ELORA – There’s a new film festival coming to Elora and founder Ian Evans hopes it will appeal to film buffs, adventure lovers, and those who find a brief lull in their calendars between Monster Month and holiday shopping. The Elora Adventure Film Festival will make its debut Nov. 3 to 5
Facing $3-million deficit, Community Living intends to close day programs, lay off staff
GUELPH – Community Living Guelph Wellington is facing a $3million deficit and plans to close some of its day programs and lay off staff if the province doesn’t provide an infusion of cash.
Guelph Wellington Master Gardeners are garden learners, resource for community, social club – all rolled into one
GUELPH – For passionate gardeners who also love learning and passing that knowledge along to others, the Guelph Wellington Master Gardeners might be for you.
Pies, pints and now pizza can help end polio
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora will be part of Rotary International’s initiative in October to eradicate polio worldwide.
Take Back the Night march encourages people to ‘Lead where you are’
GUELPH – After a demonstration outside Guelph City Hall on Sept. 20 between a group of parents protesting 2SLGBTQIA+ school policies and another group protesting the protest, the Take Back the Night (TBTN) march the next day took on extra meaning.
Mayor’s townhall dominated by growth, parking woes
ELORA – Growth and parking dominated discussion at the Mayor’s Town Hall on Sept. 20, held at the new MacDonald pavilion outside the Elora Centre for the Arts
Soupmakers prepare to face off at Sensational Soup-off
ELORA – Sensational Elora is getting with the times, updating its strategic plan, and acknowledging the diverse community that Centre Wellington has become. And along those lines, it is encouraging soups from all countries and cultures at its popular Sensational Soup-off event.
Marian Brennan Enabling Garden is in full bloom
GUELPH — The Marian Brennan Enabling Garden, cared for by the Guelph Township Horticultural Society, is in full bloom.
Rotary club donates $500,000 to new Aboyne Rural Hospice
ABOYNE – The kick-off for the Aboyne Rural Hospice on Sept. 15 got off to a monumental start with a $500,000 donation from the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora.
Want to build a house? Habitat for Humanity seeking volunteers
FERGUS – With plans for a 32-unit stacked townhouse development in Fergus well underway, Habitat for Humanity Guelph Wellington is seeking volunteers to help with the build.
Quick-thinking bystanders keep propane truck fire at bay
SALEM – Bystanders helped the driver of a propane truck that caught fire in Salem, averting what could have been a disaster.
Community garden enjoys fruits (and vegetables) of labour at harvest celebration
FERGUS – The new community garden beside the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex celebrated the end of its first season on Sunday – cause for celebration, reflection, and quite a bit of food.
Time keeps on ticking: Marden time capsule offers glimpse of 1997
MARDEN – Opening the time capsule outside the Marden library on the weekend invoked a little time travel itself.
With climbing costs, new stairs to the gorge will have to wait
ELORA – Township staff will put on “pause” a plan to rebuild the stairs that lead from Victoria Park to the Elora Gorge in the hope a community partner will come forward or a grant can be obtained to help cover some of the cost overrun.
Parks Canada to install plaque honouring Richard Pierpoint
FERGUS – A plaque honouring Richard Pierpoint will be erected at the Pierpoint Fly Fishing Nature Reserve in early October. Pierpoint is recognized as the first Black settler in Centre Wellington.