News from around St. Marys.
Pictured are, from left DCVI Inclusion Team members Skylar Algra, Johanna Hainer, Raelyn Marshall, Team leader Bailey Wiffen, Jaron Camp and DCVI Principal April Smith. By Dan Rankin Prior to hearing about 2016 budget highlights and learning about the Queen Street reconstruction, local industry representatives gathered for breakfast at the St. Marys Golf and Country…
Hall of Fame moving to London For over 20 years, the small town of St. Marys, Ontario has been home to a national hall of fame and museum for one of the Big 4 North American sports. No more. Calling it an interesting but ultimately failed experiment, board members Thursday unanimously decided to sever ties…
TIMBER! Matthew Yates, of Newton, Ontario-based Schmidt Logging Inc. brings down the top portion of a white spruce near James Street North and Widder Street Tuesday. He and his co-workers Trevor and Scott Kuepfer took down it and a neighbouring spruce for safety reasons after the trees were damaged and found to be rotten following…
According to a release by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, the province is actively responding to the 76 cases of confirmed raccoon strain and fox strain rabies in parts of southwestern Ontario by resuming rabies vaccination bait drops in those areas beginning today. The Stratford area is one of the locations highlighted as…
By Dan Rankin During his presentation as part of the Town-hosted Industry Breakfast at the St. Marys Golf Course and Country Club Wednesday morning, St. Marys CAO Brent Kittmer gave a run down of four “key projects” for the Town this year, including the one that’s currently underway downtown: the Queen Street reconstruction. It will…
On Saturday, March 26 there was the 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt in Thorndale. Starting at 10am sharp kids scoured the grounds of the Thorndale Community Centre. The weather was a bit chilly but thankfully no snow or rain. Despite the eggs being spread far and wide the kids found every last egg in under…
This recently-erected sign currently greets people entering St. Marys from Water Street South. By Dan Rankin Next week, as part of an ongoing push by the town’s Business Improvement Area (BIA), residents of St. Marys and the surrounding area will be receiving a “VIP Access Book” in the mail, to remind them that St. Marys’…
Congratulations to Derek Shackleton, Jason Skipper, John Heard and Dale Levy who won the Open Competitive League trophy on Wednesday night at the St. Marys Curling Club The 150th Anniversary Season of the St. Marys Curling Club is quick drawing to a close, with the compressor shutting off late this weekend and the remaining big…
By Dan Rankin CAO Brent Kittmer said he was very pleased with the process of passing the 2016 budget, which he described as an “investment budget” to a gathering of representatives from around 50 St. Marys businesses at the St. Marys Golf Course Wednesday morning. The budget was finalized by Council on March 22, Kittmer…
Left Field: Michael Saunders The 2016 Toronto Blue Jays are very similar to the team that went to the ALCS last season, however, one of the brand new guys in the lineup is in left field. In December of 2014, Saunders was acquired by Toronto from the Seattle Mariners. However, during last spring training the…