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A local trio of women known as the Tillsonburg Angels is hoping to bring a smile to more children’s faces this Christmas.

Saturday night’s Santa Claus parade is traditionally looked at as the start of the Christmas season in Tillsonburg.

Nurse Practitioner’s Week had an extra special meaning at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital (TDMH) with the success of a year of the Rapid Assessment Fast Track (RAFT) program under Nurse Practitioner (NP), Krista Wright.

Three Canadian organizations are coordinating efforts to offer mental health support for Jamaican foreign migrant workers struggling to deal with Hurricane Melissa’s devastation.

While the towns and cities will lead the way for Oxford County’s population growth in the next 30 years, among the county’s townships Norwich is expected to welcome in the most new residents.

Oxford County’s Community Futures branch has teamed up with the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) to offer $100 million in financing.

A letter from Schep’s Bakery Ltd. to the Town of Tillsonburg requesting a town logo made council members aware of the new industry’s plan to donate 4,500 invidiually wrapped Stroopwafel cookies to attendees at the annual Santa Claus parade.

The Tillsonburg Gemini junior boys’ volleyball team began its Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) Southeast campaign a little ‘6-7’ in terms of experience.

Author, journalist and historian Ted Barris was at the Tillsonburg Legion on Oct. 17 to give a talk that shared the title of his 17th book: “Breaking The Silence”, which reveals “veteran's untold stories from the Great War to Afghanistan”.

At the age of 18, in August 1957 after the tobacco harvest was finished on his family farm, Ron Phillips and his cousin joined the navy.

If the hundreds of wartime graves didn’t make a large enough impression on local minister Paul Robinson, the stories of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives left an impression he will never forget.

The names and faces proudly portrayed on banners along Quarter Town Line (Veteran’s Parkway) invite questions about service and sacrifice.

Amongst the veterans recognized on banners lining Quarter Town Line is a Canadian war hero.

Erica Preston-French’s exhibit at the Station Arts Centre is a combination of stunning pottery and intricate quilts.

A potential boundary adjustment that would bring the Norfolk Mall within the Town of Tillsonburg limits has resulted in some confusion in the media.

Members and past members of the Tillsonburg Rotary Club came from near and far to celebrate the club's 75th anniversary since its establishment in Tillsonburg.

Outside of the ceremony on Remembrance Day, there are several options for those wishing to further their act of remembrance.

Tillsonburg resident Tamara Bull is looking to collect 519 pairs of socks as part of an initiative to assist area homeless people.

While Tillsonburg’s new mural may look like one work of art, it’s actually about 2,000 smaller works assembled into one.

Oxford MP Arpan Khanna was glad to see the government introduce legislation to tackle shortfalls in the country’s bail system, but said it could do more.