ABERFOYLE – Puslinch council voted in favour of a motion to enter into a shared service agreement with Centre Wellington for Tom Mulvey to be fire chief for both municipalities.
Fourth Grove youth hub opens in Guelph on U of G campus
GUELPH – The Grove Guelph Wellington opened its fourth youth wellness hub on June 21 – this one on the University of Guelph campus, but it’s there to serve all youth in the city, not just university students.
Old Groves hospital likely to be demolished
ELORA – Groves Memorial Community Hospital CEO Angela Stanley said the province will stop paying for the former hospital site in Fergus - now called Legacy Groves - by fiscal year-end in March 2023.
Puslinch asking Guelph Junction Railway to remove piles of old railway ties
PUSLINCH – Two Puslinch councillors visited the site of recent grass fires along the Guelph Junction Railway line and reported at the June 15 council meeting that it was an “eye-opener."
More vandalism at Guelph Black Heritage Society’s Heritage Hall
GUELPH – Denise Francis isn’t sure it if it’s racially-motivated or the acts of desperate, homeless people, but the Guelph Black Heritage Society (GBHS) has experienced more vandalism at its Heritage Hall in Guelph.
Centre Wellington council approves asset management plan
ELORA – While many municipalities are scrambling to meet new provincial legislation requiring them to have asset management plans in place by July 1, Centre Wellington is ahead of the curve.
Groves Memorial Community Hospital opens Memorial Forest
Grand opening – Groves Memorial Community Hospital officially opened its Memorial Forest, located behind the hospital, on June 9 with about 100 donors and those associated with the project present to celebrate.
Let the tours begin: Robert Pavlis garden among first local garden tours since pandemic began
GUELPH – Waterfalls, ponds, pergolas and pagodas. Art and garden whimsy.
Four detachments fight fire in Puslinch
PUSLINCH – Firefighters from Puslinch, Guelph/Eramosa, Guelph and Milton responded to a fire at 50 McLean Road in Puslinch on June 10 and returned the next day as fire persisted in the duct work.
Puslinch taking Guelph to land tribunal over Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan
ABERFOYLE – Puslinch Township is taking the City of Guelph to the Ontario Land Tribunal over the city’s Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan. However, both sides are hoping to reach an agreement prior to a formal hearing.
Hundreds attend Pride in the Park event
PALMERSTON – Nature didn’t produce rainbows on June 12 but the community certainly did, as Palmerston hosted Minto’s Pride in the Park – its first Pride picnic in two years.
Lustgarten-Evoy named to Rotary International’s action group on slavery, human trafficking
FERGUS – Barbara Lustgarten-Evoy is taking her passion for anti-human trafficking to international levels as she has been appointed the Canadian coordinator of the Rotary Action Group Against Slavery.
Summertime fun? Proceed with caution, says medical officer of health
GUELPH – While COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are down, the World Health Organization has not declared the pandemic over, and local residents should use caution this summer, says the local medical officer of health.
New pathway at Elora Centre for the Arts all about connections
ELORA – The Elora Centre for the Arts is ready to send you down the garden path now that their pathways project is complete.
No local cases of monkeypox reported
GUELPH - There have been no cases of monkeypox in this region, but Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is keeping an eye on the situation.