News from around St. Marys.
A bit of history on the Kirkton’s W.I., by Secretary Orrie Hartwick: The Kirkton Womens Institute was organized in 1902, but after a period of three years, the Group disbanded. In 1908 it was reorganized and has been active ever since. A discussion regarding music in the school at a January Meeting of 1921, resulted…
What happens when you look at art? For most people, looking at art evokes an emotional response. It might take their breath away … make them joyful, angry, unsettled … or trigger a treasured memory of a person, a place, an event. Art can be a way to learn more about yourself and reveal to…
Parade and lighting of the WinterLights just the start of the festivities It will begin to look a lot like Christmas in St. Marys this Friday night, as Santa Claus comes to town via the Kinsmen Santa Claus Parade on Friday night. Public Works staff will begin closing parking stalls on both sides of Queen…
HUDSON, WI. All States Ag Parts, LLC announced that it has acquired Fawcett Tractor Supply. The purchase will be All States Ag Parts’ first salvage yard location in Canada and will allow All States to efficiently market Ag parts to Canadian farms, ranches and dairies. This will be All States Ag Parts thirteenth retail location.…
Cherry’s career shouldn’t have ended this way By Stewart Grant Of all the ways for Don Cherry’s career at Hockey Night in Canada to end, who would’ve guessed it would’ve been following his annual Remembrance Day statement? While much has changed in the hockey world (and the world in general) over Cherry’s long career, it…
In Huntsville recently HUNTSVILLE – The Royal Canadian Legion A-E Midgets travelled here on the Nov. 1-3 weekend for the annual Winston Watson Memorial Classic. Game one was against Caledonia Thunder on Friday afternoon. Both teams came out hard and were well-matched. Caledonia held the upper hand early, but several key saves by Nic Kiestra…
Third-place Lincolns extend win streak to four games with six-point weekend By Pat Payton A six-point weekend has St. Marys Lincolns breathing down the necks of both the London Nationals and Leamington Flyers in the Western Conference standings. A 7-3 victory over the last-place St. Thomas Stars Sunday afternoon at the PRC was Lincs’ fourth…
Centre Jacob Bloomfield named Lincolns’ player-of-the-month for October By Pat Payton St. Marys Lincolns passed the one-third mark of their GOJHL regular schedule this past weekend. After 19 games, Lincs own a 13-4-1-1 record — good for 28 points. Currently on a four-game winning streak, the team sits just three points out of first place…
At OFSAA cross-country running championships in Sudbury Saturday By Pat Payton SUDBURY – Competitors certainly had to battle the elements here Saturday at the 2019 OFSAA cross-country running championships at Kivi Park. In addition to snow on the ground, runners had to deal with chilly temperatures and a muddy, slippery course. “It was very, very…
Jr. boys also split Huron-Perth pair last Tuesday at DCVI By Pat Payton St. Marys DCVI Senior boys moved into sole possession of third place by splitting a pair of Huron-Perth Conference matches last Tuesday, Oct. 29 at DCVI. Steve Chateauvert’s ‘A’ squad finished regular-season play with a 6-2 won-loss record. In their opening match…