The Brussels Tigers bested the Linwood Chiefs in a low-scoring 2-1 final game to win the A-A championshiop the Brussels squad s own 47th annual Men s Invitational Fastball Tournament to keep the top honours at home.
Few events are more synonymous with tourism in Huron County than the Walton TransCan Grand National Championship motocross event at the Walton Raceway.
The Walton Raceway has always been best known for its motocross as it will be later this month when the Walton TransCan returns so it s no surprise that motocross was on the agenda when the Edge of Walton Challenge Course held its annual summer camp
Visitors to the Blyth Festival production of Wing Night at the Boot will get nearly the full experience of visiting the iconic Blyth Inn restaurant with the addition of draught beer to the on-stage production.
Local designer Chris Blake and members of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Renovation Committee are now well on their way to taking the next steps towards improving and expanding the local centre.
Since the last time Jennifer Triemstra-Johnston worked at the Blyth Festival, she has decided to make the village her full-time home, making her newest role at the Festival all the more fitting.
After a lengthy closed-to-the-public session on Monday night, North Huron Council approved three separate motions labelling the Emergency Services Training Centre (ESTC), south of Blyth, and the Blyth and East Wawanosh Public Works yards surplus
Terry Snell is currently cycling across Canada to raise both money and awareness for Alzheimer s Disease and other forms of dementia and last week he arrived in his hometown of Clinton to a hero s welcome.
While organizers are not yet sure how much was raised over the weekend, the Tanner Steffler Foundation s twin Six String Summerfest and Music Fest events have been deemed a successful day.
Don McNeil s famous shop and museum welcomed nearly 40 antique vehicles last week as part of the Antique Automobile Club of America, Ontario Region s annual London to Brighton tour.
It s just over six weeks into the build of what will be Huron County s first passive house and Walton s Chris Lee is pleased with what he s seen so far.
During the the Brussels Ministerial s annual Kid s Corner vacation Bible school at Brussels Mennonite Fellowship, which began on Monday, students sought to keep cool in the darkened sanctuary of the church surrounded by fans.
The Blyth Lions hosted a special fundraiser for the Blyth Brussels Minor Hockey Association on Sunday with Olympian and Blyth native Justin Peters signing autographs and showing off some of his gear from the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics
Nearly a year to the day that Blyth s Colton Smith s story was first reported on, his family has received a positive diagnosis that will see the teenager live a long and fruitful life.
An interim report from Huron County epidemiologist Erica Clark regarding wind turbine noise, vibration and light points to 60 per cent of the 40 total respondents for the study experiencing negative effects due to wind turbines.
The Blyth Festival Art Gallery is all set to present its second 2018 professional exhibition. The Huron Society of Artists: In Retrospect will show the work of a groups of artists whose heyday was over 20 years ago.
Firefighters from Wingham, Brussels and Blyth battled a blaze that claimed a driving shed as well as several pieces of equipment last week. Thursday morning the call went out and firefighters responded to the Hallahan farm on Westfield Road.
While rain truncated the event, the Brussels Tigers, for the third time in four years, hosted the Australian Junior Men s Steelers softball team on June 27.
The Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre Renovation Committee met for the first time Monday night and they have some grand ideas for the community hub.
On July 21, the Tanner Steffler Foundation will be hosting the Six-String Summerfest and Six-String Music Fest in Seaforth, all to raise money for the newly-founded foundation.
After a successful test run with some members of the historically-influenced upcoming Blyth Festival play Wing Night at the Boot, Blyth native Reece Sparling is ready to start his new business Blyth Bike Tours.
Boris Panovski, a 74-year-old dog trainer and hair stylist from Scarborough, has been found guilty of the 2014 murder of Don Frigo in the Hullett Wildlife Conservation Area.
While there is a compelling and interesting story to be told in Judith: Memories of a Lady Pig Farmer, the Blyth Festival may not have found it just yet.
While North Huron Council has oficially decided to go with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to provide service in Wingham, it s still possible it won t happen, which is making planning difficult for the municipality s police services board.
