WELLINGTON NORTH – New provincial housing minister Paul Calandra wants to know what the top priorities are for municipalities from the Housing Affordability Task Force report.
Diane Ballantyne recognized by Prime Minister for teaching excellence
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Recently-retired local teacher Diane Ballantyne is among the recipients of this year’s Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence
Budget pressure expected to push up county tax increases
GUELPH – Wellington County residents may want to brace themselves for an above-normal tax increase next year. The county budget is under more pressure than previously understood, councillors learned during a three-hour special budget meeting on Oct. 5.
Council now in favour of new crosswalk in downtown Mount Forest
WELLINGTON NORTH – The intersection of Main Street South and King Street East in downtown Mount Forest is being recommended for new pedestrian crossing infrastructure after all.
Fundraising hockey tournament returns to Palmerston in support of Mapleton family
PALMERSTON - Six-year old Mya Martin may be confined to a wheelchair, but that won’t stop her from being on the ice at the Palmerston sports complex for an Oct. 21 puckdrop.
Plump pumpkins win the day at Metz Pumpkinfest
METZ – The annual Metz Pumpkinfest took place at St. Paul’s United Church on Sept. 30.
Richard Pierpoint honoured at plaque unveiling ceremony
FERGUS – The natural area bordered by the Grand River and located at the end of Anderson Street in Fergus, sought out by local dog walkers and daytripping flyfishers alike, will soon have a new monument installed honouring the life of the area’s past owner.
‘One of the most important documents’: township moving ahead with growth management plan update
WELLINGTON NORTH – The township is beginning to update its growth management plan, which was first established in 2017.
Chong urges Canada-U.S. cooperation at congressional hearing on foreign interference
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Halton Hills MP and Conservative shadow minister of foreign affairs Michael Chong testified before a bipartisan congressional committee in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 12, for a hearing on Chinese transnational repression.
Mount Forest BIA reimagines downtown pedestrian laneway
MOUNT FOREST – Residents don’t have to look far to see the Mount Forest Business Improvement Association’s (BIA) efforts to spruce up the downtown core.
Reduced offload delays at GGH has paramedic chief feeling ‘cautiously optimistic’
GUELPH - Lengthy offload delays experienced at Guelph General Hospital (GGH) by Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service (GWPS) crews declined in past months from last year’s strained highs.
Halliburtons sentenced in Lucas Shortreed hit-and-run case
GUELPH - David Halliburton was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, and Anastasia Halliburton was sentenced to six-months of house arrest on Sept. 26, in relation to the hit-and-run death of Lucas Shortreed almost 15 years ago.
Residents call for concession road used as aggregate route to be paved
WELLINGTON NORTH – A group of residents along Concession 4 North, which is part of a haulage route for three gravel pits, are fed up with the gravel road’s condition, and say it’s high time to have it paved.
Palmerston man guilty on three counts of sexual assault; jury acquits on two counts
GUELPH – Shortly after 7pm on Monday night at Guelph Superior Court, word arrived: the verdict was in.
Jury deliberating in week-long Michael Hurst sexual assault trial
GUELPH – A 12-member jury for the trial of Palmerston resident Michael Hurst, who is charged with five counts of sexual assault, began deliberating on Sept. 18. Last week, Hurst and two woman testified before the jury.