Tillsonburg News

Jack and I, on behalf of the Tillsonburg Senior Centre Singers, want to thank you, the public, for all your support for 15 years.

It's said the young country of Canada became a nation when its soldiers won at Vimy Ridge.

Canadian Parliament sent a loud message it wants the country's long gun registry abolished.

I wince at writing about Christmas so soon, however November is here and it is gear up month for the big celebration at Christmas.

Each year Canadians set aside one minute on Nov. 11 to celebrate Remembrance Day.

Early this year several of us sat down in the Tillsonburg Legion for a pleasant conversation with two vets.

Self-employed Canadians will be able to access maternity, parental, sickness and compassionate care benefits if legislation introduced today passes.

One of the town's historic homes is now home to some of the latest in medical technology.

The area's unemployment rate dipped in October for the first time in nearly a year, falling from 12.4% to 12.2%, a sign that the start of an economic turnaround has arrived in Norfolk.

The Oxford County Public Health and Emergency Services department has announced the second round of H1N1 flu shot clinics for high priority groups.

Alastair MacDonald did a little thinking - " and pinning - " outside the poppy box at Monday's town council meeting.

Tillsonburg elementary school students got a hands-on chance to see the forest through the trees.

Carl Cowden and Muriel McCallum are making a little - noise' inviting residents of Tillsonburg and surrounding area to The Silent Walk.

If you do genealogies, cemeteries can be a treasure chest of information, but more than that, it is one of the few places in Canada that you can see some fine old statuary.

We were rehearsing for our upcoming show at ROCKtoberfest when I first heard the news that Norma Jeans was coming to Tillsonburg.

Editor's Note: Tillsonburg News reporter/photographer Jeff Tribe recently volunteered with the Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation at its Cano Palma Biological Station along Costa Rica's north-east coast.

This is an exciting year for Theatre Tillsonburg. The group started in 1981, rehearsing at the Till Cable Studios and performing at the complex's Lion's Auditorium.

Thousands of Canadians are defrauded each year by telephone, Internet and by mail, and as scam artists become more sophisticated, consumers need to be more cautious than ever.

The Canadian Spitfire pilot often credited with seriously wounding storied German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in a strafing attack in the critical weeks after D-Day has died.

You have to love Tillsonburg, if the town needs something the community comes together and we get it! The newest need is a Community Field House at Glendale High School.