WELLINGTON COUNTY – Last year was a big one for the Wellington County Library system, which marked a significant milestone as its circulation surpassed one million items.
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Wellington Advertiser’s top online articles of 2024
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The following is a summary of the articles that received the most page views on the Wellington Advertiser’s website in 2024.
Cybersecurity breach involves 29 years of Catholic school board data
GUELPH – A recent cybersecurity breach at the Wellington Catholic District School Board included personal information for students who attended board schools over the last 29 years.
Local Alzheimer society to receive nearly $100,000 in funding
WELLINGTON COUNTY – On Jan. 17, Perth-Wellington MPP Mathew Rae announced the Alzheimer Society of Waterloo Wellington will be receiving $99,900 in funding to support dementia care and other supports and services.
County, Guelph trying to address growing homelessness crisis
WELLINGTON COUNTY – As rates of homelessness in Ontario continue to climb, local governments across the province are grappling with the growing crisis.
Police beat: OPP continues to lay intimate partner violence charges
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local police continue to lay intimate partner violence charges across the county.
Dynasty kidney bean wins University of Guelph’s Innovation of the Year Award
GUELPH – The little-bean-that-could not only won Canada’s seed of the year in 2022 but has now earned the University of Guelph’s (U of G) 2024 Innovation of the Year Award.
Students raise $176,000 at Beyond Borders charity gala
GUELPH – The River Run Centre was abuzz with excitement on Jan. 18, with hundreds of people dressed in their formal best to support a student-run fundraiser for the Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington, the Make Your Mark Foundation, and the Beyond Borders program.
Alex Hilson named Liberal candidate for Wellington-Halton Hills
HALTON HILLS – A Halton Hills councillor has been nominated as the Ontario Liberal candidate for Wellington-Halton Hills.
Three contenders hope to fill MPP Ted Arnott’s shoes
WELLINGTON-HALTON HILLS – Three individuals have tossed their name in the hat hoping to be the next Wellington-Halton Hills candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario after MPP Ted Arnott announced he will not run in the next election.