You can mark Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson down as unimpressed with last week’s provincial budget introduced by the minority Liberal government. Thompson said last week her initial reaction to the budget was, “My goodness, it demonstrates the Wynne Liberal government will go to any great lengths to retain power.” Thompson, a Progressive Conservative, went on to describe Premier Kathleen Wynne’s budget as a “very left-leaning coalition budget” that the province can’t afford. The budget calls for a $9.8

The Avon Maitland District School Board honoured several people on April 17 in Seaforth for their outstanding contributions to the board and its students. The board has presented awards for a number of years. After updating the board’s Strategic Plan last fall and adopting the new Mission Statement, ‘Engage, Inspire, Innovate ... Always Learning’, the name of the awards were changed to the Always Learning Awards. Among those honoured on April 17 were teachers, volunteers, parents,

On May 18, the Canadian Heroes Racing Team is participating in a Lucas Oil Sportsman’s Cup race in Varney, Ontario. This race is being dedicated to Cpl. Matthew Dinning, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on April 22, 2006. Ray Keeso is the team manager for the Canadian Heroes Racing Team. Keeso states Canadian Heroes is an organization dedicated to remembering our fallen heroes. The simply amazing part is that Canadian Heroes dedicates

Over 50 athletes on the Madill track and field team traveled to Strathroy to compete in a meet at Holy Cross Catholic School where over 1,400 athletes from southwestern Ontario gathered. Despite tough competition, the Madill athletes fared well, earning 28 personal best performances as well as winning two first place finishes, two seconds, four thirds, seven fourths, five fifths and six sixths. Once again Madill relay teams performed well, connecting smoothly on the baton exchanges

This year’s Ye Olde Spook Haus in Teeswater was a real howl – not to mention a scream, shriek and maniacal cackle.

Forty-five people gathered at the Wingham Golf and Country Club Sept. 29 to celebrate Canada’s stories and storytellers at the gala for the Alice Munro Writers and Readers Festival.

A new federal Liberal leader, a new set of Conservative attack ads – the process has become as dependable as the swarms of mosquitoes that follow a summer storm, and just as annoying. What is even more annoying is those attack ads appear to have worked with the last two Liberal leaders. Clearly gone are the days when the voters of this country were willing to forgive the occasional misstep, even scandal, on Parliament Hill. Sir John

Patti Page once sang about that “muddy road ahead... detour.” The gospel/pop song might end up gaining a new millennium audience, as rural municipalities attempt to deal with the spring task of getting roads back into shape. The past winter’s frequent freezes and thaws combined with heavy rainfall and flooding to make the task a real challenge. Highways have potholed sections that look like a lunar landscape; byways that are usually somewhat usable by this time