A powerful storm that swept across southwestern Ontario on Canada Day left behind downed trees, power outages and scattered property damage in St. Marys and across the region, though the community’s Canada Day celebrations escaped unscathed.

A new play about workers’ rights by Laughing Cactus Productions will have its one-night-only run at local coffee shop Snapping Turtle Coffee Roasters.

Drivers travelling southeast of St. Marys can expect a temporary road closure later this summer as Perth County replaces a deteriorating culvert on Perth Road 139.

For many years, friends and neighbours have gathered at the farm of Alex and Verna Strathdee near Avonton to celebrate Canada Day with good food, great company and plenty of Canadian pride.

The team of Jim Ahrens, Andy Cunningham, Jeremy Foran and Rob Lemmons shot 17-under-par July 4 to win the St. Marys Golf and Country Club’s (SMGCC) Four-Man Scramble tournament.

The Town of St. Marys announced July 2 that town council has proclaimed July as Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Month in St. Marys