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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 | Vol 54 Issue 03

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Police

Police beat: Stolen vehicle at RIDE

Advertiser Staff November 4, 2020Police

GUELPH-ERAMOSA – On Oct. 31 at about 3:45pm Wellington County OPP officers were conducting a RIDE…

Man faces numerous gun, human trafficking charges

Advertiser Staff November 4, 2020Police

GUELPH – On Oct. 19, Guelph Police received information that a 26-year-old Guelph man was in…

Rockwood man faces theft, weapon, drug charges

Chris Daponte October 30, 2020News, Police

ROCKWOOD – A local man faces theft, weapon and drug charges after police executed a search warrant at a Rockwood home this week.

Police beat: Didn’t want vehicle impounded

Submitted October 28, 2020Police

CENTRE WELLINGTON – On Oct. 10 at about 11:30am, a Wellington County OPP officer stopped a…

Police investigating after truckload of webcams worth $500,000 stolen

Advertiser Staff October 28, 2020News, Police

GUELPH-ERAMOSA – Police are seeking information after someone stole about $500,000 worth of webcams from a business here.

Guelph man, woman charged in attempted theft, vehicle ramming incident

Advertiser Staff October 27, 2020News, Police

GUELPH-ERAMOSA – Police have now charged a man and woman from Guelph after two people tried to steal a vehicle and then rammed into it when confronted by a homeowner.

Thieves steal $100,000 worth of copper wire from business

Advertiser Staff October 23, 2020News, Police

GUELPH-ERAMOSA – On Oct. 19 Wellington County OPP responded to a theft reports at a business on Wellington Road 32 in Guelph-Eramosa.

Fergus man dead after being struck by vehicle in Wilmot

Advertiser Staff October 23, 2020News, Police

WILMOT – Police are looking for the driver of a red Toyota FRS sports car after a Fergus man was struck and killed here on Thursday night.

Palmerston man charged in connection with assault, Taser threat: OPP

Advertiser Staff October 22, 2020News, Police

LISTOWEL – A Palmerston man faces several charges after he allegedly threatened another person with a Taser gun earlier this month.

Catalytic converter gone

Advertiser Staff October 22, 2020Police

GUELPH-ERAMOSA – On Oct. 15 Wellington County OPP officers received a report of a stolen…

Driving, drug charges

Advertiser Staff October 22, 2020Police

PUSLINCH – On Oct. 15 at about 10pm, Wellington County OPP officers were conducting a RIDE…

Domestic charge

Advertiser Staff October 22, 2020Police

ROCKWOOD – On Oct. 8 at about 9am Wellington County OPP responded to a domestic disturbance at a…

Crime of the Week

Advertiser Staff October 22, 2020Police

MOUNT FOREST – On Aug. 26 at about 1:30am someone stole a beige 28-foot 2018 Salem camping…

Long weekend stats

Advertiser Staff October 22, 2020Police

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington County OPP officers laid over 120 charges during “Operation…

Man charged with attempted murder in Fergus stabbing

Chris Daponte October 21, 2020News, Police

FERGUS – A local man is charged with attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a woman in a home here on Saturday.

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Local municipalities to receive $5.9 million in 2021 OCIF cash

WELLINGTON COUNTY  – Local municipalities will receive almost $5.9 million from the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund in 2021. The $200-million fund helps small, rural and northern communities build and repair roads, bridges, water and wastewater infrastructure.

Public health reporting 149 COVID-19 cases over weekend

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Public health is reporting 149 new COVID-19 cases in the region over the weekend (Jan. 22 to 24) and the 15th COVID-related death in Wellington County.

See all Centre Wellington area articles.

Local municipalities to receive $5.9 million in 2021 OCIF cash

WELLINGTON COUNTY  – Local municipalities will receive almost $5.9 million from the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund in 2021. The $200-million fund helps small, rural and northern communities build and repair roads, bridges, water and wastewater infrastructure.

Public health reporting 149 COVID-19 cases over weekend

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Public health is reporting 149 new COVID-19 cases in the region over the weekend (Jan. 22 to 24) and the 15th COVID-related death in Wellington County.

See all Erin area articles.

Michelle Hanson trial moved to Guelph

ORANGEVILLE - Michelle Hanson, the mother charged in the death of her three-year-old son Kaden Young, will have her criminal trial held in a Guelph courtroom in March. 

Grand Valley Polar Bear Dip set for Jan. 1

GRAND VALLEY - Take the plunge in Grand Valley to celebrate the new year and support the local food bank.

See all Grand Valley area articles.

