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ERIN – The 173rd annual Erin Fall Fair, with the theme “Beyond the Barn Door,” runs Oct. 6 to 9.

MOUNT FOREST – The emergency department at Louise Marshall Hospital here will be closed again this weekend, marking the third such closure this month due to "a staffing shortage.” 

BELWOOD - The Belwood and District Lions Club held its annual voluntary toll bridge for Diabetes Canada Sept. 16 and 17 in Belwood on Wellington Road 26.

GUELPH – For passionate gardeners who also love learning and passing that knowledge along to others, the Guelph Wellington Master Gardeners might be for you.

More than 130 enthusiastic riders came together on Sept. 23 to participate in the 6th annual Pedal for Portage event, raising $57,000 in support of Portage and the youth it serves.

ELORA – CUPE Local 4392, representing developmental service workers with Community Living Guelph Wellington, held two community events last weekend to draw public attention to what union officials are calling a “stalemate” after months of bargaining with their employer. 

FERGUS – St. Joseph Catholic School had its Terry Fox Run event on Sept. 21. As of that day, the school raised more than 65 per cent of its $5,200 goal.

ROCKWOOD – Drexler Construction Limited is requesting a second two-year extension for a proposed seven-home condominium subdivision in the  urban centre of Rockwood. 

ELORA — A “Concert with Addy-Tude” was a fundraiser in memory of Addisson Hill, a 14-year-old Fergus youth who succumbed to sarcoma cancer in 2022.

MOUNT FOREST — Young’s Home Hardware Building Centre has been named Best Home Hardware Building Centre.

ELORA – Joseph Gibbons is a professor in fitness, exercise science and kinesiology at Humber College, and an accredited mental health first aid instructor and practitioner. 

FERGUS – Yarn bombing, or yarn graffiti, is a form of street art where public objects are wrapped or covered in yarn.