Written By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games is pulling out all the stops for this year’s 80th anniversary Aug. 8-10. Elisabeth Bender, the festival’s executive ...

Written By Brian Lockhart The Shelburne Cricket Club hosted two matches over the weekend. On July 24, the Gladiators and Warriors met on the pitch at KTH Park in Shelburne. The Gladiators won the ...

Written By Sam Odrowski With the long weekend around the corner, the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society are issuing a safety message to pet owners. The SPCA is urging pet parents to plan ahead before ...

Written By Brian Lockhart It was some good defensive posturing by both teams that led to few hits in the middle innings of the Mansfield Cubs 15U AA game against the Innisfil Cardinals on the ...

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Shelburne Town Council has approved amendments to the budget process schedule for 2026 in response to strong mayor powers. During ...

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Main Street Family Dental and Dr. Gary Magder are celebrating 50 years of dentistry in the Shelburne community. “We didn’t know what we ...

On July 5, 2025, a young man from Bolton, Gabriel Arshad, was left with life-threatening injuries after a horrific four-vehicle crash, caused by a five-time convicted drunk driver who was out on ...

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Shelburne resident Joan Wallace has launched her annual fundraising campaign ahead of the 45th annual Terry Fox Run on Sept. 14.

GWYNNE DYER “I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me we [the US and China] will fight in 2025,” wrote General Mike Minihan, head of US Air Mobility Command, in a private memo two years ago. There’s ...

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Summer is in full swing and Shelburne youth have a new playground where they can swing, climb, and slide. The Town of Shelburne ...

GWYNNE DYER There was rejoicing when US President Donald Trump announced that he was going to let Ukraine have weapons after all, but it was conspicuously contained joy. Half-smiles and sighs ...

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Melancthon Against Quarries (MAQ) is preparing to take the next steps in opposing the construction of a below-the-water-table quarry in ...