Wellington North

KENILWORTH – Wellington North council has reaffirmed its plan to scrap the Mount Forest pool and build a new one in a new location, despite community objections to the plan.

MOUNT FOREST – The Mount Forest Leos will be at Foodland here from 11am until 7pm on Aug. 16, collecting donations to help ensure kids in the community have enough snacks for their school lunches.

ERIN – The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) Ambassador of the Fairs competition returns to Toronto this weekend. 

MINTO – A start-up program aiming to help youth succeed, has granted 50 students the opportunity to enter the world of entrepreneurship this summer. 

ARTHUR – The volunteer-based group Arthur Animal Rescue is urging locals to adopt as it is “overflowing” with cats and kittens. 

MOUNT FOREST – A petition to save Mount Forest’s Lion Roy Grant Community Pool that has been circulating on social media platforms demands that Mayor Andy Lennox be “held accountable” for the decision to demolish the old swimming pool.

MOUNT FOREST – Erin Kiers is a local artist and business owner who saw an opportunity to brighten Mount Forest’s downtown core and took it.

KENILWORTH – Shorter operating hours at the hospital in Durham have not necessarily had an adverse impact on Mount Forest’s hospital.

MOUNT FOREST – A Mount Forest organization that provides support for young mothers and their newborn babies when they have nowhere else to go was one of the beneficiaries of Adama Canada’s Stomping Grounds campaign, which supports community projects for positive change.