GUELPH – Moorefield author Ivanka Fear will be signing copies of her debut mystery novel, The Dead Lie, at Indigo Stone Road Mall on July 22 from 12 to 5.
Elora Festival continues in Green Space July 9.
ELORA - The Elora Festival continued with its free concert in the Elora Green Space on July 9.
UGDSB announces new superintendent of education
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) is pleased to announce the hiring of Peggy Blair, who will join the executive committee as a superintendent of education.
University of Guelph hosts Black Brilliance conference
GUELPH – Black Student groups across the UGDSB partnered with the University of Guelph for a Black Brilliance conference.
Elora Festival welcomes Canadian Chamber Choir performance July 13
ELORA – The Juno-nominated Canadian Chamber Choir (CCC) will land in Elora on July 13 - one in a series of summer festival dates.
Eden Mills Writers’ festival returning for 35th year
EDEN MILLS – The 35th annual Eden Mills Writers’ Festival (EMWF) will be held Sept. 10 in the village of Eden Mills.
OPINION: Time to keep advertising dollars in Canada
Canadian news publishers applaud the decision by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, to end the Government of Canada’s advertising with Meta’s Facebook and Instagram services in response to Meta’s threat to block news in Canada.
Partial Closure of Trafalgar Road until August 4.
Hillsburgh – A portion of Trafalgar Road will be closed to through traffic until Aug. 4 to expedite construction work in Hillsburgh and facilitate installing water and sewer connections crossing Trafalgar.
Local student earns National Book Award, starts scholarship
MOUNT FOREST – Graduating Grade 12 Wellington Heights Secondary School student Joey Townsend has won the University of Toronto’s National Book Award.
Mount Forest Fireworks Festival features four days of fun for all
MOUNT FOREST – The 2023 Mount Forest Fireworks Festival will feature four days of fun for all ages from July 13 to 16.
Harriston-Minto Fall Fair selects new fair ambassadors
MINTO – The 2023 junior and senior ambassadors for the Harriston-Minto Fall Fair were selected at a competition on July 8.
Harriston Legion donates to MRI campaign
HARRISTON – Harriston Legion members and members of the branch’s Catch the Ace committee recently invited representatives from the Palmerston and District Hospital’s MRI Committee to join them at the branch, in order to present them with a cheque for $20,000 towards the MRI campaign.
Top athletes
MOUNT FOREST — Leah Richardson and Mason Eurig are this year’s recipients of the Senior Athlete of the Year Award at Wellington Heights.
Egremont Optimists make final installment on $50,000 pledge to local hospital foundation
HOLSTEIN – July 1 marked a big day for the Egremont Optimists Club.