GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has exhausted all the cost-saving and efficiency measures it can and will soon have to look at increasing staffing levels.
Public health working with partners after closure of Guelph Consumption and Treatment Site
GUELPH – The local health unit has been working with area partners as the Consumption and Treatment Site (CTS) in Guelph closed on March 31 and the Homeless and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub (HART) opened on April 1 as directed by the province.
Local councillor signs letter opposing province’s Bill 5
FERGUS – Centre Wellington councillor Bronwynne Wilton has signed her name to a letter speaking out against Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act.
Excess soil bylaw gets first test in Puslinch Township
ABERFOYLE – Puslinch Township’s first use of a new excess soil bylaw is proving to be the first test of the bylaw as well.
Family thanks Joseph and Florence Chamberlain for deciding to come to Canada 100 years ago
ELORA – On April 22, 1925, Joseph and Florence Chamberlain arrived in Elora from Chilton Colliery, England with their 11 children in tow.
Gardeners beware: water restrictions may be in your future
ELORA – Centre Wellington has always had outdoor water use restrictions, says Dino Masiero, manager of water services and environmental sustainability.
Maclean Hann named Citizen of the Year at Awards of Excellence
ELORA – Elora resident and business owner Maclean Hann was named Citizen of the Year at the Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce Awards of Excellence.
High schoolers get day on build thanks to $20,000 sponsorship by Cooperators
FERGUS – Many volunteers have helped build the 32-unit stacked townhouse development that’s rising from the ground in Fergus.
Visitors will pay to park in downtown Elora; residents who register will not
ELORA – Visitors to “Ontario’s most beautiful village” will have to pay to visit after council approved paid parking for visitors in downtown Elora, but free parking for Centre Wellington residents.
Not into vegetable gardening? Try planting a food forest
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Daisy Moore has a client who wants to grow food on their property, but not in a vegetable garden.
Bridge2Med shows high school students path to becoming a doctor
FERGUS – Two second-year students in McMaster’s medical program have started their own program to encourage high school students to consider careers in medicine.
Council approves Aypa battery storage proposal
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Aypa Power can charge ahead with its battery energy storage system (BESS) now that council has approved the proposal.
Centre Wellington adds Fridays to shuttle bus service
ELORA – An initiative that started as a solution to parking problems in downtown Elora is now being heralded as the possible beginning of a public transit system in Centre Wellington.
Educators lobby for change in public school system
FERGUS – The public education system is broken, a panel told its audience at an event at Centre Wellington District High School on May 22 – and it will take defiance, perseverance and a shift in public thinking if change is to come.
Fergus Lions Club helps fire department get new hazard house
FERGUS – The Centre Wellington fire department just got a new house, courtesy of the Fergus Lions Club. But it’s not the kind of home you’d want to live in.