LOCAL HEADLINES

Norfolk County’s Station 6 hosted the annual Norfolk County Firefighters Pump Competition in Courtland on Saturday, July 28.

One individual was charged after an incident that resulted in the closure of a portion of Concession Street East on June 24.

A revitalized Backus Conservation Education Centre opened to the public on June 21.

Accolades were aplenty as the town honoured the man hailed as the keeper of Lake Lisgar at its Citizen of the Year ceremony on June 26.

With people lined up to the road waiting to get in and over 300 in attendance, South West Oxford (SWOX) Council declared the township an “unwilling host” to future wind turbine projects in a 5 to 1 vote at its June 17 meeting.

Slow and Steady may be the name of the new exhibit at the Station Arts Centre, but it is proving to be anything but.

A Tillsonburg teen was part of a Canadian club that played in Italy.

It’s time for young anglers to practice their casting skills in preparation for the annual Lake Lisgar Fishing Derby.

Tillsonburg’s two United Churches celebrated the centennial of their faith recently.

Unhappy with your municipal tax bill?

School’s out for summer!

Two area MPs are critical of the approach the Liberal government is taking on the issue of gun buybacks.

The pick-your-own strawberries season at Potters Road Berries is winding down this week.

What was life like in southern Ontario in the 1820s?

Tillsonburg’s annual budget process will be changed by recent provincial legislation.

Canada Day promises to be a busy one for those looking for a way to celebrate our country’s heritage.

There is an increased #OxfordOPP police presence in Town of Tillsonburg for an active Police Investigation.

As the House of Commons prepares to go into summer recess, Canadians are still waiting for a plan on how the government will be spending their money.

At its June 3 meeting, planning staff from Oxford County shared a report with SWOX councillors saying the village of Mount Elgin has recently been experiencing, and is expected to continue to experience, considerably higher than previous levels of growth and development.

Economically, Tillsonburg has been through half a decade of turmoil, said Tillsonburg Deputy Mayor Dave Beres, as he introduced Daniel Tisch Echevarria, president and CEO of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, keynote speaker at a May 21st Tillsonburg District Chamber of Commerce Chamber networking lunch.