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Roads plan doesn’t include active transportation – but it could, down the road
PUSLINCH – In passing a Road Management Plan, council has given staff a road map on how to prioritize maintenance and repairs of township roads, how to include road work in annual budgets, and how to respond to concerns or requests from the public on the township’s road network.
Truck crashes into fence, porch and shed, narrowly missing home
HARRISTON – A local driver has been charged after a commercial truck caused extensive damage on a private property here, narrowly missing a house.
The kids are not alright: pandemic restrictions led to increased depression, anxiety: report
GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, along with other community partners, has taken a deep dive into the data to see the secondary impacts of COVID-19 on children and youth – and it doesn't look good.
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Palmerston and District Hospital
PALMERSTON – A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Palmerston and District Hospital. Officials say two inpatients and five staff at the hospital have tested positive for the virus.
Lawsuit claims $15.7-million in damages following Puslinch crash injuring CTV reporter
GUELPH – A journalist struck by a car at the intersection of Brock Road North (Wellington Road 46) and Maltby Road on March 1 has filed a civil suit alleging negligence against five defendants.
Public health ramping up for fall ‘FluVID’ campaign
GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) will soon begin its fall "FluVID" campaign, offering residents the opportunity to get both a flu shot and a COVID-19 shot at the same time.
Aurora man behind Fergus marijuana grow-op facing potential prison sentence
GUELPH – A judge will deliver his sentence later this month for a man labelled by the feds as the “operating mind” behind a “sophisticated” Fergus marijuana growing operation busted more than two years ago.
Jury selected for Michael Hurst sexual assault trial
GUELPH - The trial of Michael Hurst, a 45-year-old Palmerston man charged with five counts of sexual assault, begins next week.
First ‘Water Cycles Bikes and Blues Festival’ coming to Belwood
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Water Cycles Expeditions is throwing a Water Cycles Bikes and Blues Festival on Sept. 9 in Belwood.
Wellington Road 123 reopened near Palmerston after serious accident
MINTO - Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious collision involving a single motor vehicle on Wellington Road 123, near Palmerston on Sept. 7, at approximately 6:15am.
New swine research centre opens in Elora
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The new Ontario Swine Research Centre opened in Elora on Aug. 24.
Comparing quality of life in Mapleton, Minto, Wellington North
WELLINGTON COUNTY – A new tool from Statistics Canada allows people to compare the quality of life in every Canadian municipality.
Seed saving experts share advice on collecting and storing seeds
WELLINGTON COUNTY – With autumn approaching, the weather is cooling and flower and vegetable gardens are starting to wither and wilt.
Fergus Agricultural Society to hold 186th Fall Fair
FERGUS – Hosted by the Fergus Agricultural Society, the Fergus Fall Fair will be returning for its 186th celebration.