St. James Social Justice Club plans mental health events this week

GUELPH – The St. James Catholic High School Social Justice Club has turned its focus on providing the St. James community with support to help boost mental health and wellbeing.

Public health reporting 149 COVID-19 cases over weekend

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Public health is reporting 149 new COVID-19 cases in the region over the weekend (Jan. 22 to 24) and the 15th COVID-related death in Wellington County.

See all Guelph area articles.

Local municipalities to receive $5.9 million in 2021 OCIF cash

WELLINGTON COUNTY  – Local municipalities will receive almost $5.9 million from the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund in 2021. The $200-million fund helps small, rural and northern communities build and repair roads, bridges, water and wastewater infrastructure.

Public health reporting 149 COVID-19 cases over weekend

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Public health is reporting 149 new COVID-19 cases in the region over the weekend (Jan. 22 to 24) and the 15th COVID-related death in Wellington County.

See all Guelph-Eramosa area articles.

Local municipalities to receive $5.9 million in 2021 OCIF cash

WELLINGTON COUNTY  – Local municipalities will receive almost $5.9 million from the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund in 2021. The $200-million fund helps small, rural and northern communities build and repair roads, bridges, water and wastewater infrastructure.

Public health reporting 149 COVID-19 cases over weekend

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Public health is reporting 149 new COVID-19 cases in the region over the weekend (Jan. 22 to 24) and the 15th COVID-related death in Wellington County.

See all Mapleton area articles.

Local municipalities to receive $5.9 million in 2021 OCIF cash

WELLINGTON COUNTY  – Local municipalities will receive almost $5.9 million from the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund in 2021. The $200-million fund helps small, rural and northern communities build and repair roads, bridges, water and wastewater infrastructure.

North Wellington long-term care facilities receive provincial COVID-19 funding

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The province is providing $424,000 in funding to help long-term care homes in northern Wellington cope with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

See all Minto area articles.

Public health reporting 149 COVID-19 cases over weekend

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Public health is reporting 149 new COVID-19 cases in the region over the weekend (Jan. 22 to 24) and the 15th COVID-related death in Wellington County.

Guelph-Wellington paramedics helping with COVID-19 vaccinations

WELLINGTON COUNTY –Local paramedics are helping to administer COVID-19 vaccines to recipients across the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region.

See all Orangeville area articles.

Local municipalities to receive $5.9 million in 2021 OCIF cash

WELLINGTON COUNTY  – Local municipalities will receive almost $5.9 million from the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund in 2021. The $200-million fund helps small, rural and northern communities build and repair roads, bridges, water and wastewater infrastructure.

Puslinch hopes to reduce tax increase from 5.75 to 0.93%

ABERFOYLE – After presenting a draft budget on Nov. 25 showing a tax increase of 5.75%, Puslinch Township staff has whittled that down to a 0.93% increase for single family homes, farms, commercial and industrial properties in the municipality.

See all Puslinch area articles.

Local municipalities to receive $5.9 million in 2021 OCIF cash

WELLINGTON COUNTY  – Local municipalities will receive almost $5.9 million from the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund in 2021. The $200-million fund helps small, rural and northern communities build and repair roads, bridges, water and wastewater infrastructure.

More long-term care facilities receive second-wave COVID funding

WELLINGTON COUNTY –The province is providing $813,600 in funding to help long-term care homes in the county cope with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

See all Wellington County area articles.

Local municipalities to receive $5.9 million in 2021 OCIF cash

WELLINGTON COUNTY  – Local municipalities will receive almost $5.9 million from the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund in 2021. The $200-million fund helps small, rural and northern communities build and repair roads, bridges, water and wastewater infrastructure.

North Wellington long-term care facilities receive provincial COVID-19 funding

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The province is providing $424,000 in funding to help long-term care homes in northern Wellington cope with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

See all Wellington North area articles.
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Pulling quarantine pay for nurses unfair

Life is full of contradictions, they say, a bromide illustrated perhaps nowhere better than in the Ontario government’s ever-changing pandemic restrictions and responses.

A little clarity helps

Everyone has a pet peeve – or these days, a plurality of annoyances.

Please think safety when setting up photos

As the North Wellington Community News enters our second year with our expanded focus on the…

Columnists

Open Mind: Loneliness

By Angela Heeley

Loneliness is something we struggle with at the best of times. Some of us are introverted and…

Happy Birthday

By Kelly Waterhouse

I cannot tell you how old my mother, Lynda, turned on her birthday last week. It’s not that I…

General store in Hillsburgh exploded in 1880

By Stephen Thorning

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

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