Despite the unbearable heat over the weekend, organizer Grace Vanden Heuvel says the first-ever Canada Rides G2G (Goderich-to-Guelph Rail Trail) challenge tour was a success and will only continue to grow.
Eight months into an 18-month fundraising campaign, Huron Christian School (HCS) in Clinton has raised $3.11 million towards a massive expansion and renovation project.
The New Canadian Curling Club, the Blyth Festival s lead show this season, wrestles with these questions in a rather existential manner, forcing the most Canadian among us to revisit our own definitions and ask ourselves how Canadian we are.
When it came time to look to the future after graduation, Walton-area media professional Nick Vinnicombe decided that running his own business, Lake Affect Media, was the way to go.
Ernie and Emily Phillips of the Blyth area celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday with a special gathering at Blyth Lions Park, welcoming family and friends from all over the province.
The Tanner Steffler Foundation has now had a direct impact on the mental health landscape of Huron County with the creation of a pilot project with two local school boards.
Blyth-area resident Julie Sawchuk is advocating for crosswalks in Blyth, one of the only Huron County villages without a safe passage from one side of its main street to the other.
Lisa Thompson of the PC Party will now serve her third consecutive term as Huron-Bruce s Member of Provincial Parliament after a decisive victory in the June 7 election.
The Blyth Legion held its annual decoration service at Blyth Union Cemetery on Sunday. Members of the local Branch paraded the colours into the cemetery on the sunny, windy day and then the service was conducted by Ernest Dow of Huron Chapel
Wingham played host to the Musical Muskrat Festival over the weekend and although it was a bit of a wet weekend, there was plenty to do and see for residents and visitors alike.
After nearly seven years of hard work, a Londesborough man has reached purple belt status in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), which has been called the most frustrating belt in jiu-jitsu.
Saturday was reserved for the annual Brussels Ball Day in the village with several games played at the Brussels Optimist Ballpark over the course of the day, culminating in a contest between the Brussels Tigers and the Wingham Hitmen
As part of its official relaunch earlier this month, the Taste of Huron hosted two special tours last week showing off some of the best food in the county.
Renowned musician Tommy Hunter, known as Canada s Country Gentleman , was in Blyth Saturday night as he was honoured by the Barn Dance Society with its Pioneer Award.
The Ontario West Regional Dog Agility Championship was held at the Regional Equine and Agricultural Centre of Huron (REACH) in Clinton over the weekend.
The Citizen was honoured provincially on Friday night with a first-place finish in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association s Better Newspapers Competition.
The Run for Mental Health Awareness was held in Seaforth on Saturday with dozens making their way through the town, all in the name of raising money and awareness for mental health initiatives.
Working out of her home at RR1, Londesborough, Sally Rhoads-Heinrich and her company Surrogacy in Canada Online have helped hundreds of families to grow since 2001.
Gil Garratt and Rachael King of the Blyth Festival are back from the annual Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) conference in Ottawa invigorated and encouraged.
Last week, The Hullett Central Public School Advisory Council s (SAC) carnival fundraiser raised a total of $14,500, which will help install new playground equipment at the school by the end of this month.
Mitchell Godkin may be on the cusp of a technological breakthrough with his new venture, Leadbury Bat Co., and a new bat-drying method that is yielding tremendous results.
The culmination of years of hard work and determination came to fruition on Sunday with the grand opening of the Huron Residential Hospice just west of Clinton.
Long-time sports broadcaster and mental health awareness advocate Michael Landsberg spent May 3 speaking to over 1,400 Huron County residents and he says it was time well spent.
The Huron Arts and Heritage Network handed out its annual Cultural Awards on Friday night at Memorial Hall and a number of local projects and people were honoured.
The F.E. Madill Secondary School Junior Rugby Team welcomed visitors from British Columbia last week, just a short while after visiting the western province themselves.
Community Futures Huron, formerly the Huron Business Development Corporation, has undergone a few changes recently, including its name and location, but it continues to serve Huron County business ventures in the same way it has for 25 years.
