ELORA – After sitting out last year’s parade here due to COVID-19 restrictions, Saint Nick will…
Officials mum on whether Palmerston blaze could be linked to Saturday party
PALMERSTON – The OPP is investigating a fire that destroyed a building on Norman Street here on Monday but both police and Minto Fire officials remain tightlipped about whether or not the blaze could be linked to a previous incident at the site two days earlier.
Santa Claus Parade returns to Elora on Nov. 27
ELORA – After sitting out last year's parade here due to COVID-19, Saint Nick will be returning this year for his annual trip through the village. The Elora Lions Club has announced the Elora Santa Claus Parade will take place on Nov. 27 at 6:15pm.
Fergus family shares second ‘spooky’ Halloween video
FERGUS – For the second consecutive year, a local family hopes its YouTube video will help spread some Halloween cheer – and fear.
Province unveils plan to lift COVID-19 public health measures
TORONTO — Come Monday, capacity limits in gyms, restaurants and recreational facilities will be lifted. By February vaccine requirements will be gone and a month later masks won't have to be worn indoors.
REVIEW: Same Time, Next Year marks triumphant return of live theatre
ORANGEVILLE – “If you ever did that to me, I’d kill you.” Surely a few people expressed…
Media Matters: Time to change
We were appalled last week to hear that an assault of a Centre Wellington District High School student is, according to parents and students, part of an escalating pattern of abuse and violence targeting the school’s 2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC and special needs students.
‘Wellington County has lost a great man’: Advertiser founder Bill Adsett dies at 86
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Residents here and across Wellington County have lost one of their community’s greatest ambassadors. William Hugh Adsett, known to most simply as Bill, died on Oct. 5 at Caressant Care in Arthur after a brief illness and following a battle with dementia.
Recognizing National Newspaper Week
In 1944 thousands of brave men of my grandfather’s generation stormed the beaches of Normandy in the name of freedom. Fast forward 77 years, and antivaxxers are storming food courts and protesting outside hospitals. It’s as if we are living in some sort of alternative timeline.
Anti-lockdown demonstrators at advance polling station prompt police response
ELORA – A group of anti-lockdown demonstrators contravened Elections Canada rules and had to be asked by police to leave during a weekend gathering at the Elora Community Centre, which served as an advance polling station.
Candidates say dozens of election signs damaged, stolen
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local police say there have been no official reports filed with them about election sign vandalism, despite complaints to the Advertiser suggesting dozens of signs have been damaged or stolen in Wellington-Halton Hills.
Public health: COVID-19 outbreak linked to Aug. 21 wedding/reception
GUELPH – Public health officials say there is a COVID-19 outbreak linked to an Aug. 21 wedding here - and a later reception in Puslinch - and are advising all those who attended they are "high-risk contacts" and should act accordingly.
Please get vaccinated ASAP
Ironically, the same crowd that downplayed COVID-19 because it “only” affected about three per cent of Canadians and “only” killed about 0.7% is now somehow extremely concerned about their 0.018% chance of having an adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine.
Deafening silence
“It’s hard not to feel like people have given up on us, and we take it personally.” Those heartbreaking words came from Lisa Roszel, director of intensive care at Guelph General Hospital, who was describing the sentiments of her ICU staff.
OPP still searching for driver of SUV that fled after crashing into lawnmower
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Police are still searching for the driver who fled on foot from the scene of a serious crash here last Friday. Police thought they had a lead the following day, but it did not result in an arrest.