Stratford-Perth Pride is ramping up for the first Pride events under its new name, which encompasses all of Perth County, not just the City of Stratford.
The Stratford Pride Community Centre will open on Saturday, June 4 and North Perth Pride has a variety of events happening in the latter half of the month.
The Salvation Army’s Harvest of Hope Garden will allow people to learn some basic gardening skills this spring. Upcoming free courses are no-till, also known as lasagna gardening on May 9, planting on May 30 and bucket or container gardening on June 13.
The campaign has kicked off for the 2022 provincial elections in Ontario, and Woodstein Media is speaking with candidates in its home riding of Perth-Wellington. This time, Ontario Liberal Party candidate Ashley Fox answers the questions.
The campaign has kicked off for the 2022 provincial elections in Ontario, and Woodstein Media is speaking with candidates in its home riding of Perth-Wellington. This time, Green Party of Ontario (GPO) candidate Laura Bisutti answers the questions.
The campaign has kicked off for the 2022 provincial elections in Ontario, and Woodstein Media is speaking with candidates in its home riding of Perth-Wellington. This time, New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Jo-Dee Burbach answers the questions.
As pandemic-related restrictions loosen, many people across Southern Ontario and beyond are hoping they can lace up their roller skates and hit the roller derby track again. This series of articles will check in with teams as they prepare for some action in 2022. This time, sharing the progress of their league are Kingston Roller Derby’s Brooke Gilmour and Ashley McCallum, who some people in the derby community might know as Pepe Le Puke and Ashteroid, respectively.
North Perth council approved a bi-weekly market to help address food security issues and allow Listowel residents to purchase produce sourced from local farms at cost or slightly more on April 11. However, not all councillors were on board with the decision.
Hobo Haven Pet Rescue, founded in 2003, is dedicated to a mission of “no dog left behind.” Chris Schaefer, founder and president, had been working with other animal rescues, but the inspiration to form the rescue was a dog named Hobo, who was dumped as a stray.
“The shelter that he was taken to euthanized him on day three because he had an ear infection, so they deemed he would not be adoptable, which is unfortunately not true,” she said. “It is possible they were overcrowded at the time, and forever after, I felt like I had killed that dog because I surrendered him to a shelter where he was euthanized.”
That experience inspired Schaefer because she felt people needed to do a better job with stray dogs.
As pandemic-related restrictions loosen, many people across Southern Ontario and beyond are hoping they can lace up their roller skates and hit the roller derby track again. This series of articles will check in with teams as they prepare for some action in 2022. This time, sharing the progress of their league, are Peterborough Area Roller Derby (PARD) Co-presidents Emma Merritt and Chantel Daniels, who some people in the derby community might know as Saul Good and Nancy Drew Blood, respectively.
It’s a two-election year, at least in Ontario, provincial and municipal, and it’s time for people to be considering if they are going to step up to get their name on the ballot. Will it be the usual names people will have the option to vote for, or will there be new faces at the all-candidates meetings?
Joe Keithley has persevered in music for over 40 years as the leader of legendary Canadian punk band D.O.A. He successfully stepped into municipal politics in 2018 as a city councillor in Burnaby, British Columbia, and has proven that the will to keep trying can succeed in elections, even if you might be an outsider.
