FERGUS - Over the last year seven-year-old Jude VanVeen has been collecting pop tabs to raise money to help buy his four-year-old sister Anna a wheelchair.
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Elora Skatepark opens
Fun park -About 40 children of all ages, plus several adults, tried out the new $430,000 Elora Skatepark facility at the Elora Community Centre.
Council approves zoning change allowing five-storey apartment at Beatty Line, Farley Road
ELORA – A property at the corner of Beatty Line and Farley Road in Fergus has been zoned to allow for a five-storey apartment building and other mixed residential units.
Police beat: Would-be thieves register fail during commercial break-in
ERIN - Police are looking for help to identify the individuals who broke into a commercial business here and tried unsuccessfully to open a safe.
Excessive speed and accessible weed
WELLINGTON NORTH – On Sept. 30 at about 9:50pm, a Wellington County OPP officer was…
Wellington North endorses Musashi Auto Parts addition
KENILWORTH - Arthur will be getting a bit taller in the coming months with a new addition to Musashi Auto Parts Canada Inc.
County planning to replace rural address signage
GUELPH – Wellington County is making plans to replace existing green rural property signs with new signs that include the approved municipal road name.
National Newspaper Week is Oct. 6 to 12
WELLINGTON COUNTY – From Oct. 6 to 12, newspapers across Canada will celebrate National Newspaper Week.
Safe Communities Day hosted students from the across Wellington County
Safety day - About 400 Upper Grand District School Board Grade 5 and 6 students from Wellington County took part in Safe Communities Day on Oct. 3 at the Royal Distributing Athletic Performance Centre in Marden.
Wellington County Grade 9 and 10 students beat provincial average in EQAO testing
WELLINGTON CTY. – Grade 9 and 10 students in both Wellington County school boards exceeded provincial averages on standardized testing in the 2018-19 school year.
School board requests sidewalk installation on Old Brock Road
ABERFOYLE - A sidewalk is being sought to keep Aberfoyle Public School students safer.
Sportsplex employees recognized for life-saving use of defibrillator
CENTRE WELLINGTON - Two Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex employees were recognized at the 6th annual Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service (GWPS) awards dinner on Oct. 4 for their use of a defibrillator to save a man’s life.
Flash Freight warehouse to expand
BRUCEDALE - Guelph-Eramosa council has voted to give support in principle for a plan to expand the Flash Freight Systems warehouse facility at 5894 Eighth Line E. in Ariss.
Council chooses not to open ‘can of worms’ by changing road names
KENILWORTH - Council’s open forum on Oct. 7 took a look at the potential of changing road names within the township.
Drayton Entertainment’s ‘Art’ brings culture with a side of laughter
ST. JACOBS - Three men dispute the worth of modern art and ultimately each other in the philosophical comedy “Art.”