While the Blyth Festival has made an effort to attract youth through its Young Company program for years, in 2018 the Festival will aim for an even younger audience with a new drama camp program.
The Blyth Festival Young Company is spreading a wide net this year in its search for artists, looking for anyone with an interest in any discipline of art.
The collective group of playwrights behind this year s world Blyth Festival premiere Wing Night at the Boot, recently finished their second week of research into the production and are finding plenty of inspiration for the play.
Blyth native Holly Howson has just returned from a volunteer trip in Ecuador and she s standing on the edge of what she hopes will be a life full of travelling the world.
Pending approval for Huron East Council, North Huron and its fire department will be guided by the seasoned hand of Huron East Fire Chief Marty Bedard.
Veteran Les Cook and newcomer Julie Sawchuk are preparing to take part in this fall s Dancing with the Stars fundraiser for Victim Services of Huron County and it has not always been easy.
The Festival of Thrones, the follow-up to Transfigured Town Inc. s Festival of Wizardry last fall, has had to be rescheduled from its early June date at Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company. When it will be rescheduled will be determined at a later date.
Shindig, one of Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company s beers, will now be served all year in the Ontario Legislative dining room after being voted best lager by MPPs, cabinet ministers and legislative staff.
Last week, the Blyth Brussels Novice Rep Crusaders topped off a back-and-forth series with the Minto Mad Dogs with a 4-3 victory en route to the Western Ontario Athletic Association (WOAA) crown.
The Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company-sponsored cycling team raised $8,250 for the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society of Canada on Saturday thanks to 16 members cycling in place on their trainers for eight hours in the brewery s Threshers Hall on Saturday.
The Blyth Brussels Atom Rep Crusaders brought home the Western Ontario Athletics Aassociation (WOAA) championship last Thursday, besting Goderich 3-2 in overtime to take their series against the Sailors two games to one.
The Pigeon King will fly again this season at the Blyth Festival thanks to a $60,000 grant through Celebrate Ontario 2018, a provincial program to celebrate diversity, heritage and culture.
Illusionist Lucas Wilson and his assistant Kelly DeFilla were in Wingham on Saturday for a pair of shows thanks to the Wingham Knights of Columbus. They played to a standing room-only crowd of young people and their parents in the afternoon
The Emergency Services Training Centre (ESTC) has been left in a bad situation after staff turnover at the site damaged its reputation according to Fire Department of North Huron (FDNH) Deputy-Chief Chad Kregar.
The committee behind last September s International Plowing Match (IPM) held its final all-chairs meeting last week and whether it was attendance figures, banding together in the face of adversity or donating money to local charities
He was wandering outside New Orleans pizza in Clinton when pizzeria owner, Judith Damsma, saw him. He had put his boots and a pair of socks on a picnic table and was walking around the parking lot wearing a rather worn pair of socks.
As is her annual tradition, Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson recently handed out her Remarkable Citizen awards at a special event in Teeswater. Several locals were honoured for their contributions to their communities.
After even further review, the Huron County Public Works Department is sticking with its recommendation that the Blyth intersection of Blyth and London Roads does not need traffic signals.
Within the next few weeks, Household Games will release Way of the Passive Fist on all major game platforms. It has been a labour of love for the team, which includes Blyth native Orie Falconer who designed the game s music and sound effects.
Belgrave s Shawn and Katie Cottrill came home from Charlotte, North Carolina, the site for the World Curling Tour Mixed Doubles bonspiel, with some new hardware as they took first place
Ric McBurney was named the 2017 Citizen of the Year for Blyth and he received his plaque commemorating his win at last week s Blyth Lions Club meeting.
Brussels-area resident Elaine Armstrong was named the Citizen of the Year recipient for Brussels in 2017. She received her commemorative plaque on Sunday during a service at Melville Presbyterian Church in Brussels
The Fire Department of North Huron is in a major state of flux after last night s staff meeting, which saw Deputy-Chiefs Matt Townsend and Chad Kregar and eight captains resign and the rest of the department walk out.
