LOCAL HEADLINES

Giant Tiger announced on Oct. 1 that it will open a new location at the Norfolk Mall.

More than 300 people packed the Lion’s Auditorium at the Tillsonburg Community Centre for the all-candidates night ahead of the upcoming municipal election.

Beepa, the province’s fire safety mascot, is celebrating its third birthday.

Tillsonburg Fire Department wants to remind people if they see the green flashing lights of a volunteer firefighter answering a call, they need to pull over if safe to do so.

Get ready to buy or sell gently used infant and children's items at the Little Ones Marketplace!

Red tape, their top priorities and homelessness were amongst the topics the 12 vying for one of six councillor positions wrestled with at the all-candidates night held on Sept. 30.

“Ten teams and one’s going to Dubai. Eighteen holes.”

Playing the entire game is the plan when Jack Bruder starts for the Provincial Junior Hockey League’s Norwich Merchants.

Tillsonburg council is looking at ways to stop parkland from being developed.

Lights, no camera, action! A play on this old line from the movies previews one of the major changes underway at Theatre Tillsonburg. With help from an Ontario Trillium Foundation grant, the theatre will replace all its incandescent lighting with LED lighting.

The Helping Hand Food Bank intake room is brighter and more cheerful thanks to the addition of a large painting at the front of the room.

Local photographer Fred Meulemeester witnessed many changes in photography and his business over the past 50-plus years.

With online voting starting next week, Tillsonburg voters should be prepared for the process.

The Station Arts Centre’s latest exhibit is in tune for Halloween with a title of Pretty Little Nightmares.

Rotary Youth Exchange student Evan Yallop has returned from Germany with many new friends, unique experiences and a worldly perspective.

A new policy that establishes a framework for how staff deal with building permits that have remained open for several years is meant to reduce town liability in the case of future legal action.

Just like many homes and businesses, the rising cost of oil is being felt at Norwich town hall.

Giant Tiger Stores Limited announced today that the hard discount retailer is expanding its Ontario store network with a brand-new location at Norfolk Mall in Tillsonburg.

Success can be measured many ways. In Tillsonburg, the Terry Fox Run checked all the boxes, raising more than $37,000 for cancer research through the Terry Fox Foundation and the Terry Fox Research Institute. They had more participants this year and just as much fun as they do every year.

Aleks Hall had spent enough time in Ms. MacDonald’s Grade 12 English class to recognize his battered nasal passages as a metaphor.