1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (155+ words) Paul is a veteran journalist with decades of experience in newsrooms across Canada. He has served as sports editor at the St. Thomas Times-Journal, a general assignment reporter at the Stratford Beacon Herald, editor of the Goderich Signal Star, and…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (103+ words) The holidays have come home early to Wildwood Conservation Area. Christmas at Wildwood is scheduled to kick off at 11 a.m. Saturday, with a visit from Santa Claus himself at the Visitor Centre. Officials said they will host kids and adult races…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (97+ words) Stratford Police Service Board has appointed Jason Clarke as the deputy chief of police. Officials said Clarke has 22 years of service, including extensive experience in operational and leadership roles. They board said while serving as acting deputy chief, Clarke demonstrated…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (329+ words) Every year is an opportunity to showcase Stratford and what makes people proud of it. That’s according to city councillor Brad Beatty ahead of the 32nd national edition of Communities in Bloom. Beatty chairs the Stratford Communities in Bloom committee and…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (435+ words) Temporary housing shelters aren’t a solution, they’re a stop gap. That’s according to United Housing Director Kathy Vassilakos. Vassilakos and research intern Maria Erb recently published a report called The Social and Financial Cost of Non-Permanent Shelter Systems for Addressing…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (155+ words) Tracey Jones is the new executive director at Alzheimer Society Huron Perth. Board chair Donnalene Tuer-Hodes said Jones has more than two decades of senior leadership in healthcare and community-based organizations, most recently as executive director of Wellspring London and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (243+ words) It’s busy and ‘bursting at the seems’ at Stratford Public Library. That’s according to teen services librarian Brooke Windsor, who notes a full summer itinerary has started, with more on the way. Windsor describes a parallel of sorts with the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (165+ words) OPP are again reminding motorists that buckling up remains a simple and effective way to prevent death and serious injury. Provincial police say from January to the end of June, 32 people have lost their lives on OPP patrolled roads where…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (133+ words) Huron Perth Public Health are looking for a dog involved in an incident in St. Marys. The health unit said the incident took place Monday at Peel Street North between noon and 1 p.m. They say the dog, described as medium-to-large-sized with…...