WELLINGTON COUNTY – The award-winning Farmers’ Market Box series, coordinated through Wellington County’s Taste Real program, is offering a Holiday Box this year.
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Belwood remembers
A Remembrance ceremony was held at the cenotaph in Belwood on Nov. 6, hosted by the Belwood Lions Club and the Fergus Legion.
Wellington County Museum hosted annual Pumpkin Walk
Museum Halloween – The evening after Halloween was still spooky at the Wellington County Museum…
Remembrance Day 2022 – Lest We Forget
A complete look at the 2022 Remembrance Day section in the Nov. 10th, 2022 edition
Centre Wellington Fusion U12 tournament champions in Collingwood
Fab Fusion – The Centre Wellington Fusion U12 team won all four of its games at the Collingwood…
Man charged with assault
MOUNT FOREST – A Mount Forest man was charged with assault causing bodily harm after a recent…
Police beat: Guelph residents charged after police seize close to $600,000 in drugs
GUELPH – Three people are facing charges after police seized an estimated almost $600,000 in…
Next Grove workshop for parents on substance abuse
ERIN – November is Men’s Mental Health Awareness month and that’s a good time to bring up…
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church held successful bazaar and raffle
The calm before the crowds – St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Fergus held a “very…
Erin man charged with committing indecent act
ERIN – A local man has been charged with committing an indecent act following an incident here last Tuesday. Wellington County OPP officials say officers were called to Sideroad 5 in Erin at about 1am on Nov. 1.
‘It was touch and go’: Local students learning in class as CUPE ends strike action
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Classes at all schools within the Upper Grand and Wellington Catholic school boards will be in-person on Tuesday following an agreement between the province and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) on Monday.
Hopewell Children’s Homes adds another site to provide supportive care
GUELPH – With the grand opening of another home for people with severe physical and developmental disabilities, Hopewell Children’s Homes will immediately be able to serve another three people who need support and will add another two residents in the next year.
Wellington County Legions remember local war dead at county ceremony
ABOYNE – One by one, the names of Wellington County’s war dead were read aloud on Nov. 3, as a heavy grey fog, burned off by the sun, revealed 500 markers on the hill beyond, bearing the names of local residents who died in service to their country.
County anticipates increase in waste, recycling collection costs
GUELPH – Wellington County solid waste services (SWS) division is headed for a half-million dollar budget surplus in 2022, but those funds and more may be needed to cover increased expenditures next year.
‘It’s a shame we’re here’: Wellington County education workers on strike
FERGUS - Education workers from Wellington County's two school boards, who are represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, are on strike and actively protesting around the constituency office of Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott in downtown Fergus.