure of Stratford city council meetings) is nearing completion – but before it goes to council for final approval it heads to an open house for public feedback.