Wellington North

MOUNT FOREST - The 21st Mount Fireworks Festival takes place from July 13 to 16 and will be "one for the records."

KENILWORTH - Wellington North council has declined a recent pitch from a real estate trust to spend more taxpayer dollars on an intersection related to a new grocery store coming to the community.

MOUNT FOREST - Fire flow testing at private hydrants caused a brief drop in water pressure in Mount Forest on July 6. Water pressure has since been restored.

KENILWORTH - Local businesses and property owners in Wellington North can look forward to a new township incentive to help reduce the cost of making buildings more energy efficient.

KENILWORTH - Wellington North’s newly endorsed land acknowledgement shouldn’t be the culmination of an attempt at reconciliation, but a starting point, council heard at its June 19 meeting.

MOUNT FOREST - The emergency department at Louise Marshall Hospital will close overnight starting at 7pm on July 6 until 7am on July 7.

KENILWORTH - Wellington North has extended an agreement with the City of Guelph for bylaw enforcement services through the rest of the year.

KENILWORTH - A study examining how to regulate land use for growing cannabis in Wellington North has concluded almost two years after it began with the passing of a new bylaw to permit commercial cannabis production in Wellington North.

ARTHUR - Over 25 vendors took over Charles Street East in Arthur on Canada Day.