Jordan Snobelen

KENILWORTH – The Mount Forest Lions Club is eyeing potential improvement projects around the community. Past club president George Laurencic pitched several early-stage ideas for council to ponder on Aug. 14.

OTTAWA – Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong was the target of an online “information operation” this past May, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) disclosed on Aug. 9.

TORONTO - The provincial government’s hasty move to open thousands of acres of Greenbelt-designated land for housing development was “flawed” and “biased,” Ontario’s Auditor General told reporters on Aug. 9.

GUELPH – Justice of the Peace Walter Rojek wasn’t convinced during an Aug. 10 bail hearing that a 21-year-old Mount Forest man wouldn't reoffend if granted bail and released back into the community. Nor was he confident the man’s mother could adequately serve as a surety.

ERIN – Despite some changes to the original schedule, all work for Erin’s multi-million dollar wastewater treatment plant is expected to be completed by October 2024.

GUELPH – A charge of disclosing private communications levied against Centre Wellington resident Brenda Dolderman was stayed on July 25. The Crown may bring the charge back before the court within one year.

ELORA – The savoury scent of freshly prepared Canadian ingredients filled the air as chefs and cooks exercised their culinary chops on the Jack R. MacDonald bridge in downtown Elora Aug. 1 to celebrate the legacy of the late Anita Stewart and Food Day Canada.

GUELPH – The County of Wellington and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 973 have ratified a one-year collective agreement for social services staff.

ERIN – Town of Erin CAO Nathan Hyde is leaving his post as the top town staffer for the Town of Caledon, the Advertiser has learned.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – A Quad City Challenger II ultralight aircraft has been removed from Belwood Lake after the aircraft and a pilot crash-landed into the lake on the evening of July 24.

GUELPH – A new Wellington County roads garage in Wellington North, a new library branch in Erin, and renovations to turn a Guelph building into transitional housing are all moving forward despite being way over budget.

ARTHUR - Public consultation on Wellington North's strategic plan update, a document that will guide council and township priorities for the next three years, continues with an in-person meeting on July 31 and an online survey.

ABOYNE - Tens of millions of dollars will be on the line come Monday morning when county council considers whether to award construction contracts for three major capital projects, including a new garage, library and transitional housing.

ERIN – Council here has endorsed town comments to be submitted to the province in response to proposed changes to provincial planning policy.