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Sunday, January 24, 2021 | Vol 54 Issue 03

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Hillside Festival wins Setting the Stage Award

Submitted December 30, 2020Arts & Entertainment

GUELPH – Hillside Festival has won Folk Music Ontario’s Setting the Stage Award, tying with…

Canadian experts guide local data trust pilot

Submitted December 30, 2020News

GUELPH - The Guelph-Wellington Smart Cities initiative has launched two new data-focused Our Food Future projects: the Food Future Data Hub and a Data Utility Advisory Committee.

Wellington Catholic awarded Share2Care grant for Multilingual Mental Health Initiative

Submitted December 30, 2020News

GUELPH - The Wellington Catholic District School Board has been selected from 199 applicants as a recipient of the 2020 Share2Care Mental Health Grant.

Cargill to reopen Guelph plant Dec. 29 while outbreak levels off

Joanne Shuttleworth December 24, 2020Business, COVID-19, News

GUELPH – The Cargill beef processing plant on Dunlop Drive in Guelph is preparing to reopen on Dec. 29 after more than 80 employees tested positive for COVID-19 and the facility temporarily closed last week.

School boards reflect on challenging – but successful – first leg of the school year

Joanne Shuttleworth December 23, 2020News

GUELPH - Between an email interview with the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) on Dec. 18 and a phone interview with the Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) on Dec. 22, Premier Doug Ford announced an Ontario-wide lockdown and a change to return-to-school plans for boards across

Changes announced to waste collection over holiday period

Advertiser Staff December 23, 2020News

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The solid waste services division is reminding Wellington County residents that all waste facilities will be closed on Dec. 25 and 26 and Jan. 1.

Sixth Wellington County resident dies of COVID-19

Chris Daponte December 23, 2020News

WELLINGTON COUNTY – A woman in her 80s from Wellington County has died due to COVID-19.

Youth mental health project takes $7,500 Oak Tree Project prize

Advertiser Staff December 23, 2020News

GUELPH - The Integrated Youth Service Network (IYSN), led by the Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo-Wellington-Dufferin and several community partners, has won the sixth instalment of the Oak Tree Project.

Lockdown response: municipalities announce local COVID-19 closures

Advertiser Staff December 23, 2020Community News, COVID-19, News

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local municipalities, which had already scaled back operations under Ontario's red COVID-19 alert level, will close down tighter in response to the province-wide lockdown set to begin on Boxing Day.

Public health: ‘The moment the vaccine arrives, we are ready’

Chris Daponte December 23, 2020News, Opinion

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The region's top doctor says public health can start vaccinating residents within 24 hours of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from the province.

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Elora Mill named number one spa destination in Canada

ELORA MILL – The Elora Mill Hotel and Spa has been named the number one spa and wellness destination in Canada – and number two in North America.

Fergus man faces assault, uttering threat charges after domestic incident

FERGUS – A Fergus man faces several charges after what police allege was a drunken encounter that resulted in him assaulting and threatening two people – one of them his spouse.

See all Centre Wellington area articles.

Erin Snowman earns name Braveheart

Braveheart and friends – Following a fresh snowfall, Erin resident Jen Edwards built a cheerful…

OPP: officers will not arbitrarily stop people to enforce stay-at-home order

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The OPP's strategy for enforcing the province's stay-at-home order will focus on businesses and restaurants, public complaints and outdoor gatherings.

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.

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.

WDGPH pauses vaccinations for long-term care, retirement home staff

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Pfizer delivery issues will be worse than anticipated, so public health has paused first-dose COVID-19 vaccinations for workers at long-term care and retirement homes.

See all Guelph area articles.

OPP: officers will not arbitrarily stop people to enforce stay-at-home order

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The OPP's strategy for enforcing the province's stay-at-home order will focus on businesses and restaurants, public complaints and outdoor gatherings.

Beal sentenced to 21 months in prison for setting string of fires in 2016-17

GUELPH – The man who set a string of fires in Erin and Guelph-Eramosa in 2016 and 2017, has been sentenced. Justin Beal, 31, was sentenced on Jan. 14 by Justice Bruce Durno in Guelph’s Superior Court.

See all Guelph-Eramosa area articles.

Mapleton council meetings now on YouTube

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Township of Mapleton announced on Jan. 15 that council meetings are now being recorded and uploaded to the township’s YouTube account after each meeting.

Mapleton lifts ban on large fires

MAPLETON – The ban on fires more than 2m by 2m in size was implemented on Jan. 13, in response to the current stay-at-home order.

See all Mapleton area articles.

Minto council approves rezoning of severed lot in agricultural area

MINTO – Town council approved a rezoning to limit uses of a newly-created rural lot to activities consistent with agricultural zoning.

Mapleton council meetings now on YouTube

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Township of Mapleton announced on Jan. 15 that council meetings are now being recorded and uploaded to the township’s YouTube account after each meeting.

See all Minto area articles.

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.

WDGPH pauses vaccinations for long-term care, retirement home staff

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Pfizer delivery issues will be worse than anticipated, so public health has paused first-dose COVID-19 vaccinations for workers at long-term care and retirement homes.

See all Orangeville area articles.

Puslinch Tract to temporarily close for tree maintenance

PUSLINCH – The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) is closing the Puslinch Tract property here for three days next week.

OPP: officers will not arbitrarily stop people to enforce stay-at-home order

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The OPP's strategy for enforcing the province's stay-at-home order will focus on businesses and restaurants, public complaints and outdoor gatherings.

See all Puslinch area articles.

Libraries to celebrate Family Literacy Day virtually on Jan. 27

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington County libraries will be celebrating Family Literacy Day virtually this year and they invite families to take part on Jan. 27.

School boards: return to school will be delayed until Feb. 11 ‘at the earliest’

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Public health has extended virtual learning until Feb. 1, but school boards here say the return to class could be delayed up to an additional two weeks.

See all Wellington County area articles.

Mapleton council meetings now on YouTube

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Township of Mapleton announced on Jan. 15 that council meetings are now being recorded and uploaded to the township’s YouTube account after each meeting.

With school trips cancelled some local farmers offer virtual farm visits

WELLINGTON NORTH - In the absence of school trips due to the pandemic, two area farms are offering virtual trips so children can learn about farming and where their food comes from.

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…

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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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