GUELPH – To kick off Mental Health Week, the Community Resilience Coalition of Guelph and Wellington is raising awareness by launching the Building Connections for Resilient Kids campaign.
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100 Women Who Care raise funds for Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis
GUELPH-WELLINGTON – At the March 28 meeting of 100 Women Who Care Rural Wellington, the winning charity was selected as Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis.
Gardens at Groves hospital taking shape
ABOYNE – While the new Groves Memorial Community Hospital is beautiful on the inside, with state-of-the-art technology to treat patients, the grounds of the hospital still resembled a construction site.
Province gives $15 million to Guelph General Hospital
GUELPH — The Ontario government is investing over $15 million to redevelop the emergency department at Guelph General Hospital.
Hospice Wellington to host 18th annual Hike for Hospice event
GUELPH – Hospice Wellington is happy to announce registration for the 18th annual Hike for Hospice Wellington is now open.
Car show fundraiser held for Autism Behavioural Services
Car show – Autism Behavioural Services, located on St. George Street in Fergus, held a car…
Friends of the Grand River tree planting event supports Carroll Creek area
A little help – Friends of the Grand River, along with about 30 volunteers, planted some 300…
Town of Erin breaks ground on wastewater treatment plant
ERIN – Council here was recently joined by North American Construction and Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott for an official ground breaking ceremony at the site of the town’s new water resource reclamation facility.
‘Billy Bishop Goes To War’ launches 2022 season at St. Jacobs Schoolhouse Theatre
ST. JACOBS – The acclaimed Canadian musical memoir Billy Bishop Goes To War will launch the 2022 Season at the St. Jacobs Schoolhouse Theatre this month.
Drea Lake returns to Elora
ELORA – Drea Lake returns to Elora for an intimate show at The Elora Distilling Co.
Silence Guelph’s “Keep Hope Alive Festival” to begin early May
GUELPH – Even before the unique challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, live-event DIY spaces like Silence, in Guelph, were struggling both to provide musicians and artists with rewarding opportunities and fair fees, but also just to keep their doors open.
REVIEW: Rock n Roll Is Here to Stay a rip-roaring good time
ORANGEVILLE – Two years ago, just weeks before the world was rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic, this reviewer wrote that Theatre Orangeville was two-for-two in staging successful concert-type musical reviews by Leisa Way and The Wayward Wind Band.
Elora’s Knox Presbyterian members took part in roadside clean-up
Clean up crew – Knox Presbyterian Church in Elora held a roadside clean-up on April 30 on…
CVC urges caution around birds during increase in avian influenza cases
MISSISSAUGA – The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are currently responding to cases of avian influenza virus (AIV) in southern Ontario.
Business briefs: Funds to assist pandemic-impacted tourism businesses available
WELLINGTON COUNTY – A new program to help tourism businesses, organizations and municipalities recover from the impacts of the pandemic is available through Regional Tourism Organization 4 (RTO4).