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At the Blyth Centre for the Arts on Saturday, rural futurist and writer Ashleigh Weedon ushered in the third season of Poetry in the Gallery with a powerful reading that ran the full gamut of human emotion...
The Ontario Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) was held in Huron County on Wednesday, June 4.
On a clear, albeit rather cool and windy Saturday, the Blyth Lions Club at once marked its 80th anniversary and officially opened, alongside its partner in the project, the Blyth Firefighters' Association, a new sports pad at Blyth Lions Park, the site...
Since its inception in 2017, the Dungannon Pro Rodeo (DPR) has been a big draw for the village; each year, thousands of visitors pile into the Dungannon Fairgrounds to enjoy the two-day exhibition of traditional western sports.
Over the weekend, the Town of Clinton marked 150 years since its founding with a special homecoming celebration that included a unique drone show, many meals, get-togethers and reunions and lots of music and activities for the kids.
Anne Chislett's Quiet in the Land is one of the few shows that looms large over the Blyth Festival and its reputation... and for good reason.
The upstart Elmira Expos, only a few years into their Huron County Fastball League tenure, are now in first place in the standings with a record of 6-2 and 12 points.
On Sunday, the Clinton Raceway officially cut the ribbon on a new chapter of its life as a long-running local institution by opening its brand new grandstand.
In The Wind Coming Over The Sea, Emma Donoghue has crafted - in this reviewer's humble opinion - the best original offering at the Blyth Festival since 2017's The Pigeon King. She's also written something that only an Irish author could write.
Tonight, Friday, July 4, the Huron County Fastball League is back in action in a big way after a short break for Canada Day.
Community members gathered at the Wingham and District Hospital on June 25 for an open house celebrating the opening of the brand new CT Scanner suite.
On Saturday, it was time again for the annual Huron Multicultural Festival, held in Goderich again this year, but at Lions Harbour Park for a change of venue with the construction ongoing on The Square.
A long-term project came to an end at Huron East Council's June 24 meeting, with the presentation of a fire service review for the municipality, but now the work of implementing the nearly 50 recommendations will begin.
On Friday evening, the Blyth Festival kicked off its 51st season in style with Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion, starring Richard Comeau, James Dallas Smith, Madeline Kennedy and Randy Hughson.
It's been 50 years since the first issue of The Rural Voice hit Huron County newsstands, and the world of agriculture sure has changed a lot since then. Just flip through one of the magazine's early issues...
On Friday, the 51st season of the Blyth Festival officially began with the opening night of Drew Hayden Taylor's Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion.
Last Saturday night, the Belgrave Community Centre played host to a special talent show for children and open stage for adults in an effort to raise money for the ongoing playground project.
The Belmore Stingers remain in first place in the Huron County Fastball League standings, but the Sebringville Sting and Monkton Muskrats are closing the gap, with both sitting just two points back from the league leaders.
For her Blyth Festival debut, Vancouver-based actor Masae Day made a big impression in 2023's The Donnellys: A Trilogy, in which she played as both Maggie Thompson and Bridget Donnelly.
When actor and playwright Nathan Howe first came out to Huron County, he'd just moved to Toronto from Saskatoon. It being his first time travelling around the province, he trusted Google to get him there.
In selecting a director for the world premiere of Nathan Howe's new play, Radio Town: The Doc Cruickshank Story, Blyth could do no better than Festival veteran J.D. Nicholsen. Luckily, Nicholsen himself couldn't agree more.
Actor and musician George Meanwell is back in Blyth, and he's brought some of his favourite instruments along with him. The veteran is taking on quite a few roles this season, even by Blyth's standards.
In his capacity as one of the Blyth Festival's all-time favourite thespians, Randy Hughson has been it all - heroes, villains and everything in between.
Madeline Kennedy is an actor and lifelong student of the arts who has spent her life immersed in some of Ontario's finest theatrescapes.