CENTRE WELLINGTON – Addyson Martin and Briar Decker were doused with water after their last game of the season with the Guelph Boys U13 AAA hockey team. Last game of the season – and last time playing with the boys.
Local events, festivals holding volunteer recruitment event April 20
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Several local event organizers and the Township of Centre Wellington have got together to organize a volunteer recruitment event at the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex. The event takes place on April 20 from 6 to 9pm.
Centre Wellington Hydro offering new ‘ultra-low’ hydro pricing effective May 1
FERGUS – Centre Wellington Hydro is among the first utility providers in the province to offer a new “ultra-low” hydro rate for customers who opt-in to the program.
Opioid use down in region but overdose deaths on the rise
GUELPH – Opioid use is down from 2021 in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) catchment area, but still up from pre-pandemic times, the board of health heard at its April 5 meeting. And the mortality rate in the region is up slightly from 2021 to 2022, which is cause for concern.
Compass Community Services adjusts mental health counselling services
GUELPH – Compass Community Services, a Guelph-based organization that provides the only quick access, single-session therapy service in Guelph and Wellington County, is closing its “brief therapy” service in Guelph as of June 1.
Centre Wellington council paid $203,000 last year
ELORA – Centre Wellington’s mayor and councillors were paid a total $202,977 in honorariums and expenses in 2022 – down $1,085 from the $204,062 paid to them in 2021.
Compass Community Services adjusts mental health counselling services
GUELPH – Compass Community Services, a Guelph-based organization that provides the only quick access, single-session therapy service in Guelph and Wellington County, is closing its “brief therapy” service in Guelph as of June 1.
Little opposition to Habitat for Humanity project at public planning meeting
ELORA – Habitat for Humanity presented its proposal for a stacked townhouse complex at 465 Garafraxa St. W. in Fergus at a public meeting on March 29 and was met with little opposition.
Residents oppose zoning bylaw change requested by developer on South River Road
ELORA – Don’t mess with the woodlot. And don’t mess with the 2018 LPAT decision. That’s what many residents had to say at a March 29 public meeting in response to a zoning change application by Bruce Youngblood to reduce the size/configuration of open space zoning on a South River Road property.
Fill in ditches before adding new playground equipment, delegate urges council
PUSLINCH – Bruce Taylor is not satisfied with the response he got from Puslinch council on March 22. Taylor has long been concerned that the plan to make Boreham Park accessible does not even come close to addressing problems with the Arkell park.
Top honours from law association for Elora man
ELORA – Clarke Melville is uncomfortable talking about it, but the lawyer has been selected to receive the Coulter A. Osborne Award for Integrity, Comity and Beneficence from the Waterloo Region Law Association.
Puslinch committee identifies 18 priority heritage sites
PUSLINCH – The township’s heritage committee members have their work cut out for them, thanks to Bill 23.
Say cheese: Puslinch Camera Club ready to document ‘amazing place we live’
PUSLINCH – After its inaugural meeting, Tamsin Lambert is feeling pretty confident the newly-formed Puslinch Camera Club is on board with her vision of what the club can become.
Puslinch council’s remuneration up by $6,000 last year
PUSLINCH – Puslinch Township paid a total of $138,002 to its mayor and councillors in 2022, $6,047 more than in 2021.
Proposal for trucking hub in Puslinch meets opposition
PUSLINCH – Wellington Motor Freight wants to build its new headquarters on property at the corner of Brock and Gilmour Roads and relocate from its current location on MacLean Road.