ELORA – Are you an avid cyclist spinning your wheels through winter, anxiously awaiting the day you can get on those two wheels again? Then the Be*Spoke: A Festival About Bikes, in Elora on Jan. 25 might be for you.
Celebrate Elora Preschool’s 50th anniversary with free skate, silent auction
ELORA – The Elora Preschool is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, a milestone that’s rare for any business and perhaps even more rare for a childcare centre. And the centre hasn’t changed that much, said teacher/supervisor Nancy Vink, who has been with the centre for 15 years.
Three contenders hope to fill MPP Ted Arnott’s shoes
WELLINGTON-HALTON HILLS – Three individuals have tossed their name in the hat hoping to be the next Wellington-Halton Hills candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario after MPP Ted Arnott announced he will not run in the next election.
Compass Community Services launches ‘Cost of Waiting’ campaign
GUELPH – Compass Community Services launched “The Cost of Waiting” campaign on Jan. 13 to draw attention to the funding gaps for people with disabilities.
Sunrise founder Ann Caine to receive King Charles III Coronation medal Jan. 24
PUSLINCH – What do Ann Caine and King Charles have in common?
Jann Arden, Broken Social Scene to perform in Elora as part of ‘Icons’ series
ELORA – The Village of Elora will become the Village of Lights during the so-called arctic months of January, February and March – and the weekend events begin on Friday.
Village of Lights may be a go after all
ELORA – Not long after Kat Florence Canada pulled the plug on the Village of Lights campaign it had planned for downtown Elora this winter, it appears the event may take place after all.
GoFundMe campaign for Nic Law, who died in Dec. 31 crash, surpasses $25,000
CENTRE WELLINGTON – A local family is devastated after learning their son, Nicholas Law, 18, died in a car crash near Elora on New Year's Eve.
Medical officer of health reflects on COVID-19 pandemic five years after it began
GUELPH – Just before Christmas in 2019, Dr. Nicola Mercer, medical officer of health for Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, was briefed about a new virus that was spreading in China.
St. David Street reopened
FERGUS – Phase one of the reconstruction of St. David Street North (Highway 6) is complete and the road has reopened.
Hann resigns as chair of Elora BIA
ELORA – After four years, Maclean Hann has resigned as chair of the Elora BIA.
Fergus man launches Global Aerosol Recycling Association
FERGUS – Mike MacKay is a hydraulic engineer by trade, but he’s now shifted gears. Instead of selling a product, he’s selling the idea that aerosol cans can and should be recycled.
U of G researchers receive grant to study relationship between domestic violence, homelessness
GUELPH – Two University of Guelph professors hope to better understand how the housing crisis is impacting women experiencing and fleeing violence and how violence can lead to homelessness and vice versa.
Puslinch site alteration bylaw doing its job: staff
ABERFOYLE – Almost a year after passing a site alteration bylaw, Puslinch council heard from staff that the bylaw is serving the community well and there should be no changes.
Short-term rental bylaw expected to return to council in new year
CENTRE WELLINGTON – There was plenty of discussion on the topic of establishing a bylaw to regulate short-term rentals (STR) in the township at the Dec. 16 council meeting, but little discussion about the content of such a bylaw.