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.
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Chong visiting Taiwan as Canadian delegations resume
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong will be boarding a plane destined for Taiwan this weekend, along with four MPs who chair or vice-chair foreign affairs or defence committees.
Compass Community Services adjusts mental health counselling services
GUELPH – Compass Community Services, a Guelph-based organization that provides the only quick access, single-session therapy service in Guelph and Wellington County, is closing its “brief therapy” service in Guelph as of June 1.
Elora Community Centre closed for renovations until next year
ELORA – The Elora Community Centre is closed for renovations.
Replacement of town fire truck comes in over budget
ERIN - Council has approved an over-budget purchase of a fire truck from Dependable Emergency Vehicles.
‘Village Finding Project’ connects kids in crisis with safe adults
GUELPH – Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County (FCSGWC) has launched a “Village Finding Project.”
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.
Guelph resident sent to hospital after ‘barricaded person’ call: OPP
ARISS – A Guelph resident was taken to hospital with minor injuries, but so far no one has been charged after a person barricaded themself in a home here for about seven hours.
Centre Wellington council paid $203,000 last year
ELORA – Centre Wellington’s mayor and councillors were paid a total $202,977 in honorariums and expenses in 2022 – down $1,085 from the $204,062 paid to them in 2021.
Contracts worth $2.26 million awarded by Erin council
ERIN - Council here awarded 10 contracts worth $2.26 million at a March 23 meeting.
Erin high school band achieves gold standard at music festival
ERIN – The Erin Music Players Orchestra (TEMPO) band at Erin District High School (EDHS) was awarded the gold standard at the Golden Horseshoe Music Festival in Ancaster on March 2.
Groves Memorial Hospital Foundation receives donation
Hospital help – The Groves Memorial Hospital Foundation recently received a donation of $3,000…
Fergus mad about plaid on Tartan Day
Tartan Day in North America is a celebration of Scottish heritage in the month of April, the month in which the Declaration of Arbroath was signed in 1320.
WDGPH: April is Oral Health Month
GUELPH – April is oral health month and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has several programs to ensure residents of the region have access to care.
Youth advisory committee hopes for free roller skating this summer
PUSLINCH – Puslinch’s Youth Advisory Committee members Katey Whaling and Carter O’Driscoll presented the committee’s proposed logo and committee goals and objectives to council at its March 22 meeting.