News from around St. Marys.
Charlotte Clinton donates $53.35 of savings to support our hospital By Stewart Grant The St. Marys Memorial Hospital Foundation’s “Someone I Know” campaign has been consistently spurred on by generous giving from local businesses, organizations and families. Each donation serves as an inspiration for the next. 10-year-old Charlotte Clinton should inspire us all. For the…
Individual donations more important than ever given recent events By Brandon Boyd, President, St. Marys Lincolns Hockey Club As the St. Marys Lincolns plan to celebrate Alumni Night this Friday night, we are excited to announce an exciting new initiative to help honour our players who have collectively entertained the community for the past 60…
Well I have stepped in to another round of Improv (Improvisational Comedy) and this time a little closer to home! I loved the classes in London however they seemed like such an unattractive drive during the winter. So when I heard that there was one right next door at the town hall in St Marys,…
Curling history was made at the Peace River Alberta Curling Club last week! Former St Marys resident and curler Emma Mitchell (on left) was the vice skip of her team that scored an eight ender in their Ladies League game – the first at the Peace River Curling Club and for these ladies!! No small feat…
Fifteen secondary school teams (8 boys, 7 girls) competed Wednesday and Thursday at the Lind Sportsplex in the Perth County Regionals. Representing St. Marys DCVI for the boys were: Peter Conway-Black (grade 12+, skip), Joel Azzano (grade 12, vice), Kyle Gardner (grade 9, second), and Austen Connolly (grade 9, lead). The DCVI girls team was…
The Senior Men’s Curling Bonspiel took place at the St. Marys Curling Club on January 27th. Sixteen teams from around the district competed in the 2 Draw, two 8-end game event. George Miller’s St. Marys team won the first draw.
It’s the first half of February and you’re wondering what the heck happened with the game plan you made on January 1st to hit the gym and change your life for the better. Well guess what? Before you decide to pack it in for another year, I thought I would share a couple points to…
By Tom Jenkins On Saturday, February 4th, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 236 St Marys opened its doors to the public for a new and fun-filled project – a mini-putt tournament. It took about three days of preparation on the part of dedicated Legion volunteers to transform the upstairs hall into a golf course. Carpet…
Trillium Hatchery Inc. Bringing Leading Edge Technology to Wright Business Park The City of Stratford announced that Trillium Hatchery Inc. (Trillium), a consortium of Ontario farmers, is opening a ground-breaking chick hatchery in Stratford, Ontario. The revolutionary new facility will be built in the Wright Business park and utilize a new technology, called HatchCare, a…
Proceeds from a campaign at the St. Marys LCBO were presented to the “Someone I Know” campaign on Wednesday. It was a joint effort from staff who donated $100 and the remainder from customers. Pictured are (from left) Krista Linklater, Pat Craigmile, Dee Buhrow, Wayne Peck (at rear) who is President of Local 165 and…