LOCAL HEADLINES

When it comes to navigating a local emergency, it’s important to have the right person with the right connections and the right plans in place leading the response.

Though they couldn’t come up with much in the way of cuts to the draft 2025 budget on their own, several Perth County councillors have asked staff to bring back at least $284,000 in potential line-item cuts to bring the proposed tax increase down from just over 11 per cent to 10 per cent.

The Stratford & District Chamber of Commerce has named Marian deWever business leader of the year.

A portion of the funds raised through the United Way Perth-Huron’s (UWPH) $2.6-million annual fundraising campaign will go to support community members facing cost-of-living and mental-health challenges related to recent tariffs imposed both north and south of the Canada-U.S. border. 

Since the inception of the Grand Trunk renewal project, many have been questioning just exactly how Stratford means to pay for such a project.

For the first time since 2020, the Perth County Paramedic Service met all of its ambulance response-time targets in 2024.

Just before trade tariffs were announced that stand to alter the economic landscape of the continent, the federal government was in town to

During a public meeting surrounding a huge redevelopment project at the former Krug factory lands, many residents expressed concern for what

The United Way Perth-Huron (UWPH) is aiming to provide funding for organizations that align with their values to ensure future impact on the fight against poverty. 

World Thinking Day (WTD) is celebrated around the world every Feb. 22 since 1926.

Ian Morton of the Green Party of Ontario is disappointed – not with his own performance in the Feb. 27 election where he and other candidates lost to incumbent Matthew Rae of the PC Party of Ontario, but at the results as a whole.

As the door chime rang and Stratford Mayor Martin Ritsma walked into Global Pet Foods Stratford one frigid February day, employees excitedly greeted him and owner Adam Quehl emptied two full bottles of whipped cream into a pie tin.

Just before trade tariffs were announced that stand to alter the economic landscape of the continent, the federal government was in town to announce support for a few notable businesses. MP Ruby Sahota, minister of democratic institutions and the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (otherwise known as FedDev Ontario), was in Stratford with London West MP Arielle Kayabaga and London North Centre MP Peter Fragiskatos on March 3

The pairing of wine with fine dining for a battle royale to see who brings the best vintage to the table at Gallery Stratford recently attracted all kinds of enthusiasts in support of a first-of-its-kind fundraiser.

The Downtown Stratford Business Improvement Area (BIA) launched the Shop Main Street Canada, Support Local campaign to encourage consumers to consider local businesses first and support Main Street businesses in the city’s downtown core when shopping.

Participants of Stratford’s Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) fundraiser walk on Feb. 22 bundled up and walked around the Avon River in solidarity with those without housing and helped organizers achieve and exceed this year’s fundraising goal.

Rotary Hospice Stratford Perth recently educated the community on end-of-life preparations and addressed the uncomfortable conversations tha

It was an exciting weekend for Marshall MacCannell, the 50th fair ambassador of the Stratford and District Agricultural Society

After the successful February monthly giving campaign, Rotary Hospice Stratford Perth is hoping to continue the donation momentum. 

This winter has been one unlike any seen in the last number of years due to large accumulations of snow and ice.