News from around St. Marys.
The Salvation Army Toy Drive took place at Canadian Tire on Saturday, December 8th. Many generous people helped fill the police cruiser 5 times with brand new toys and gifts. Pictured, from left, are Nick Keating (Community Resource Officer) and Detective James Jardine. Nancy Bickell photos
By Pat Payton The St. Marys DCVI Junior boys basketball team earned its way into the wins column column last Wednesday, after splitting a pair of hard-fought Huron-Perth League home games. In their game in the morning, a strong second-half effort sparked Jr. Salukis (1-2) to a 32-20 victory over F.E. Madill Mustangs from Wingham.…
Two-goal lead for St. Marys slips away in third at St. Thomas By Pat Payton ST. THOMAS – It could have been two points, but St. Marys Lincolns will settle for one on the road. Lincs earned the big point here Sunday night at Joe Thornton Community Centre in a 3-3 overtime tie with the…
By Pat Payton St. Marys Lincolns’ St. Marys Buick GMC player-of-the-month for November is forward Joe Mazur. The 17-year-old Sudbury native had four goals and six assists for a 10-point month. Overall, the big centre sits tied for second in Lincs’ scoring with a team-leading 10 goals and 19 points in 26 games. Mazur also…
By Pat Payton There was lots of excitement for ringette fans at the PRC Sunday. The reason: St. Marys Ringette Association had four teams reach championship games on the final day, and two of them claimed gold medals in the 12th annual Snipers tournament. Winning gold and their respective divisions were the U-9 and U-16…
By Pat Payton The U-12 Regional Petite team and the 18-plus Open Ladies squad were both finalists in the 12th annual Snipers ringette tournament this past weekend. In their championship game Sunday morning, the U-12 Regional team trailed 5-0 in the first half, but made a valiant comeback attempt in the second half. Rudy Taylor’s…
Council passed the following appointments, which are for four year terms, concurrent with the term of Council Strategic Priorities Committee Mayor Strathdee, Councillor Craigmile, Councillor Edney, Councillor Hainer, Councillor Pridham, Councillor Winter BIA Lanny Hoare, Chantal Lynch, Mary VanDenBerge, Amie Rankin, Emily Lagace, Councillor Winter BIA Public Art Committee Councillor Edney St. Marys Museum Board…
By Jennifer Thorpe St. Marys Cement announced at their fourth quarterly Community Liaison Committee meeting last Thursday that they have identified limestone as the source of odour in their raw material feed. During their search to identify the odour-causing component of their production process they made a significant investment in new technology which required training…
All Canadian Celtic rock band, “The Mudmen”, will be making their annual stop at the St. Marys Town Hall Friday, January 18 2019 an evening of Celtic stories and stories from Canada’s Celtic Rock Warriors. The group was first formed in 1993 as “The Campbell Brothers”, but later signed a deal with EMI Records and…
A new term of Council began with the inaugural meeting on December 4, 2018 when each member recited the Declaration of Office with Clerk Lizet Scott officiating. The meeting began with opening remarks from Administrator/Treasurer Rebecca Clothier. “On behalf of the staff of Perth South, we want to take a moment and applaud all the…