Toronto

WELLINGTON COUNTY – MusicFest Canada adjudicators awarded gold to the Erin District High School Tempo concert band, the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute string and orchestra ensembles, and the Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute symphonic, concert and acoustic ensembles.

TORONTO – GCVI choir students will perform with Foreigner at Budweiser Stage in June and Wilco at Massey Hall in July. 

FERGUS – Three years ago Cait Alexander was beaten and left for dead by her boyfriend.  Now she’s on a mission to change legislation around victims’ rights as opposed to the accused’s right to a speedy trial, and to have Ontario recognize intimate partner violence as an epidemic.

ELORA – Nate Sutherland is attempting to do something many of us would think is impossible – run from Elora to Toronto in a single day. The 19-year-old is running to raise money for Mount Sinai Hospital’s research into autoimmune disease.

TORONTO – Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Ted Arnott will not be backing down on his decision to ban wearing the keffiyeh in the legislature.

TORONTO – Fergus resident Wilfred Thyssen, 67, was sentenced in Toronto Court by Justice Jonathan Bliss this month to a term of more than five years in prison for arranging to have sex with children and breaching a bail condition.

TORONTO – A 67-year-old Fergus man charged with sexual offences last year has pleaded guilty in Toronto court to some of the charges against him.

TORONTO – Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus (WOWC) chair Glen McNeil and executive director Kate Burns Gallagher participated in the 2023 Ministers’ Housing Forum in Toronto in November.

TORONTO – Members of the rock band April Wine were inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame at Massey Hall in Toronto on Sept. 28.