FERGUS – The Fergus Lions Home and Leisure Show will return to the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex May 4 to 6. The show has been held every year since 1978, with the exception of 2020 and 2021.
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Highway 89 (Queen Street East) project moving forward at $4.08-million cost
WELLINGTON NORTH – Cox Construction has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to complete the much-anticipated Highway 89 (Queen Street East) reconstruction project in Mount Forest.
Reduced asphalt program frees $1.07 million for over-budget Highway 89 project
WELLINGTON NORTH – Township staff presented an amended asphalt program recommendation to council, trimming $1.07 million from the program after receiving an over-budget tender for the Highway 89 reconstruction project.
Elora Festival announces 2022 summer lineup
ELORA – After a two-year hiatus of in-person festivals, Elora Festival organizers have unveiled the 2022 lineup as they return to a live event this summer.
Community needs to begin transitioning its pandemic mentality: Tenenbaum
GUELPH – As most COVID-19 restrictions and measures have been lifted across the province, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) associate medical officer of health Dr. Matthew Tenenbaum says “we need to transition our approach to COVID-19.”
Expansion to municipal office in Mapleton proposed
MAPLETON – Council here has approved a proposal to call for design tenders for an addition to the municipal office to house the township’s building department.
Elora book sale a go – and volunteers are ready to take your books
ELORA – After being shelved for two years, the annual Elora Festival Giant Book Sale is back. And if you’ve been sitting on a stack of books waiting to donate them for the sale, you’ll be happy to know that donations are being accepted once again.
Discrimination continues to exist in Guelph, Wellington: panel
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Nine out of 10 Indigenous people in Guelph and Wellington County say they have experienced discrimination in the last three years and two out of three immigrants and visible minorities say the same.
Area farm cooperative members set to vote on amalgamation recommendation
HARRISTON – A merger between two local farm co-operatives is being recommended to members by the board of directors of both companies.
St. Mary Catholic School students ‘rock their socks’ for World Down Syndrome Day
ELORA – St. Mary Catholic School in Elora celebrated World Down Syndrome Day this week with their school community.
UGDSB trustees frustrated with lack of legal authority to impose mask mandates
GUELPH – Trustees at the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) are frustrated with the board’s lack of legal authority to impose a mask mandate.
Centre Wellington awards single-source contracts for smart meter technology, recommissioning well
ELORA – Test drilling in 2021 indicated the township’s F5 well can go deeper, so council voted at the committee of the whole meeting on March 21 to award a $120,480 contract to Lotowater Technical Services Inc. to do the work before peak water season in July.
Palmerston resident charged with sexual assault
NORTH PERTH – Police have charged a Palmerston resident with sexual assault following an incident earlier this month.
Wellington North searching for new CAO following resignation of Mike Givens
WELLINGTON NORTH – This township is on the lookout for another senior level staffer following CAO Mike Givens’ resignation, announced publicly on March 23.
Chong’s motion on natural gas defeated in House of Commons
OTTAWA – A motion introduced by Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong, calling on the government to ensure natural gas can be piped to Atlantic tidewater, was defeated in the House of Commons on March 21.