MOUNT FOREST – The Wellington Heights Varsity Boys Soccer team travelled to Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Walkerton on May 2 to compete in a 10-team soccer tournament.
United Way celebrates volunteers
GUELPH – With National Volunteer Week over for another year, United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin celebrated the importance of volunteers across communities.
Police beat: Drug charges
FERGUS – A Brampton and Kitchener resident have been charged after police seized about $10,000 in drugs and property following a traffic stop here last week.
Headwater Arts to present ‘Wonder and Whimsy’ art show on May 25
CALEDON – Headwaters Arts is set to present its third annual “Tapestry of Art and Music”, a musically themed, art show sale and fundraising event on May 25 from 2 to 5pm at the Alton Mill Arts Centre in Caledon.
Wightman donates to local hospitals
NORTH WELLINGTON – Fergus-based company Wightman donated to two local hospitals last month.
‘S-Bend’ roundabout construction to begin May 20
WELLINGTON COUNTY – A project that has been discussed for close to a decade will be completed this year.
OPP searching for man who committed indecent act in park
ROCKWOOD – Police say "a suspicious male" was "committing an indecent act ... within view of children and other members of the public" at about 4pm on May 11.
Police find missing Freelton man whose car was discovered near Luther Marsh
WELLINGTON NORTH – Wellington County OPP officials say they received a report on May 12 about a vehicle found in the ditch at the corner of Line 4 and East West Luther Townline.
Child dies after skid steer accident on Wellington North farm
WELLINGTON NORTH – Emergency crews responded to an agricultural property near the intersection of Highway 6 and Sideroad 2, south of Mount Forest, on May 10 at about 10am.
Region designated a risk area for measles
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region has been designated by the province as a risk area for measles.
Police beat: OPP warning residents after thousands lost in crypto scams
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Police are warning residents about cryptocurrency investment scams after several county residents were bilked of thousands of dollars.
Guelph high school locked down after gun report
GUELPH – A Guelph high school was briefly placed in lockdown and a teenager arrested at gunpoint after police received a report of males with guns outside Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute last Thursday.
Nurse practitioners ‘embody a deep commitment to rural health care’
NORTH WELLINGTON – Patients and visitors to the emergency departments at Palmerston and District Hospital or Louise Marshall Hospital may be met with the kind faces of Erin Kee Lindsay and Valerie Droog.
Much has changed in nursing over the years
FERGUS – Like most jobs over the past few decades, nursing has seen its fair share of changes, thanks to new technology, tools and methodology.
Skoufis makes history with 12th consecutive gold at Canadian Open
GUELPH – Local martial artist and lifelong area resident, Nathan Skoufis, captured Gold at the Canadian Open Martial Arts Championships held this past weekend in Kitchener, Ontario—marking a record-breaking 12th consecutive year claiming the title.