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25-885: The first Orthodox Christian Reformed Church was organized in Listowel, Ontario , in 1979 by families who had left the Christian Reformed Church for doctrinal reasons, especially its Report 44. Rev. Harry Van Dyken was very active in the formation of the federation and founding churches. Congregations also formed in Allendale, Michigan (1979 or 1980); Burlington, Washington (1980); and Toronto, Ontario (1980). Representatives of these churches began meeting in 1981 to discuss church order and federation. The Orthodox Christian Reformed Churches formally federated in March 1988 with seven congregations . In addition to

50-576: A Christian denomination is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about Reformed Christianity is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Listowel, Ontario Listowel / ˈ l ɪ s t ə w əl / is an unincorporated community in Ontario , Canada, located in the Municipality of North Perth . Incorporated as the Town of Listowel in 1875, it

75-693: A boys' hockey team playing a scrimmage game. Seven players, along with a referee and recreation director, were killed in the collapse in what was described by the Waterloo Region Record as "Listowel's darkest day". The arena was rebuilt and closed in 2017 following the construction of the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex. The arena was demolished on February 2, 2021. On March 17, 2011, the local dollar store caught fire and its roof collapsed, killing volunteer firefighters Ray Walter (30) and Ken Rea (56). Listowel mourned

100-693: A controlling interest in Southam during the period when it owned The Record . The paper was acquired by Sun Media in 1998, but Sun itself was bought by Quebecor soon after, and The Record was sold to Torstar before the end of the year. The administrative records and photographic negatives of the paper amassed prior to the Sun Media acquisition are maintained at the University of Waterloo Library . On June 3, 2002, The Record switched from being an afternoon newspaper to morning one. In January 2005,

125-567: A million subscribers but the publication has an international cachet that makes it a "must-read", especially in the U.S. where Fake news has been widespread. The Waterloo Region Record has seen like most Canadian daily newspapers a decline in circulation . Its total circulation dropped by 14 percent to 53,283 copies daily from 2009 to 2015. The Record has won the Michener Award for meritorious public service in journalism four times: 1978, 1981 (shared), 1983, and 2001. It received

150-601: Is chosen yearly in the Paddyfest Ambassador Competition. Contestants must perform a speech, impromptu question and interview with the judges and receive the overall highest score to be awarded this position. A separate award of Talent is given out to the contestant with the highest score in the talent competition. Runner-up and Congeniality are also awards which are available. The Paddyfest Ambassador Competition changed its name and official status from being Miss Paddyfest when first created. Events at

175-524: Is the daily newspaper covering Waterloo Region , Ontario , Canada, including the cities of Kitchener , Waterloo and Cambridge , as well as the surrounding area. Since December 1998, the Record has been published by Metroland Media Group , a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. On May 26, 2020, Torstar, agreed to be acquired by NordStar Capital, a private investment firm; the deal was expected to close by year end. The Record traces its history back to

200-529: The Daily Record took over the Daily Telegraph , leaving it the only newspaper of significant size serving the community. On April 2, 1929, the newspaper moved from 49 King Street West to what was at the time considered the most modern printing operation in the country (using a 24-page press) at 30 Queen Street North. Motz and Euler fought over control of the newspaper for the next two decades, with

225-915: The Protestant Reformed Churches in America . OCRC synod voted in August 2008 to join the United Reformed Churches in North America . The Orthodox Christian Reformed Churches believed in the Bible as the inerrant Word of God and the only rule of faith and practice. These are also called the Three Forms of Unity. These are sometimes known as the Ecumenical Creeds. This article about

250-573: The 2001 award for breaking the story on the RIM Park financing fiasco. In November 2005, the Record began publishing Grand , a regional lifestyle magazine. It followed that with the March 2006 launch of Rex , a business magazine covering Waterloo Region and Guelph . Most magazine, for women over 40, was launched in the spring of 2008. Rex was scheduled to suspend publication after the April 2009 issue. All magazines are distributed independently of

275-532: The 24-page press would be replaced first by a 48-page press in the 1950s, a 96-page press in 1961–1962, and a 128-page press in 1973. In 1962, it was the first company in Canada to use plastic sleeves to protect newspapers bound for rural addresses. Ownership had been in the hands of the Motz family for generations until 1990, when the paper was sold to Southam in a $ 90 million deal. Conrad Black 's Hollinger Inc. took

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300-890: The Fest include arm wrestling and a parade. Listowel has a Jr. "B" hockey team from the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (Mid-West Conference). They are called the Listowel Cyclones . The town also hosts a baseball team, the Listowel Jr. Legionnaires. Part II Bistro Ladies Classic , a curling bonspiel takes place in Listowel Curling Club. Carl Tremaine - born in Listowel on August 26, 1899 - Boxing - undisputed junior-feather world champion The Campbell Soup Company

325-763: The Record is usually printed at the Star-owned Hamilton Spectator . On May 24, 2019, Torstar Corporation announced it will close its Hamilton Spectator printing operations on or about August 24, 2019. The printing work (including printing of the Record) performed at the Hamilton facility will be transferred to TC Transcontinental Printing , various Torstar-owned facilities, and other external printers. The Record building on Fairway Road in Kitchener

