171st edition called one of "best ever" fairs. This is Part Five of Postmedia's How Canada Wins: Love Where We Live summer series Since the volunteer-driven organization relies on so many people ...

Usage at the Mitchell food bank has increased 75 per cent over the past four years — and it shows no signs of getting better, officials say. Morris, who grew up in West Perth, revealed recent ...

In just their third year in the Mitchell Men’s Slo-Pitch League, the Twins proved that they will be a force to be reckoned with in the future. The club opened pool play with a narrow 11-10 defeat to ...

With rookies comprising more than one-third of their 2025-26 opening day lineup — including five 17-year-olds — the future of the Mitchell Hawks look promising. “On paper and in exhibition, we look ...

The 171st edition of the Mitchell Fall Fair, organized once again by the diehard folks of the Mitchell & District Agricultural Society, is set to go this Labour Day weekend. Agricultural society ...

A deep roster of homegrown talent paved the way for the Mitchell Fuller Tool Sales 13U Astros to claim the Ontario Baseball Association ‘D’ championship in Wyoming. Mitchell started the tournament Aug ...

Former Mitchell mayor Kenneth “Hugh” McCaughey died before the Labour Day weekend in Tillsonburg. The Municipality of West Perth issued a brief news release about his death late on Aug. 29, just ...

Thanks to recent rainfall, the open-air fire ban, which was in effect for most of the month of August, has been lifted across Perth County, including Mitchell and West Perth, as of Aug. 25. Burn ...

“I wish I could put my finger on it . . . it just didn’t work out, it just didn’t.” For the second consecutive season, on their home field on the day before Labour Day, the Mitchell Sherman Plumbing ...

The Mitchell 22U Astros captured the Midwestern Ontario Senior Baseball League’s junior title with a resounding 13-3 win over Kincardine on their home field in Mitchell Aug. 18. The Astros, fielding a ...

For the second consecutive season, on their home field on the day before Labour Day, the Mitchell Sherman Plumbing 15U Astros finished second in the Ontario Baseball Association ‘D’ championship ...

Heading into their first-ever Ontario Baseball Association (OBA) tournament in Kingsville Aug. 21-24, the Mitchell D.G. Eckert Construction 9U Astros came home with a silver medal. Playing in the ‘C’ ...