Tag: Stratford
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.
‘Amazing’ Tom Patterson Theatre added to Stratford’s winter light trail
The award-winning Tom Patterson Theatre in Stratford has been added to the list of venues taking part in the city’s upcoming winter light festival.
Man attacks door with chainsaw in neighbour dispute: Police
A 39-year-old man is charged with mischief and resisting arrest after a man attacked the door of a Stratford home with a chainsaw during a dispute.
John Till, last of a trio of legendary Stratford rockers, dies at age 78
There are only a handful of old-school Stratford rockers who could say they rubbed shoulders with as many legends and had as much influence on shaping the genre as guitarist John Till.
Innovative new bubble a game-changer for area tennis club
The Stratford Tennis Club and Upper Queen’s Park will look a little different during the fall and winter.
Sarnia pilot remembered following fatal crash
An obituary posted on www.smithfuneralhome.ca said John Allan Shelley Jr., 65, died in a plane crash near Stratford on Tuesday, August 23.
Area factory helping eager-to-work Ukraine refugees start new lives
STRATFORD – Walloped by Canada’s dire labour shortage, a Stratford auto-parts maker is taking an innovative approach where pragmatism meets humanitarianism.
Stratford pooch earns its superhero name
STRATFORD – The heroics of a Stratford sheepadoodle who just so happens to be named after Superman’s canine companion, has earned him national recognition.
School locked down as police negotiate with sword-carrying man
A Stratford school was placed in lockdown Wednesday as city police negotiated with a man carrying a sheathed sword who had jumped into the nearby Avon River.