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In the mid-1990s, a young actor named Eric Coates began performing at the Blyth Festival - a theatre company he so truly admired - but little did he know that, one day, he would be among the Festival's longest-tenured artistic directors.
The first founder of the Blyth Festival, Keith Roulston had both the dream and the drive to make it happen. The second founder, James Roy, supplied a vision for the future and enough verve to fuel those first few years which meant...
In the barnyard of Blyth Festival artistic directors, there are some who would consider Peter Smith to be a bit of a dark horse, while there are others who might call him a black sheep.
When it came time for Janet Amos to pass the artistic director baton in the mid-1980s after a tremendously successful six-season stint, she turned to Katherine Kaszas, who was still in her 20s at...
Janet Amos can be counted among the most successful artistic directors in Blyth Festival history - and you know that's true because she did it twice.
The first-ever artistic director of the Blyth Festival, James Roy, grew up on a farm in Huron County. His favourite childhood chore was cleaning the eggs produced by his family's coterie of chickens.
As the story goes, James Roy, Anne Chislett, and Keith Roulston came together in the Village of Blyth in 1975 and hatched a radical and innovative idea - to create a rural theatre festival that would enrich the lives of its audience...
After living here for over seven years, I took my Oath of Citizenship and became a Canadian Citizen on July 29 in a virtual ceremony in my home on Drummond Street in Blyth. I was one of nearly 150 people to do it.
Resort to Murder, Birgitte Solem's escape room murder mystery begins, rather expectedly, with the declaration that there's been a murder.
Over a beautiful, hot weekend, the Brussels Tigers hosted their 52nd annual tournament in the village. Unfortunately, neither the Brussels Tigers nor Bangers were around to play for a championship on Sunday, falling in semifinal rounds.
It's always exciting when a new business opens in downtown Blyth, and it's extra exciting when that new business is all about cookies! That's right, The Cookie Rainbow is open on Queen Street...
Seaforth Summerfest, which has continued its growth in recent years, marked one of its most successful outings yet last Saturday. The brainchild of Brenda Campbell, with the support of businesses from Seaforth and beyond...
The Community Working Group, as it's come to be known, led by retired Dr. Maarten Bokhout, has continued its work and engagement in an effort to keep Clinton Public Hospital open and viable following its April 16 public meeting.
At their last meeting of July, Central Huron Mayor Jim Ginn and Deputy-Mayor Marg Anderson reported to council about a recent trip they'd taken to Denmark to learn more about the sustainability hub being proposed for the former...
In early August, the 32nd annual Goderich Celtic Roots Festival (GCRF) will be returning to Lions Harbour Park for a family-friendly weekend of music, dance, art and revelry.
Owen Sound-based artist Tony Miller's solo exhibition at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery, entitled "Descendants", is just the latest steps in the journey of an artist who has exhibited all over the province...
In the long days and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people found their way to a number of homesteading activities, like growing their own vegetable gardens, baking sourdough bread and harvesting their own honey.
While searching for stories for this section, The Citizen stumbled across an article from a Toronto-based blog that was extolling the virtues of the butter produced by St. Brigid's Creamery.
Local Rolla is an exciting new farm-to-table restaurant in Huron County, and it can be found right down by Goderich's beaches - that is, you can find it there most of the time.
You may not be familiar with Capella Meadows yet, but Erik and Edda Boettcher's organic goat farm in Brussels is on the verge of becoming an essential destination for food fans from far and wide.
You're reading The Citizen's annual Huron Farms to Tables sections and that can only mean one thing - the return of the ever-popular Citizen 100-kilometre meal!
Since it first started making its mark on the people of Huron County, Goderich's Tribute Studios has developed a rock solid reputation for providing high-quality tattoos and body modifications in a professional, positive environment.
As the Blyth Kids Club has continued to expand, offer more interesting programming and bring in young people from all over Huron County, things have continued to get better and better for area youth.
On Monday, North Huron Council voted to eliminate the public comment section at meetings from its procedural bylaw. The decision came about following a staff report requested by Reeve Paul Heffer...