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09/07/2023

This week's issue of the Walkerton Herald-Times is on newsstands now!
Grab your copy at one of the following retailers:
Walkerton – Kaufman’s Your Independent Grocer, Pellow Pharmasave, Towne Convenience, Walkerton Foodland, Brown’s Guardian Pharmacy, Circle K, Walkerton Herald-Times
Hanover – Grant’s Your Independent Grocer, Pioneer Gas Station, Circle K
Mildmay – Circle K, Mildmay Freshmart
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09/06/2023

This week's issue of the Wingham Advance Times is on newsstands now!
Grab your copy at one of the following retailers:
Wingham – Foodland, Vance’s Pharma Plus, Pharmasave, Fogal’s Your Independent Grocer, Mini Mart, Pioneer Gas Bar
Belgrave – Belgrave Variety
Lucknow – Circle K
Fordwich – Bare Necessities
If you enjoy reading the paper each week, be sure to inquire about a subscription! For less than $1 a week, you can have the paper delivered to your mailbox each and every week! A print subscription also gets you free access to all of our stories on midwesternnewspapers.com!
Send us a message, email [email protected] or call 519-291-1660 ext. 101 for more info.

08/23/2023

There are still a few tickets left for The Great Bank Heist, one of three Greenock Swamp Tours offered by the Cargill and Greenock Swamp Promotional Association. Join us as we take you through the great bank heist of 1934. The tour includes bus transportation (for the tour), local actors who portray historical characters, a tour of the Neustadt Brewery, and a full course Bruce County church supper. Loads of fun for all! All proceeds go to Cargill development.

Join local actors as they re-enact the great bank heist of 1934 that took place in the one and only bank in Cargill. Were they ever caught?

08/18/2023

Myles Murdock, mayor of Goderich, has passed away.

GODERICH – Mayor Myles Murdock has passed away. The news broke on Friday morning, with the Town of Goderich issuing a statement. “On behalf of Goderich town council and staff, we extend our deepest condolences on the passing of our mayor, Myles Murdock,” reads the statement signed by Deputy Ma...

08/17/2023

Two local softball players are carrying a bit of extra weight around their necks this week. Josh Metzger and Zach Dobson are national champions, playing big roles in leading the Tara Longhorns to gold in the U15 Boys’ Canadian Fast Pitch Championship.

PALMERSTON – A pair of local softball players are carrying a bit of extra weight around their necks this week. Josh Metzger, an outfielder, and Zach Dobson, third baseman, are national champions, playing big roles in leading the Tara Longhorns to gold in the U15 Boys’ Canadian Fast Pitch Champio...

08/16/2023

South Bruce Grey Health Centre announces several emergency department closures for Chesley, Walkerton and Durham.

GREY-BRUCE – The South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) has announced several temporary emergency department closures for the Walkerton, Chesley and Durham hospitals for the remainder of August. A media release sent by SBGHC CEO and President Nancy Shaw on Aug. 15 cited insufficient staffing as th...

08/11/2023

A reminder of hospital closures this coming weekend.

08/11/2023

South Bruce OPP are interested in viewing any video, including dash cam video, of the area of Centennial Park in Walkerton between midnight of Aug. 7 and 4 a.m. on Aug. 8.

WALKERTON – South Bruce OPP are interested in viewing any video, including dash cam video, of the area of Centennial Park between midnight of Aug. 7 and 4 a.m. on Aug. 8. At 2:01 a.m. on Aug. 8, police received a report of a fire in the park, and responded, along with members of the…

08/10/2023

Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has decided to pull news from its sites, but online news will still be available by going directly to the sources that create it. The reaction to Bill C-18 won't impact Midwestern Newspapers' operations.

MIDWESTERN ONTARIO – In the next few weeks, readers may notice the newspaper has a reduced presence on social media. Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has decided to pull news from its sites in response to the Canadian government’s passing of Bill C-18, the Online News Act. But Da...

08/09/2023

Police have laid several charges against a Huron East man following an incident on Turnberry Street in Brussels on Aug. 5.

BRUSSELS – Police have laid several charges against a Huron East man following an incident on Turnberry Street in Brussels on Aug. 5. Members of the Huron County OPP, West Region Tactics and Rescue Unit and West Regional Emergency Response Team responded to an address on Turnberry Street that afte...

08/04/2023

For the second straight year, Kadylack Farm is raising both spirits and funds for a number of worthy causes through what is becoming a very popular local attraction.

NORTH PERTH – For the second straight year, Kadylack Farm is raising both spirits and funds for a number of worthy causes through what is becoming a very popular local attraction. Steve Terpstra and Dianne De Jong organized their Sunflower Walk east of Newry last August, and the response from the ...