By Lee Griffi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Waterloo Federation of Agriculture (WFA) and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) continue to be disappointed at the ongoing lack of transparency and consultation in the land-use situation in Wilmot Township. OFA president Drew Spoelstra said farmers in the area remain exasperated......
By Lee Griffi The Woodstock Chamber of Commerce recently held its annual State of the City address and Mayor Jerry Acchione took the opportunity to highlight an issue top of many people’s minds – housing. Acchione started his speech off at the South Gate Centre on a light-hearted note saying......
By Lee Griffi Canadian rock band Sloan will be headlining Cowapolooza, returning to Southside Park on Aug. 16 and 17. The Juno award-winning band is best known for hits including The Good in Everyone, Money City Maniacs, and The Rest of My Life. Joining them for the Saturday evening concert......
By Wendy LamondIt was a beautiful night and a great turnout on the Grand Trunk Trail for lighting of the lights on May 1.Mayor Al Strathdee welcomed the crowd and thanked the donors and volunteers that helped with the trail-renovation project, which included paving and lighting the trail from Wellington......
By Galen SimmonsBreen Bentley, winner of this year’s business leader of the year award, delivered perhaps the funniest and most memorable keynote address in the Stratford and District Chamber of Commerce’s history at the 2024 Business Excellence Awards gala May 2.Bentley, who was helped on stage at the Best Western......
By Kathleen Smith Lake Huron Coastal Centre hosted another spring clean of the local beaches in Goderich on Saturday, April 20. This year the beach clean-up had 175 volunteers pick up 480 pounds of garbage from the Goderich shoreline. “We were thrilled by the community effort shown for Lake Huron,”......
By Kathleen Smith Sixty years ago, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) flew the retired Lancaster FM213 to Goderich on June 14, 1964. The local branch 109 of the Royal Canadian Legion displayed it as a war memorial for 13 years, until the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton acquired......
By Amanda Modaragamage At a recent council meeting, Stratford councillors reviewed and provided input on the draft guiding principles for the city’s Grand Trunk renewal project. The ad-hoc Grand Trunk renewal committee is spearheading efforts to develop a comprehensive vision for the site of a former Grand Trunk Railway locomotive......
By Galen Simmons It’s safe to say Eddie Matthews didn’t fully understand what he was getting into when he decided to leave a 40-year-career in radio – 20 years of which he spent as the iconic voice of CJCS and Juice FM in Stratford – to take on the role......
By Wendy LamondHuman Synergistics hosted a lunch and learn at the St. Marys Golf and Country Club April 19 to teach business owners about leadership and what they can do to help inspire, develop, and encourage innovation and better performance.Having good leadership saves costs on staff turnovers, equipment issues, production......