Nostalgia – Always in demand is the music of The Beatles. On Nov. 12 their music was brought to…
OPINION: Look to veterans for a better today, a better tomorrow
FERGUS – This week we mark the 103rd commemoration of Remembrance Day in Canada.
Hockey game raises $16,000 for local child awaiting kidney transplant
PALMERSTON – A hockey tournament at the Palmerston arena on Nov. 5 raised $16,000 for Ken and Carolyn Brubacher as their 12-year-old son Trevor awaits a kidney transplant. Innovative, Whispering Meadows Family Farms and Martin’s Family Fruit Farm sponsored the event.
Palmerston Community Food Bank accepting gift cards for Christmas
PALMERSTON – The Palmerston Community Foodbank is seeking donations for its Christmas gift card program.
Wellington 4-H went for the gold – and brought it home
GUELPH - The Wellington 4-H Association is celebrating its win of the provincial 4-H Go-For-The-Gold trivia competition at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto on Nov. 5.
Free flu shot available for Ontarians over six months old
TORONTO – Free flu shots are now available to Ontarians aged six months and older.
Guelph Youth Music Centre celebrates $50,000 “Community Building Fund” Trillium grant
Support – The Guelph Youth Music Centre (GYMC) team gathered Oct. 20 to celebrate a $50,000…
Optimist Club of Centre Wellington hosts Christmas bazaar
Bazaar season – Sandra Hebner of Tough Cut Crafts in Drayton had some of her Christmas…
Knights of Columbus makes donation to Michael House, Guelph
Donation – St. Mary and St. Joseph Knights of Columbus recently made a $1,315 donation to Michael…
Christmas Market returns to museum
ABOYNE – The Wellington County Museum and Archives (WCMA) welcomes residents and visitors to the second annual Christmas Market on Nov. 25 from 4 to 9pm and Nov. 26 from noon to 5pm.
High school students invited to audition for Drayton Entertainment musical
ST. JACOBS – Legally Blonde the Musical will be staged starring local high school students from Waterloo Region in the inaugural Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy High School Musical Production.
Traveling Milburys bring harmonies to Fergus Grand Theatre
Best of the imitators – The Traveling Milburys, a Travelling Wilburys tribute band, traveled…
Trillium grant helped Elora Centre for the Arts in pandemic recovery
ELORA – A grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation has helped the Elora Centre for the Arts (ECFTA) recover from the pandemic, and officials there expressed their gratitude in a Nov. 3 press release.
Brad Halls launching ‘Mid-day music at Melville’
FERGUS - A new musical event will make its debut on Nov. 16 at noon at Melville United Church in Fergus, where pianist Brad Halls will present Mid-day Music at Melville.
Concern for cost of food reaches historic highs for Canadians
GUELPH – The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) announced on Oct. 25 the results of its 2022 Public Trust Research.