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Perth Inside Out: Perth’s airport dreams shattered after years of bickering

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When the president of Eastern Ontario Development Association, J.A. (Joe) Perkins, addressed a large crowd at the grand opening of Perth Municipal Airport on...
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Perth Inside Out: A tale of a high-speed chase and daring escape from custody

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A set of weaving headlights could be seen coming from the east on Highway 7, followed by a string of red flashing lights. The...
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Perth Inside Out: It was like “Dukes of Hazzard” moonshine-runners in Perth

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During the middle years of the twentieth century, high-speed chases in Perth and surrounding townships were not uncommon. Some of those chase stories became...
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Perth Inside Out: Lessons learned from the Spanish Flu – or not

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When this column appeared in November, 2018, the subject was the deadly pandemic which began in 1918, commonly known as the Spanish Flu. My...
Perth

Perth Inside Out: VE-Day celebrated in Perth after surrender of Germany

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On May 8, known as VE-Day (Victory in Europe), we again remembered the fallen, the wounded, and all those who fought in World War...
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Perth Inside Out: Perth Girls’ Softball Club prevailed in the 1960s

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An era which was best known for the counterculture and Vietnam war, also saw the birth of organized women’s softball in Canada in the...
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Perth Inside Out: Military presence in Perth at an all-time low

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From its beginnings as a British-influenced military town in 1816, Perth citizens continued to march through two World Wars with the 42nd Field Artillery...
Perth

Pretty Town of Perth not without violent crime

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Perth, like most other small communities, has two faces it would seem. One face is the “Prettiest Town in Ontario”, with heritage building galore,...

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