MINTO – On July 30, the Minto United U14 soccer team won gold at the North Perth Soccer League Championship. They ended their season with a 11-0 record while scoring a total of 70 goals.
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CW Family FunDay Festival returns
ELORA – The Centre Wellington Family FunDay Festival is returning to Bissell Park in Elora on Labour Day weekend.
Guelph Humane Society fundraiser
GUELPH – The Guelph Humane Society (GHS) has announced tickets are on sale for the Happy Tails Gala: Moonlight Midway, its largest fundraising event of the year.
Keeping kids cool this summer
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – The Guelph/Eramosa fire and parks and recreation departments teamed up to help kids have fun and cool off.
OPINION: Yesterday Once More goes back to the 70s
MAPLETON – As someone whose teen years happened during the 1970s, I was really looking forward to the Drayton Festival Theatre’s third production, Yesterday Once More. And I wasn’t disappointed.
Bill Brown honoured on his 99th birthday
MINTO – Whites Road Pentecostal Church, outside of Harriston, honoured Bill Brown on his 99th birthday on July 27.
Pentz drain work to be done this fall for $90,675
MAPLETON – Council here has awarded a tender for improvements to Pentz Drain.
Riverfest Elora rocks away weekend with big crowds under blue skies
ELORA - Around 5,000 festival-goers packed Bissell Park each day across the Aug. 15 to 17 weekend for the 15th Riverfest Elora, headlined by City and Colour, Silversun Pickups, and Fitz and The Tantrums.
Rare virus claims life of second horse
An unvaccinated eight-year-old shetland pony is dead after becoming infected with a case of eastern equine encephalitis virus. It's the second case to have been confirmed in Wellington County this year.
Town issues ‘unsafe order’ for building at centre of recent heritage dispute
ERIN - The owner of a building at the centre of a heritage dispute recently heard by Ontario’s land tribunal has been hit with an order to prove whether the building is structurally sound.
Tribunal to hear dispute between developers, town over development charges
ERIN – The Ontario Land Tribunal will hear a dispute between six developers and the Town of Erin over how the town calculates development charges.
‘Support not Stigma’ is message for Drug Poisoning Awareness Day
WELLINGTON COUNTY – More than 2,200 Ontarians died from drug poisoning last year, which is why Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy manager Jean Hopkins is committed to raising awareness whilst battling the stigma.