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London

• Baranyai: Showing the whole truth sometimes makes a difference
  Protest demands an audience. It is the common goal of every boycott, sit-in, march and petition, whether the message is clever (arranging 52 school buses in the shape of a rifle) or clumsy (throwing soup at art).
• Brews News: Light lager celebrates Darryl Sittler's 10-point game
  Whether Toronto Maple Leafs fans are celebrating success or drowning sorrows, Beertown has a new brew for the blue and white faithful.
• Fare With A Flair: Spiced red lentils comfort food at its best
  Like many home cooks, I'm looking for ways to incorporate more legumes into my meals.
• Dyer: Corals will regenerate, even if humans not here to see it
  “Without extinction, there would likely be insufficient ecological space available for new species.”

Mitchell

• Perth County first responders encouraging location technology usage
  Perth County dispatchers and first responders are encouraging area residents to download a simple, easy-to-use phone application that could potentially save their lives. The new location-finding app, what3words, can save precious time in an emergency, regional 911 dispatchers say. The app provides an easy method of pinpointing a location. Through the app, every three-metre (10-foot) […]
• Burns replaces McLean as West Perth's chief building official
  In Bob McLean’s estimation, it takes about seven or eight years to properly train a building inspector since there’s so much to learn.  So, the timing was right for McLean to retire as his assistant chief building official, Matt Burns, had worked for more than eight years under his tutelage. McLean’s final day of work […]
• Longtime West Perth politician was a staunch defender of rural way of life
  Even though she was born in Mitchell, Barb MacLean lived most of her life in what is now rural West Perth and always remained a staunch defender of that way of life.  A longtime politician with the former Hibbert Township council and then in amalgamated West Perth, MacLean died on April 19. She was remembered […]
• New executive members another positive to Stingers' good year
  After a few years as director, ice scheduler and Great Lakes Ringette League association representative for Mitchell minor ringette, Tracy Nugent decided to add president to her resumé before the 2024-25 season begins. The ringette association held its annual meeting April 17, at which time Nugent moved up, replacing the semi-retiring Chris Dowson, who will […]

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