Tag: Stratford
Moon shot: Area company on a mission to build lunar rover
STRATFORD – In the massive, dark studio, a black box on wheels about the size of a microwave rolls slowly over the sandy surface filling in for the moon, its steel wheels clattering, and Christian Sallaberger, hands in his pockets, smiles as it rolls to a stop near him. The chief executive of Canadensys Aerospace […]
Donations pour in to fund life-saving surgery for stray kitten
A stray kitten that needed emergency surgery to amputate a broken limb will likely be adopted following a successful fundraiser by the Stratford area’s humane society. The five-month old kitten – named Tiny Tim – recently arrived at the Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth in rough shape. His left front leg was […]
Ontario providing $4.3M for hospitals in Perth, Wellington counties
Various hospitals throughout Perth and Wellington counties are to receive $4.3 million for important upgrades, repairs, and maintenance projects. The funding will be provided through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF). Four local hospitals will benefit from this grant – Listowel Memorial Hospital, North Wellington Health Care Corporation, St. Mary’s Memorial Hospital, and Stratford General […]
In wake of homophobic graffiti, ‘overwhelming’ support for restaurant owners
The ugliness showed up not at the front door, where a digital eye kept watch, but at the restaurant’s back entrance where no prying security camera could see the cowardly attack.
Q+A: Dan Mathieson reflects as 20-year run as Stratford mayor ends
With less than three weeks before Stratford residents decide his successor, mayor Dan Mathieson talked to the Beacon Herald about his political career, Stratford’s changing place in Southwestern Ontario, and his future plans.