350-546: The Salvation Army Thrift Store) is located across from Veky's International Cuisine Restaurant. This Celtic-inspired book store stocks about 25,000 books and traditional Celtic, Irish and Scottish jewellery in silver. In addition, they provide gallery space for local artists to display their work. Listowel has also raised musicians from many genres, such as Thirteen O'Clock, and Brian Vollmer (lead singer of Helix). The official spokesperson for Paddyfest

375-703: The city of Berlin: the Berlin Daily Telegraph , the Berlin Daily Record and Moyer's Daily News . Due to financial pressures, by 1897 the latter two had merged to become the Berlin News Record , run by William (Ben) Uttley, publisher of the Berlin Daily Record and local historian. Retiring in October 1919, Uttley sold the newspaper to W.J. Motz and William Daum Euler , who renamed it The Kitchener Daily Record . In 1922,

400-558: The first elementary school opened. Electricity came to Listowel in 1897, and in 1900 the Listowel Furniture Company opened. By 1902 the population had increased to 2,661, and a woolen mill, a planing mill, a flour mill, a brewery and a dairy products exporting company were operating in the town. On February 28, 1959, the roof of the Listowel Memorial Arena collapsed under heavy snow, burying

425-438: The former eventually winning majority interest. Euler sold his stock to Southam Company in 1953, leaving Motz's son, John E. Motz, the sole director of the rapidly growing daily. On January 1, 1948, John Motz changed the name of the newspaper once again, to The Kitchener-Waterloo Record (to mark the occasion of Waterloo's designation as a city), a name which remained until the change to The Record , in 1994. During this period

450-552: The founding of the Daily News , first published on February 9, 1878, by former Methodist preacher Peter Moyer at a printing press located at King and Ontario streets in Berlin (now Kitchener). This would be the city's first daily newspaper, and Canada's first bilingual daily as it was supplemented with a full page of German news for the first eight months of its life. In 1896, at the time of Moyer's death, three newspapers existed in

475-535: The four mentioned above, there were congregations in Bowmanville, Ontario (1982); Cambridge, Ontario (1984); and Ripon, California (1985). At its peak about 1995 the federation numbered fifteen churches in two classes, Classis East and Classis West. Almost all the new churches were in the West. The OCRC federation had two decades of stability and then a decade of decline. In 2004 the Listowel congregation joined

500-925: The loss, closing major streets and posting black ribbons all over town in honour of the fallen firefighters. Paddyfest festivities continued to honour Kinsman Ray Walter, but in a somber fashion. Between the 2016 and 2021 Censuses, Listowel's population grew by 26.7 percent, helping drive North Perth's population growth to 18.3 percent. Public education in Listowel is administered by the Avon Maitland District School Board , who manage Listowel District Secondary School and elementary schools Listowel Eastdale Public School and North Perth Westfield Elementary School. North Perth Westfield Elementary School, an amalgamation of Wallace Public School and Listowel Central School, accepted its first cohort of students in September 2016. The Bookery (now

525-578: The paper was moved to Market Square on King Street East in Kitchener's downtown core. It had been based on Fairway Road in Kitchener since May 1973. The paper was printed at that location on a letterpress system until 2000, when printing was moved to offset presses at parent company Torstar's Vaughan Press Centre in Vaughan . Printing later moved to presses of sister papers in Hamilton and Guelph , and then back to Vaughan from time to time. As of 2014,

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550-679: The town of Listowel , in County Kerry, Ireland. In 1871 the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway extended its line to Listowel. It was joined in 1873 by a second railway, the Stratford and Huron Railway, and Listowel soon became an important shipping point. The arrival of the railway hastened development and Listowel became a Town with a population of 2,054 in 1875 in what is now North Perth in Perth County, Ontario . In 1877,

575-737: Was a major local employer for 48 years, operating a frozen, foodservice and specialty food plant in Listowel. This relationship ended abruptly with the announcement of the factory's pending closure on April 28, 2008. In 2010 the former Campbell Soup plant was purchased by Erie Meat Products and expected to ship 50-60 million pounds of poultry to world markets on an annual basis. Since 1996 the area around Listowel has attracted new industries. [REDACTED] Media related to Listowel, Ontario at Wikimedia Commons 43°43′55″N 80°57′12″W  /  43.73194°N 80.95333°W  / 43.73194; -80.95333 Waterloo Region Record The Waterloo Region Record (formerly The Record )

600-554: Was demolished in September 2005. On March 11, 2008, the name was changed to the Waterloo Region Record , returning the community name to the nameplate . In early 2018, the company announced that it would set up a paywall on its website. Consumers who do not pay the fee to subscribe will be allowed to read only seven articles per month. An article published by CBC News indicated that this strategy has not been successful for some newspapers. The New York Times has

625-516: Was dissolved in 1998 following amalgamation with several other communities in the northern section of Perth County . Its population was 9,539 at the Canada 2021 Census in a land area of 6.73 square kilometres; at the time there were 3,910 occupied dwellings. Listowel was founded in 1852, and was originally called Mapleton. It was renamed in June 1856 after a post office was established, and named after

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