ABOYNE – Step back in time and see Wellington County through the eyes of Group of Seven painter A.J. Casson.
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UGDSB will appoint, not elect, new Orangeville trustee
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) is accepting applications for a new Orangeville trustee. Kenn Manzerolle, the former Orangeville trustee, announced his resignation during the UGDSB on Sept. 12.
Councillors concerned over ambulance response times in Wellington County
GUELPH – Data showing Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service response time targets were seldom met in Wellington County over the past four years, while targets in the city were rarely missed, has some county councillors calling for change.
County ponders position in wake of province’s Greenbelt reversal
GUELPH – With the province reversing course on removal of lands from the Greenbelt Wellington County councillors pondered the possibility of advocating for changes to the government’s arbitrary addition of farmland to urban boundaries within the county.
Chong urges Canada-U.S. cooperation at congressional hearing on foreign interference
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Halton Hills MP and Conservative shadow minister of foreign affairs Michael Chong testified before a bipartisan congressional committee in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 12, for a hearing on Chinese transnational repression.
Honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Fifty years ago, a six-year-old Secwepemc girl named Phyllis Webstad was excited to wear her bright and shiny orange shirt to school.
Louise Marshall emergency department closing yet again
MOUNT FOREST – The emergency department at Louise Marshall Hospital here will be closed again this weekend, marking the third such closure this month due to "a staffing shortage.”
Palmerston and District Hospital MRI campaign receives donation of $3,000
PALMERSTON — The Upper Canada Two Cylinder John Deere Club donated $3,000 to the Palmerston and District Hospital MRI campaign on Sept. 6 at the Minto Rural Health Centre.
Council supports extension for Rockwood subdivision
ROCKWOOD – Drexler Construction Limited is requesting a second two-year extension for a proposed seven-home condominium subdivision in the urban centre of Rockwood.
Jackrabbits plagued Wellington County in 1930s
During the 20th century, naturalists learned that it is a foolish and dangerous idea to introduce species of plants and animals to areas where they are not native.