CENTRE WELLINGTON – If horn honking means freedom, participants in the "Freedom Convoy" that rolled through Fergus and Elora on Saturday afternoon certainly exercised theirs.
Lightning believed to be cause of house fire in Fergus
FERGUS – Fergus and Elora firefighters responded to a house fire on Rea Drive in Fergus early on Sunday morning.
Township buys property on Beatty Line for road, intersection improvements
ELORA – Centre Wellington Township will spend a total of $136,000 to purchase property for road improvements to Beatty Line North in Fergus.
Putting on a huge Christmas light display? You may need a permit for that
PUSLINCH – Property owners in the township who put on large public displays – at Christmas or Halloween, for example – are now subject to a bylaw to prohibit and regulate publicized displays.
WDGPH privacy breaches up, sexually transmitted diseases in community down: reports
GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health had 22 privacy breaches in 2021, a significant increase over the nine it had the year before, but understandable given the agency doubled its staff, increased staff workloads, and condensed its training to focus on the pandemic, it says.
Stop signs coming to Puslinch intersections could save lives: councillors
PUSLINCH – Council here has approved two intersection improvements that councillors say are prudent and could save lives. Improvements include adding a four-way stop at Maltby/Watson and a three-way stop at Hume/Watson.
Students ask council to honour Patrick Anderson with ‘home of’ signs in Fergus
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Fergus was the home of Paralympic athlete Patrick Anderson and three students at Elora Public School think there should be signs at town entrances to celebrate that fact.
Homebuyers commence legal action after Gemini Homes voids contracts
ELORA – Legal action against Gemini Homes has commenced after the builder announced in January that the homebuyer contracts for the South River subdivision in Elora were void.
Guelph Nighthawks invite fans to take their best shot
GUELPH – Sports-deprived fans will be excited to know the Guelph Nighthawks are aiming for a full, in-person season this year. And to sweeten the pot for basketball fans, Wellington Motors is giving three opportunities for fans to win a one-year lease of a 2022 Jeep Wrangler.
Another bridge in Centre Wellington gets load restriction
ELORA – Centre Wellington has added a load restriction to another bridge in the township. That brings the total to seven of 111 bridges in the township with a load restriction.
Poverty and homelessness are provincial responsibilities and should be election issues, panellists say
GUELPH – The pandemic has shone a light on the challenges faced by people who live in poverty or homelessness and the upcoming provincial election is an opportunity to make real change.
Council votes for a second time to demolish Middlebrook Place bridge
ELORA – After voting in October to reconsider a decision it made in 2020 to remove the Middlebrook Place bridge, Centre Wellington council is sticking with its original plan.
Local medical officer of health supports province’s reopening plan
GUELPH – Dr. Nicola Mercer supports the gradual reopening of Ontario and easing of COVID-19 mandates as announced by the province on Feb. 14.
Centre Wellington hands out heritage awards
ELORA – Centre Wellington Heritage handed out its annual Heritage Recognition Awards at its Feb. 15 meeting to mark the beginning of Heritage Week and recognize the people and restoration projects in the community that made an impact in 2021.
Morriston bypass not forgotten by province: Arnott
TORONTO – Wellington-Halton Hills MP Ted Arnott says that while the Morriston Bypass Coalition has a valid point, he doesn’t believe the new route on Highway 6 has been abandoned by the province.