HILLBURGH – Preparations are in full swing for the Hillsburgh Garden Club’s spring plant sale, set to take place May 20.
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Groves Memorial receives donation to support nurse training in obstetrics, labour and delivery
ABOYNE – To celebrate National Nursing week, the RBC Foundation is donating $10,000 per year for the next three years to provide support and continuing education for nurses at Groves Memorial Community Hospital.
Local CMHA branch celebrates Mental Health Week with inspiring, meaningful stories
GUELPH – Each May, people across Canada rally around the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) Mental Health Week.
County purchases 7.2 acres to expand Brucedale garage
WELLINGTON COUNTY – At its April 27 meeting, county council announced the purchase of 7.2 acres of land adjacent to the existing Brucedale Garage site on Wellington Road 124.
Royal Canadian Legion presents donation to Belwood Lodge and Camp
Camp donation – At the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 275 Fergus general meeting on April 19, a donation of $2,000 was presented to the Belwood Lodge and Camp.
Tickets for Coming Home Festival, Aug. 11 to 13, now on sale
AMARANTH - Tickets are now on sale for the second annual Coming Home Festival - a grassroots music festival “where music heals, freedom reigns and souls commune,” according to its website.
Bosman Homefront celebrates 25 years in business with open house
TEVIOTDALE – Bosman Homefront celebrated 25 years in business and the grand opening of a local manufacturing facility with an open house on April 29.
Friends of the Grand plant trees along Carroll Creek
Grand planting – It was 8C and wet on May 1 on the banks of the Carroll Creek near Elora, perfect…
Public invited to awards reception for juried art show
MINTO – The Minto Arts Council’s 2023 Juried Art Show is an annual event in the Town of Minto.
Filmmaker Chandler Levak to attend Palmerston screening of I like Movies
PALMERSTON – A question and answer session with Canadian filmmaker Chandler Levak will be held following the Big Film Fest screening of I Like Movies here on May 15.
Knechtel, Gardiner to perform show at Minto Arts Gallery May 11
HARRISTON – Richard Knechtel and John Gardiner grew up three blocks apart and had rival garage bands back in the 1960s in Hanover.
Ace Hardware opens it’s newest location
Board cutting – Instead of a ribbon, Ace Hardware has a tradition of sawing through a board to officially open its newest store locations.
Chong incensed he was not informed of alleged targeting of his family abroad
OTTAWA - Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong is calling on the federal government to expel a consular official from Canada following media reporting of the official's possible involvement in the alleged targeting of his family abroad.
JD Hogarth teacher facing child pornography charges
FERGUS – A teacher at JD Hogarth Public School here is facing child pornography charges. Darwin Charles Harrison, 38, of Guelph, was arrested on April 6 and charged with possessing child pornography, making child pornography available and accessing child pornography.