WELLINGTON COUNTY - On Aug. 12 the OLG announced that Michael Ray and Nicholas Haug had each won the game's top prize.
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Fergus Legion launches memorial banner program
FERGUS – The Fergus branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is inviting local businesses, families, and individuals to sponsor memorial banners to honour local war veterans.
Council approves six-unit Mount Forest development in tight vote
WELLINGTON NORTH – Township council has approved a zoning change to allow construction of a six-unit cluster townhouse on Cork Street in Mount Forest.
Intersection to be closed for girder installation
ELORA – The intersection of Metcalfe and East/West Mill Street here will be closed later this…
Guelph-Eramosa ‘in good shape’ financially despite pandemic
BRUCEDALE – Guelph-Eramosa is managing the financial impacts of COVID-19 pretty well, the township’s finance director told council on Aug. 10.
Woman dead, two injured after crash between SUV, tractor trailer
NORTH PERTH – Emergency crews responded on Aug. 10 at about 6pm to the collision at Perth Road 140 and Perth Line 91 in Wallace Township, located roughly between Moorefield and Palmerston.
Police set up dedicated tip line to help solve murder
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Police have established a dedicated tip line as part of their efforts to solve the murder of a man found dead on Aug. 4 in Guelph-Eramosa.
Minto community revitalization efforts featured on podcast
MINTO – Members of the town’s economic development team were recently featured on a podcast about community revitalization.
Police: death of man found on road now considered a homicide
GUELPH-ERAMOSA – Police say the man found dead on Watson Road North earlier this week was murdered.
Community group planning Eramosa River naturalization project
EDEN MILLS – A community group in Eden Mills is planning a naturalization project for the Eramosa River, with plans to donate it to the Rare Charitable Research Reserve.
Official ribbon cutting ceremony for new Groves Hospital included Premier Doug Ford
The new Groves Memorial Community Hospital is set to open Sunday at 6am. Premier Doug Ford,…
GRCA cancels weekend tubing at Elora Gorge due to increased river flows
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The authority is also advising anglers to avoid in-river angling below the dam and asking all people to exercise "extreme caution" in and around the river.
Popular virtual cookbook now in print format
GUELPH - Due to popular demand, a free virtual cookbook launched in May is now printed and available for purchase, with $5 from each book sale going towards The SEED Community Food Hub.
Wellington Water Watchers join fight against proposed South Bruce nuclear waste dump
WELLINGTON COUNTY - A group fighting the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in South Bruce has enlisted the help of local environmental advocacy group Wellington Water Watchers (WWW).
COVID-19 outbreak over at Riverside Glen
GUELPH - On Aug. 4 Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) officials declared over a COVID-19 outbreak at the Village of Riverside Glen in Guelph.