The death of common sense January 26, 2012
We at The Listowel Banner receive many interesting contributions from our readers. We like to include these items in the newspaper when we can, and we...
What recession? January 18, 2012
Didn’t you know - everything’s fine here in Canada. The economic situation is rosy, we’ve recovered all the jobs lost during the...
Wind energy issue will not blow over January 11, 2012
The Listowel Banner has been carrying weekly editorial coverage recently on the local wind energy debate in the forms of interviews, photos, questions...
Make a list and check it twice January 5, 2012
Recently there was an item on the news about a London resident who had been cheated by a con artist selling tickets for a make-believe children&rsquo...
Looking back at 2011 December 28, 2011
For a small municipality, North Perth saw its share of news over this last year.
From the tragic passing of two local volunteer firefighters, to...
Yes, Virginia . . . December 21, 2011
Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial...
A matter of setting appropriate priorities December 15, 2011
When winter set in with a number of families housed in tents and sheds with no plumbing or furnaces, the band council in the small Northern community...
Go local and everyone reaps the rewards December 1, 2011
“Going local does not mean walling off the outside world. It means nurturing locally owned businesses, which use local resources sustainably...
