Members of the Alma Optimist Club hosted an Easter Egg-stravaganza on April 15 at the Alma…
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Drayton U11 Local League Black team won the WOAA Maroon Division
Division winners – The Drayton U11 Local League Black team won the WOAA Maroon Division title.…
U9 Rep Mount Forest Rams are WOAA Hodges division champs
Division champs – The U9 Rep Mount Forest Rams, WOAA Hodges division champs. Front row, from…
‘Volunteering is Empathy in Action’ theme of National Volunteer Week
“Volunteering Is Empathy In Action” is the National Volunteer Week theme for 2022.
No objections to new telecom tower coming to Kenilworth
WELLINGTON NORTH – Shared Tower Inc. intends to build a 70-metre, self-supporting telecom tower at 6832 Wellington Road 109 targeting Teviotdale and surrounding areas to the north and west of Wellington Road 109.
‘Difficult decisions’: public forum highlights Arthur’s coming growing pains
ARTHUR – There’s no denying Wellington North will experience its fair share of growing pains in the coming decades, as officials spur on economic growth and the housing to support it.
Kay Ayres named Wellington North’s senior of the year
MOUNT FOREST – Resident Kay Ayres was recognized for her dedication and volunteerism as the 2022 Wellington North senior of the year award recipient.
Warning booms and buoys being installed at GRCA dams
CAMBRIDGE – The Grand River Conservation Authority is preparing for its annual installation of warning booms or white buoys to warn paddlers, anglers and boaters to stay away from dams.
Minto midwife experiences life in northern community
MINTO – “It's baffling to imagine anyone ever settling there. I mean the environment is so incredibly hostile,” said Minto midwife Amy Sjaarda, who recently returned from a nine-week stint helping expectant mothers in the northern Quebec community of Puvirnituq.
UGDSB encouraging school community to continue to wear masks
GUELPH – As the province enters the sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials at the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) are encouraging everyone in the school community to continue to wear masks when indoors.
Black Cat speed monitors reveal chronic speeding problems on Brock Road
PUSLINCH – Over five days between Jan. 28 and Feb. 3, Black Cat speed monitors installed along Brock Road in Puslinch tracked the speeds of 63,739 vehicles.
Bridge recognized for influence on local economic development
TORONTO – Town of Minto Mayor George Bridge was recognized at a gathering of Ontario leaders in the field of economic development here last week.
Co-op members approve merger
HARRISTON – A merger between two local farm cooperatives has been approved.
Ground-breaking ceremony held at future Brent Barnes Memorial Skatepark
Breaking ground – Lions Club members, township officials and a local youth marked the…
Budget housing aid needs to reach rural communities: Nater
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Perth-Wellington MP John Nater calls the 2022 federal budget tabled by Liberal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on April 7 “a mixed bag.”