ELORA – What started as an activity to keep busy during COVID-19 lockdowns, has grown over the past 21 months into a major knitting project for residents at the Heritage River Retirement Residence.
Centre Wellington
First Market Place at the Museum a success
Market museum – The first Market Place at the Museum event was held at the Wellington County Museum and Archives on Dec. 9 and 10 to a huge success.
Jamie Martin stepping down from leadership role at Grand River Raceway
ELORA - The Grand River Agriculture Society announced a leadership shift at Grand River Raceway (GRR) on Dec. 9.
ReMax collects hats and mitts for youth
FERGUS - The team at ReMax in Fergus is collecting new hats and mitts for children and youth in Centre Wellington. All donations received by Dec. 23 will be donated to the Community Resource Centre for distribution.
SIU: no criminal charges against OPP officer who shot, killed Mathias Bunyan
MISSISSAUGA - A Wellington OPP officer will not be criminally charged in the shooting death of 31-year-old Mathias Bunyan on Aug. 15, following a Special Investigations Unit probe and decision from director Joseph Martino.
Centre Wellington to close office, extend state of emergency
ELORA – In response to the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, Centre Wellington will close its municipal office to the public and it will not end the local state of emergency as planned on Dec. 31.
Public health identifies likely COVID-19 Omicron case at CWDHS
FERGUS – Public health officials say a positive COVID-19 case at Centre Wellington District High School (CWDHS) is likely the Omicron variant of concern.
Students will go home for the holidays with rapid antigen COVID-19 screening kits
WELLINGTON COUNTY – All students in the province who attend in-person learning at a publicly-funded school will be offered a home testing kit at no charge.
Santa returning to Elora to help raise funds for local church
ELORA – Santa Claus will once again be visiting Elora to bring Christmas spirit while also raising money to aid in the restoration of a local church.
Proposed apartment building will bring vibrancy, add to attainable housing supply: builder
FERGUS – The apartments proposed for 350 St. Andrew St. West in Fergus will be small, affordable, appeal to single tenants without cars, and will bring vibrancy to the downtown core.