LOCAL HEADLINES

Taking part in the largest industrial trade show in the world was part of a strategy to attract more industrial investment to Tillsonburg.

More than $17,000 was raised for local programs provided by the Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners at the Tillsonburg IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s on May 24.

Youth input wanted

The Township of South-West Oxford (SWOX) celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday, May 24th at the Mount Elgin Community Centre. Local vendors and services were in attendance along with non-profit service clubs, artisans, bakeries, food trucks and entertainment.

Your Next Stop could be Tillsonburg with a new Tourism Oxford promotion.

The clock was literally running down on the Tillsonburg Gemini girls’ rugby season.

Tillsonburg council was divided on how to deal with a staff report on the Business Improvement Association finances tied to an anonymous letter sent to businesses, but was united in response to a request to pay the association’s legal fees.

The Tillsonburg Gemini girls’ rugby team had already had a good outing.

Oxford MP Arpan Khanna has a larger role in the Conservative Party as Parliament resumes.

A member of the 153 Varnavair Royal Canadian Air Cadets is one of an elite few who earned a scholarship that will give her a pilot’s license.

Besides offering a new opportunity to students, it’s hoped a new high school health care class can be part of the solution to Tillsonburg’s medical woes.

The Tillsonburg Torpedoes swim team is back, and making waves in the recently-opened indoor pool.

Before he took a bite or even accepted the invitation, a recent meal out had one Norwich councillor feeling a little queasy. But it wasn’t the state of the food that left him feeling uneasy.

Scott Tegler, who was the interim fire chief after the departure of Shane Caskanette, has accepted the job on a full-time basis.

Lace up your shoes for the Multi-Service Centre’s (MSC) Trail Walk and Run on Sunday, June 8.

Those who know Tamara Bull know she is about giving back.

In a town where everyone knows everyone and suspects them too, ‘Habit of Murder’ is Theatre Tillsonburg’s latest riotous whodunit that’ll leave you laughing, not looking over your shoulder.

The Tillsonburg Gemini girls’ soccer team faced down both a determined Woodstock Huron Park Huskies opponent and brutal weather conditions en route to a 5-2 Thames Valley Regional Athletics South East Tier II soccer championship victory Wednesday, May 21 at Huron Park.

It was a full-circle moment for Tillsonburg Gemini starting pitcher Brendan Van Den Neucker.

Township staff have been asked to get more information on what Oxford County’s Child Care and Early Years system plan means when it discusses “creating inclusive and responsive programs and services” or increasing the availability of educational materials that “reflect the diversity of the community.”