For anyone who has ever thought, “I should really write that down someday,” St. Marys writer, poet and editor Kate Orland Bere is thinking someday might just be this spring.

Perth South council has unanimously declared intimate partner violence (IPV) an epidemic in the township following a presentation by local advocates highlighting the scope and impact of gender-based violence across Perth County.

When Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen heads to the moon next month aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission, he will carry with him not only the hopes of a country, but also deep family roots in Perth South.