GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) has created a new policy to address student registration.
Legal clinic supports Indigenous people with name change services
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Indigenous people’s traditional names were often taken through the residential school system, the Indian Act, the Sixties Scoop, and other colonial practices.
Indigenous Peoples Day celebration to be held at Riverside Park, Guelph
GUELPH – June 21 is both National Indigenous Peoples Day and the summer solstice.
UGDSB releases draft policy for public input
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) has created a new policy to address student registration.
Alma contractors seek zoning change to permit existing business
MAPLETON – A public meeting was held on June 11 regarding a zoning change application at J-M Building Contractors in Alma.
Hockey player Ty Martin receives $250 athletic bursary
MAPLETON – Council here presented a $250 athletic bursary cheque to Woolwich Wildcats U13 player Ty Martin on June 11.
Former councillor Dennis Craven named Mapleton’s senior of the year
MAPLETON – Mapleton’s senior of the year for 2024 is former longtime councillor Dennis Craven. He was presented the award during a Mapleton council meeting attended by his family, including his children and grandchildren.
Sunday gun hunting ban to be reviewed in Mapleton
MAPLETON – A rule prohibiting hunting with firearms on Sundays is set to be reviewed by Township of Mapleton staff. Resident Ray Kuper asked Mapleton council on June 11 to allow people to hunt with guns on Sundays.
County students bring gold medals home from national MusicFest
WELLINGTON COUNTY – MusicFest Canada adjudicators awarded gold to the Erin District High School Tempo concert band, the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute string and orchestra ensembles, and the Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute symphonic, concert and acoustic ensembles.
Pro-Palestine protestors call on MPs, U of G for arms embargo, divestment
GUELPH – About 75 people protested in the rain in front of Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield’s office on June 7, calling for a ceasefire, an end to the siege, occupation, and genocide in Gaza, and a two-way weapons embargo between Canada and Israel.
Legal clinic offers free support to 2SLGBTQIA+ people with name and gender marker changes
GUELPH – Transgender people changing names or gender markers can get free support from the Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County.
Rare Charitable Research Reserve plots gardens on ‘pollinator way stations’ map
CAMBRIDGE – Imagine a highway along the Toronto-Waterloo Region Corridor, except instead of paved roads for cars, trucks and motorcycles, the pathway is made of native gardens supporting bees, butterflies, birds and other pollinators.
Bishop Mac ‘Dignity Drive’ supports Guelph Wellington Women in Crisis
FERGUS – Students at Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School collected almost 400 hygiene products to donate to Guelph Wellington Women in Crisis (GWWIC) this spring.
Jewish and Muslim people pray together at U of G pro-Palestine encampment
GUELPH – Independent Jewish Voices Guelph held Shabbat celebrations at a University of Guelph…
Mapleton, Centre Wellington to hire climate change staffer
MAPLETON – Mapleton is set to spend almost $50,000 to share a climate change coordinator with the Township of Centre Wellington for one year.