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Lions Easter Egg Hunt draws crowd for family fun
Easter in the park – The second annual Mount Forest Lions’ Easter Egg Hunt was held on April 8 at Campbell DeVore Park.
Applications open for $2,500 scholarships for students with agriculture/rural focus
HENSALL – Hensall Co-op recently announced applications are open for its Bright Futures Scholarship.
Mount Forest woman charged in stabbing
MOUNT FOREST – A local woman has been charged in connection with a stabbing here last week that left one person with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
Council voices support for Mount Forest subdivison
KENILWORTH – Council here has voiced its support for a revised draft plan related to a 141-dwelling subdivision planned for Mount Forest.
Council votes against winter burials at Mount Forest cemetery
KENILWORTH – Wellington North will not perform winter burials at the Mount Forest cemetery due to a lack of staffing and resources.
Township providing ‘critical’ support for health care recruitment efforts
KENILWORTH – A request to increase the amount of funding this year for physician and health care professional recruitment in Wellington North is being granted by council.
County investigating automated speed enforcement in safety zones
GUELPH – Wellington County continues to investigate the potential of automated speed enforcement (ASE) as a part of the solution to concerns about speeding around the county.
Sports-themed mural to adorn Harriston building
HARRISTON – A massive sports-themed mural on a downtown building here will be the Town of Minto’s latest public art project.
Minto backs call for municipalities to retain surplus proceeds from tax sales
MINTO – The Town of Minto has endorsed a resolution seeking to bring back legislation allowing a municipality to retain surplus proceeds from property subject to a tax sale.
Town of Minto endorses call to require stop-arm cameras on school buses
MINTO – Council here has endorsed a resolution calling on the Ontario government to require all school buses to have stop-arm cameras installed and paid for by the province for the start of the 2023-24 school year.
Dustin Connell earns 2023 FCC Customer Spotlight award
MINTO – By the time Dustin “Dusty” Connell was informed he had even been nominated for a Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Customer Spotlight Award, he had already been named Ontario’s recipient of the honour for 2023.
Life Membership Certificates granted to Palmerston Legion members
Palmerston Legion – Zone Commander Rick Clayfield presented two members of Frank Lambier Legion…
Canadians more likely to view their society as ‘caring’ than Americans
VANCOUVER – Americans and Canadians are inextricably linked, both by the largest international border, and by a culture that often times overlaps, even while maintaining distinction.
Libraries focus on Poetry Month in April
April is National Poetry Month, and this year the League of Canadian Poets invites you to celebrate the 25th anniversary with the theme joy.