LONDON – OPP West Region officers charged nearly 200 drivers for failing to wear a seatbelt during the Easter long weekend traffic campaign.
New nursing services available
WELLINGTON COUNTY – A mother-daughter duo has come together to create a business based on helping families and supporting loved ones in their homes.
Rona employee dead after being hit by customer’s vehicle
ELORA – A Rona employee is dead after being hit by a vehicle while at work on Saturday. Emergency crews were called to the business, located on Wellington Road 18 across from the Elora Quarry, at about 3:15pm.
Emergency department closing again at Louise Marshall Hospital
MOUNT FOREST – For the 10th time since last summer, the emergency department at Louise Marshall Hospital is closing for a portion of the weekend. Due to a staffing shortage, the department will close on April 6 (Saturday) at 7pm and reopen on April 7 (Sunday) at 7am.
GRCA installing warning booms and buoys at dams
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Grand River Conservation Authority will be installing warning booms or buoys upstream of dams to alert paddlers, anglers and boaters to stay away.
Brampton, Windsor residents charged in theft from gas station
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Two Brampton residents and one Windsor resident have been charged after a vehicle "fled from a theft" at a gas station here earlier this week.
Car hits pole; driver flees
FERGUS – Police are looking to identify the driver and vehicle involved in a single-vehicle crash here recently.
Police beat: Fergus theft
FERGUS – Police are once again asking for the public’s help to solve a local theft even though they won’t to say where it occurred.
Friends of the Guelph Public Library needs help finding new location for book sale
GUELPH – The Friends of the Guelph Public Library (FGPL) may not be able to offer its annual community book sale this year, unless it finds a new home.
Madison Galloway to release cover of Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit
FERGUS – Madison Galloway is set to release her latest single, White Rabbit on April 5.
Guelph/Eramosa farming community gathers to help end hunger
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – The farming community came together recently at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank spring meeting to talk about international hunger and how locals are making a global difference through growing projects.
Second Wellington North man charged after drug bust in Arthur
ARTHUR – Police have charged a second local man in connection with a drug bust last week in Arthur, Kitchener and North Dumfries.
Police seek help to locate missing Palmerston man
PALMERSTON – Police are seeking help to locate a Palmerston man who was reported missing on Thursday.
Busy year for economic, community development in Minto in 2023
MINTO – It may be a small town, but Minto was bustling with community activity in 2023, according to a year-end report from the municipality’s economic and community development department. The department hosted or facilitated a total of 95 community events last year.
Wellington County Library offering programs about solar eclipse
WELLINGTON COUNTY – On April 8 in the north Wellington region, 97% of the sun will be hidden by the eclipse by 3:18pm.