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CENTRE WELLINGTON – Ward 5 Councillor Bronwynne Wilton has been nominated as the Ontario Greens’ candidate for Wellington-Halton Hills in the upcoming provincial election.

MINTO – Police have charged two more people in connection with the 2019 kidnapping and death of Jason John Brown. Five people in total have now been charged in the murder of the 43-year-old Kitchener man.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The following is a list of articles that received the most engagement on the Wellington Advertiser’s Twitter (now known as X) account in 2024.

GUELPH – The Beyond Borders Redefine Gala is set for 6pm on Jan. 18 at the River Run Centre in Guelph, and will raise funds for the Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington, the Make Your Mark Foundation and the Beyond Borders program.

GUELPH – Ambulance stations were a hot topic of discussion at a special council meeting on Jan. 6 to present the county’s draft 2025 budget and 10-year plan.

GUELPH – During the 2023-24 school year, the UGDSB spent almost $77,000 on conference fees and related accommodation and travel expenses, including trips to California and Texas for artificial intelligence (AI)-related conferences.   

GUELPH – The county is projecting a tax increase of 3.9 per cent this year despite an announcement from the province of financial relief for municipalities to offset the cost of OPP contracts.

GUELPH – A Fergus man is dead after he was hit by a city bus in downtown Guelph on Wednesday afternoon.

GUELPH – The province has officially announced its approval for nine treatment hubs to replace safe-injection sites being forced to close at the end of March, including Guelph’s consumption and treatment services (CTS) site at the Guelph Community Health Centre.

ELORA – Not long after Kat Florence Canada pulled the plug on the Village of Lights campaign it had planned for downtown Elora this winter, it appears the event may take place after all.

ROCKWOOD – It’s been six months since Arthur resident Nathaniel Schofield died in police custody, but still little is known about what happened.

GUELPH – Community organizer, harm reduction worker and volunteer Kate Nixon died on Dec. 29, at 23 years old, due to complications  from cancer. 

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Mapleton Township’s first mayor, Carl Hall, died on Dec. 31 at age 87.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local members of parliament have offered mixed reactions to Justin Trudeau’s pending resignation, ranging from appreciation for the prime minister’s “hard work” and “hope,” to outright condemnation for causing “chaos” and “crisis.”