Community News

MINTO – The 2023 junior and senior ambassadors for the Harriston-Minto Fall Fair were selected at a competition on July 8.

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.

MOUNT FOREST — Leah Richardson and Mason Eurig are this year’s recipients of the Senior Athlete of the Year Award at Wellington Heights.

HOLSTEIN – July 1 marked a big day for the Egremont Optimists Club.

PALMERSTON – Diane Speers and Connie Robinson of The Blessings to You Centre in Palmerston recently attended a special evening at the Cutten Fields in Guelph hosted by The Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington.

MOUNT FOREST - The 21st Mount Fireworks Festival takes place from July 13 to 16 and will be "one for the records."

KENILWORTH - Wellington North council has declined a recent pitch from a real estate trust to spend more taxpayer dollars on an intersection related to a new grocery store coming to the community.

MOUNT FOREST - Fire flow testing at private hydrants caused a brief drop in water pressure in Mount Forest on July 6. Water pressure has since been restored.

KENILWORTH - Wellington North’s newly endorsed land acknowledgement shouldn’t be the culmination of an attempt at reconciliation, but a starting point, council heard at its June 19 meeting.

HARRISTON – The Minto community came together to celebrate diversity and take a stand against intolerance here on June 28. 

MOUNT FOREST - The emergency department at Louise Marshall Hospital will close overnight starting at 7pm on July 6 until 7am on July 7.

KENILWORTH - Wellington North has extended an agreement with the City of Guelph for bylaw enforcement services through the rest of the year.

KENILWORTH - A study examining how to regulate land use for growing cannabis in Wellington North has concluded almost two years after it began with the passing of a new bylaw to permit commercial cannabis production in Wellington North.

HARRISTON – The 2023 Harriston-Minto Ambassador of the Fair Competition will feature seven competitors for the junior ambassador title and three in the senior category. The competition will be held on July 8 at the Harriston-Minto Community Centre Auditorium. 

PALMERSTON - The Palmerston Tim Hortons once again had a record Smile Cookie campaign in May, raising $14,602 for the Palmerston and District Hospital Foundation (PDHF).