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- St. Boniface Harvest Fest
- Maryhill Fireman's Breakfast
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Burgess wins mayoral race
Woolwich elects first new mayor in twelve years, welcomes three new councillors to 2026-2030 term
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Martin unseats incumbent mayor in Wellesley
After twelve years at the helm, Joe Nowak’s time on council ends this term
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Scheifele Bridge project behind schedule
The work to replace the old Scheifele Bridge on Northfield Drive over the Conestogo River is just a little behind schedule, says the project manager. Since the work mobilized last June, the crews have built the access roads, constructed a cofferdam extending into the river, and…
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Quilts hit the auction block this weekend
EDCL’s annual quilt auction expected to raise more than $100,000
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Woodside youth gearing up for their annual food-bank blitz on Halloween
Young members of Elmira’s Woodside Bible Fellowship will hit the streets again on Halloween night, but they won’t be looking for candy. Instead, they’ll collect non-perishable items for the food bank at Woolwich Community Services. This year’s effort involves
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The leaves are changing colour a little slower this year
As November approaches and crisp morning frosts begin, the local forests are well into their magnificent transformation. While the change into a scarlet, orange and yellow canopy has been underway for a couple weeks, there is still plenty of colour to see. According to Sean Fox,…
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The community leaders who envisioned Woolwich in 1850
Pioneer John Meyer served as the first reeve, along with four councillors in the early days of the township
- Woman arrested for attempted robbery in Breslau
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After the election, it’s time for effective governance
A number of incumbents, including the mayors in Wellesley, Waterloo and Cambridge, went down to defeat in this week’s municipal elections in what was likely a sign of voter dissatisfaction over property tax increases. Now, the hard work of actually taming budgets and bringing…
- Lefcourtland: October 29, 2026
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India’s cockroach uprising
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is technically not upper caste, but he does have a high opinion of himself. “When my mother was alive, I used to believe that I was born biologically,” Modi told an interviewer two years ago. “After she passed away, reflecting
- What will their options be to maintain dignity?
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The tipping culture, and casting blame
Up until recently, I had never tipped a canoe in 50-plus years of using one. But that changed last week when my best friend and I were setting out decoys for a morning duck hunt – in the dark, on a river we knew all too well. The good
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Kings split weekend games, beating Komoka before falling to Stratford on Sunday
There’s even bigger challenge this weekend, taking on St. Marys and St. Thomas