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• Accused denies she attacked her mother, 'beat her to a pulp'
  Barbara Cabala testified she still struggles to understand what triggered her mother to “attack” her in a violent struggle that left her mother dead. “I don’t know, that’s what I was trying to process, trying to figure out. Why? Forty years of arguing back and forth, all of a sudden decide to resort to physical […]
• Speeding teen driver gets house arrest for crash that killed two
  A 17-year-old driver whose excessive speed caused a crash that killed two Brantford teens in 2023 ignored multiple traffic warnings to slow down, said a Woodstock judge said last week, sentencing the young man. But his behaviour appeared to be uncharacteristic and the now-19-year-old, who can’t be named due to a publication ban, is deeply […]
• Man suffers life-threatening injuries in snowmobile crash: Police
  A man operating a snowmobile suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash on a trail near Mitchell, Perth County OPP said.
• Doctor loses court challenge over local hospital's COVID-19 vaccine rules
  A doctor whose privileges to practice at a Strathroy hospital were revoked over his COVID-19 vaccination status has lost his court challenge to get them reinstated. 

Mitchell

• Hard work pays off for MDHS shooting guard
  Two old adages were unequivocally proven when 18-year-old Blake Redfern formally committed to Lambton College’s men’s basketball program Jan. 16.  Hard work pays off and, if you’re good enough, you’ll get noticed no matter where you play.  A 6’3” guard with a sweet scoring stroke, Redfern plays senior basketball for what is likely the smallest […]
• Soaring Hawks love 2025 so far
  The fact that it took the Mitchell Hawks two-thirds of their season — or four months — to buy into what the coaches are selling is a good thing, their head coach says.  It means they’re peaking at the right time.  “It’s taken us four months, and they’re buying in to what we’re saying,” Daryl […]
• Bounces don't go their way as U15 reps ousted in Silver Stick
  A bounce here or there prevented the Mitchell Scotiabank U15 rep hockey team from advancing in the six-team International Silver Stick B Tier 1 championships in Forest over the Jan. 10-12 weekend.  Mitchell dropped two of its four preliminary games in the evenly matched division, both in extra time: a 5-4 overtime loss to Upper […]
• Implementing West Perth's recreation, parks and trails master plan differs, council finds
  There were conflicting views on how to move forward with the recently completed Recreation, Parks and Trails master plan among West Perth councillors during their recent meeting.  When community services director Nic Larsen brought the formal plan up for approval at the Jan. 13 session, Deputy Mayor Dean Trentowsky reiterated his earlier comments about researching […]

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