Facts are not “a matter of opinion” Dipping into Listowel Ontario’s cultural history

This is the final of three pieces of local media that dove into a strange incident that shook the foundations of Listowel, Ontario, in 1995.

I will clarify whether I was naked or not after you read this 174-word article, under no byline, that was printed on the final page of the Wednesday, October 4, 1995, issue of the Listowel Banner. It is pure comedy gold and should have won an award.

“Insulting Language” Dipping into Listowel Ontario’s cultural history

This is the second of three pieces of local media that dove into a strange incident that shook the foundations of Listowel, Ontario.

After the shit hit the fan following “Bandfest ’95,” the Listowel Youth Support Committee wrote an open letter to clarify their position, which was printed in the Wednesday, October 4, 1995, issue of the Listowel Banner.

In the letter, the committee established their innocuous involvement in the “distasteful” behaviour and that the needs of the many may have been in jeopardy because of the “actions of a few.”