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How can a family move on when grief seems to be tearing apart its very foundation piece by piece? Playwright Susanna Fournier and director Leora Morris ask that question in their world-premiere production of Ghosts of My House this season at Here For Now Theatre in Stratford.

On July 10, the Stratford U15 Strikers Girls hosted the Guelph Jr. Gryphons Black in the second round of the 2026 U15 Nothers Youth Girls Cup at Cowan Field.

New resort-inspired apartments are coming to Stratford and hundreds of interested guests got to take a look at the model suites recently.

It was a winning week for the Stratford 18U Nationals, as the squad posted three wins in four games against the Woodstock Wranglers and the Caledonia Bears.

On July 13, at 6:30 p.m. in Market Square, protesters gathered by a tent covered in signs reading “THIS IS NOT SHELTER.” As a collective, they were doggedly asking for Stratford city council to do more for the city’s unhoused.

It was one of those opportunities I couldn’t turn down.

The Stratford 15U Nationals had an entertaining slate of results this past week, picking up three of the six possible points in the Inter County Baseball Association (ICBA) 15U Tier 1 League standings.

Matthew Rae, Perth-Wellington MPP, met with Rural Ontario Development (ROD) program funding recipients at the Perth Farmhouse earlier this week.

A special VIP screening of the heartfelt film Dancing on the Elephant is brought to Stratford by the Stratford Film Festival (SFF) for two showings on July 22 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. with a reception in between.

There are a number of local residents in the Stratford and Perth County areas who go above and beyond as a volunteer to help those in need and are recognized for the energy they use to help others.

While responding to a call, Perth County paramedic Nicole Player recognized a need in the community and decided to bring the idea forward to the Perth County Paramedic Services Community Care Fund.

A new review panel with members from the Stratford Public Library, the YMCA of Three Rivers and the City of Stratford will soon be meeting to review organizations wishing to be part of the Grand Trunk renewal (GTR) project’s planned community hub.

Once a space for hidden gems and antiques, 8 Foundry St. in Baden – the Miller Antiques building – has been transformed from a former family-run antique shop into a studio for Miller & Miller’s livestream auction broadcasts

A week after 100-kilometre wind gusts ripped through Ontario, the City of Stratford is still cleaning up.

Perth County council has declined to formally reprimand Coun. Rhonda Ehgoetz or suspend her pay after the county's integrity commissioner found she breached multiple provisions of council's code of conduct stemming from a contentious forestry bylaw debate earlier this year.

Toronto entertainer Michael Louis Johnson is inviting Stratford residents and visitors into his stunning 1880s Victorian-era Stratford rental for a series of intimate house concerts this summer.

The Stratford Minor Girls Softball Association honoured a former player and the past president’s daughter.

Imagination is not the exclusive domain of the young by any means, but kids certainly possess the freshness of perception and unfiltered ideas that are at the heart of all creativity. That can perhaps be seen best with the young poets in the Gibson family: Quinlan (age 14), Kingston (9) and Aquila (7).

A Stratford-based film and television production company has given back to the Northern Ireland community that inspired its name by restoring a historic roadside marker recognizing the village where its founder's family has lived for generations.

Both Stratford Nationals teams had a strong week: the 18U team competed in the Stratford Minor Baseball Association 18U Tournament and pushed the top-ranked Waterloo Tigers to the brink, while the 15U team narrowly lost to Waterloo but secured an away win against the Ancaster Angels.