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Tuesday, May 30, 2023 | Vol 56 Issue 21

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CWDHS Relay for Life raises $103,000 for Canadian Cancer Society

FERGUS – Centre Wellington District High School held its Relay for Life event on May 26 and raised $103,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. 

New exhibit celebrates ‘Small Town PRIDE’

ABOYNE – Wellington County Museum and Archives (WCMA) has collaborated with Minto Pride to create Our Small Town PRIDE: A Celebration of 2SLGBTQI+ Stories and History.

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Erin Glen developer appealing Erin council decision

ERIN – The Town of Erin is being taken to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) by developers over a March 9 council decision.

Alton man charged in two home invasions at same house

ERIN – Police have arrested and charged an Alton man in connection with two separate home invasions at the same residence here in January.

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Multiple fire departments respond to Tuesday morning barn blaze

EAST GARAFRAXA – Three fire services, including two from Wellington County, responded to a barn fire on the 12th Line here on Tuesday morning.

The Grand Valley Lions Polar Bear Dip raises $5,337 for Grand Valley Food Bank

Chilly dip – Fourty-eight people took a chilly dip to start off the new year. The Grand Valley…

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Equine Assisted Learning research suggests working with horses helps sexual trauma survivors

GUELPH – The only way the presentation on equine assisted learning could have been better would be if there had been a horse in the room.

The Silver Strummers and Silvertones Choir will perform in the Chords and Cords Concert

Musical performance - The Silver Strummers and Silvertones Choir will be performing in the Chords and Cords Concert on June 3, from 7 to 8:30pm at the Evergreen Centre, located at 683 Woolwich Street in Guelph.

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Guelph/Eramosa council approves purchase of road, sidewalk plows

BRUCEDALE – Council voted unanimously in favour of a public works request for a 2024 pre-budget approval for a plow truck and sidewalk plow, but not without lengthy discussion – mostly regarding the potential of area rating the costs.

‘Old Fashioned Hoedown’ coming to Rockwood

ROCKWOOD – Veteran fiddler Scott Woods is a Fergus local and a touring entertainer with a travelling show band. 

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Mapleton approves members, terms of reference for environment advisory committee

MAPLETON – Council here has adopted terms of reference for a new environment advisory committee and named six community members and four township officials to the group.

Mapleton shifts gears on upgrades to administration centre

MAPLETON – Township officials are shifting focus from extending, to renovating, the municipal office here.

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Minto endorses flexibility in planning policy while encouraging farmland preservation

MINTO – Town council has endorsed a consultant’s report calling for the municipality to “strongly support” flexibility around settlement area expansion and removing the mandated municipal comprehensive review process, while encouraging ongoing protection of prime agricultural lands.

Minto Pride in the Park event set for June 11 in Palmerston

PALMERSTON – The Minto Pride committee is hosting Pride in the Park 2023 on June 11 at the Lion's Heritage Park pavilion in Palmerston.

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Public health takes action after food poisoning incident at International Women’s Day event

GUELPH – The local board of health heard the story of an International Women’s Day event that went wrong, and a collaboration between public health inspectors and the host that went right at a meeting on May 3.

Police beat: Arthur man faces numerous charges after traffic stop

ORANGEVILLE – An Arthur man is facing numerous charges after a traffic stop here last week.

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Puslinch Township will hire its own senior planner

PUSLINCH – The township is receiving enough planning applications that it needs its own planner – and on May 24, council agreed.

County to take over two Puslinch roads once Hanlon interchange complete

PUSLINCH – Wellington County will take over responsibility for two roads in the township when work on the new interchange at Highway 6 between Maltby Road and Wellington Road 34 is complete.

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WFA: increased rural residential development threatens future of farming

GUELPH – “Is this the beginning of the end of animal agriculture in Wellington County?” That’s the question posed by Wellington Federation of Agriculture president Janet Harrop during a May 25 delegation to Wellington County council on proposed changes to provincial planning policy.

Equine Assisted Learning research suggests working with horses helps sexual trauma survivors

GUELPH – The only way the presentation on equine assisted learning could have been better would be if there had been a horse in the room.

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Wellington North senior dies in three-vehicle crash

WELLINGTON NORTH – A local senior died in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 6 near Sideroad 9, between Arthur and Kenilworth, on May 27 at about 2:30pm.

Mount Forest Foodland recognized with provincial produce award

MOUNT FOREST – The Foodland grocery store here was recognized with a Foodland Ontario Retailer Award on May 25 – and also served as the location for the announcement of all 65 winners recognized by the province.

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Wide world of sports

With kids on the ice for spring hockey and parents enjoying a beverage in the viewing area, somebody cranked up the volume on one of numerous televisions. 

Misery loves company

When Warden Lennox catches up with the Western Ontario Warden’s Caucus, we suspect he will find…

One of a kind

There are very few things in the world that every human since time began has in common. 

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Editor Acton Burrows influenced Wellington – and Canada

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The name means nothing to the majority of people today, in Wellington County or elsewhere in Ontario. 

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By Kelly Waterhouse

It turns out country life suits me quite nicely. I am communing with nature every day. It makes me…

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By Kelly Waterhouse

The first long weekend of nice weather (fingers crossed) is finally upon us. For this, we must…

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