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Walton-area man and University of Guelph student Sean Mitchell is part of a three-person team looking to change the landscape of cream-based liqueur.
After creating the Huron Area Search and Rescue (HASAR), Patrick Armstrong says the group is progressing faster than he anticipated after its first outdoor training day on March 9 at the Hullett Conservation Area.
The Brussels Curling Club hosted its mixed bonspiel on the weekend.
The club was very pleased to fill the bonspiel with 20 teams after a lot of hard work by spiel leader Steve Knight. There were two draws at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and things went...
The Blyth Lions Club is hosting a special open house to celebrate Mikayla Ansley and her worldwide-winning essay, Kindness Matters next month.
Blyth s Duncan McGregor has returned to an earlier play for this year s Foundation for Education show at Blyth Memorial Hall.
Called New Friends Old Friends, the play, put on by the McGregor and Friends group and the foundation, includes three stories
With the transition from Arts and Cultural Initiative 14 19 to the Canadian Centre for Rural Creativity (CCRC) well underway, Project Manager Peter Smith has some lofty goals...
While the creative team behind the Blyth Festival s In The Wake of Wettlaufer has connected with several family members of the victims of confessed serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer in the creation of the upcoming play, not all connected with...
Now in its fourth year, the Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) is continuing to see growth with its artisanal chicken program with plenty of local connections.
Sandi Brock, a sheep farmer from Mitchell, has made it her goal to share everything about her life online through her video log (vlog), Sheepishly Me on YouTube.
In just a few years, the Brussels Fall Fair Little and Junior Ambassador program has taken off, drawing in community youth to be part of the fair.
Few places in the world have as strong a claim to the rutabaga as Blyth, especially with the Rutabaga King, A.H. Wilford, being tied to the community.
Early last year, a new kind of agriculture business, Giddy Up N Go Ponies, relocated to just outside of Auburn with a focus on giving hands-on agricultural experiences to locals and tourists alike.
Earlier this year, the Brussels Agricultural Society encountered a problem faced by many volunteer groups in this day and age: no one wanted to be the next president.
After a childhood of 4-H Club involvement, Walton native Ryan Baan has now landed his dream job working with 4-H Canada as its marketing and communications co-ordinator.
The Wingham Skating Club s year-end showcase called Tribute , honoured modern classics from artists like ABBA, George Michael and Elvis with routines by the club s best and brightest skaters. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
The Brussels Skating Club held its annual year-end showcase last week, celebrating the club s best and brightest skaters, all within the theme of popular music videos from the 1980s and 1990s.
Sixteen-year-old Claire Mitchell from the Walton area is the first member of the Brussels Skating Club in recent memory to achieve quadruple gold status with the CanSkate program.
Playoffs continue throughout the area with some teams facing their last matches while others fight to stay alive in the postseason.
Blyth s Mikayla Ansley wouldn t let travel woes or a severe fever stop her from performing on the biggest stage of her life: reciting her world s-best peace essay at Lions
As part of the newly-created Deeper Roots Series, the Blyth Festival will be opening the floor to some serious discussions about agriculture connecting with the world premiere of The Team on the Hill this year.
The economy is doing very well in rural Ontario says Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb and labour issues shouldn t detract from that.
A group of Blyth neighbours came together last week and pulled off a daring rescue of a horse that, if they hadn t acted as quickly as they did, could have not had a happy ending.
When it comes to telling people about farm safety, there are few stories as enlightening as those from people who survived dangerous farm incidents, like East Wawanosh farmer Chris Palmer.
Local accessibility advocate and former teacher Julie Sawchuk can now list published author to her list of accolades.