Members deliver treats to local veterans Like so many other days of commemoration and holidays, Remembrance Day was very different this year. Different can be good, however, as the St. Marys firefighters found a special way to make sure our veterans were not forgotten. During the evening of November 11, 25 volunteer firefighters hand-delivered 24…
By Spencer Seymour, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Recently, I had the pleasure to return to St. Marys DCVI, the high school from which I graduated, to serve as an adjudicator for two drama class plays. First up was the grade nine performance of “Check, Please!”, a comedic play focusing on some truly terrible blind dates.…
By Lauren Eedy Recently revamped and under new ownership is the Pizza Pizza located at 762 Queen Street East in St. Marys. It is joined with not one but two familiar names, Esso and Beckers, and yes, the latter offers their famous jugs of milk. The Independent had the pleasure of speaking with local resident…
Denis Dumont covered 23 games in Calgary, including seven involving Team Canada By Pat Payton The Independent recently ran a two-part series on former NHLer and St. Marys resident Merlin Malinowski. During a 13-year professional hockey career (1978-91), Malinowski also competed for his country at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. In eight games, the…
By Pat Payton It was a high-scoring affair as the St. Marys U10 Green team and Mitchell Stingers battled to a 7-7 tie in mini-league ringette action last Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the PRC. Lily Murphy’s third goal of the contest–with just under four minutes to play–gave St. Marys the tie. Murphy, who was a…
Golf like it’s summer — all year round. The Golf Team at the St. Marys Golf and Country Club is excited to announce they have entered into a lease agreement for an indoor golf simulator for the winter season, 2020-21. The golf simulator is expected to arrive mid-December, and will be available for indoor golfing…
By Pat Payton It was a close, fast-paced and hard-checking game from start to finish Sunday morning at the PRC. In a contest that could have gone either way, Stingers went home with a 3-2 mini-league ringette victory over the St. Marys U19 Blue. After Melanie Martin gave Snipers an early 1-0 advantage, Mitchell scored…
By Stewart Grant With Christmas season on the way, small business owner Shelby Caudle is working on something very special for the Stratford Perth Humane Society. Her home-based business, Zombear Writes, sells handcrafted jewelry, candles, decor, bath products and original poetry. Last week, she launched a fundraiser for the Humane Society by selling handcrafted Christmas…
The three sisters make poppies, generate $1,600 for Poppy Trust Fund By Pat Payton Royal Canadian Legion Perth Regiment Veterans Branch 236 St. Marys had a special visit on Nov. 11. Legion members accepted a cheque for $1,579, plus over $20 in cash, from the Hinz family of St. Marys. The donation and fundraising efforts…
By Stewart Grant Canada is a crokinole country, that’s for certain. But Ted Fuller, owner of Crokinole Canada in St. Marys, has stretched his company’s reach all over the world thanks to his expertise with website design and e-commerce. For Fuller, crokinole has become big business. Recently though, he has made inroads into manufacturing and…