GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Ignatius Jesuit Centre is slated to host Jeff Bird, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, for an evening celebrating the release of his latest recording: Ordo Virtutum: Jeff Bird Plays Hildegard von Bingen, Volume 2.
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Kat Florence Hotel summer market opens
ELORA – The Kat Florence Hotel summer market officially opened on May 24.
County celebrates National Public Works Week
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The County of Wellington’s engineering services department, which includes roads and solid waste services, celebrated the National Public Works Week May 18 to 24.
Century Church presents The Play That Goes Wrong
ERIN – The town’s Century Church Theatre opened The Play That Goes Wrong on May 25.
OPINION: Sticks and Stones encourages people to consider the weight of their words
ELORA – “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me!”
Town of Erin hosted annual Touch-A-Truck event
ERIN – In celebration of National Public Works Week, the Town of Erin hosted their annual Touch-A-Truck event last Saturday at the Erin Town Hall, where residents could chat with town staff and learn about the mighty machines used to keep Erin’s roads safe year-round.
Jacob Dobson receives King Charles III Coronation Medal
PALMERSTON – Chief Warrant Officer Jacob Dobson, left, senior cadet/ Regimental Sergeant Major of 1943 Army Cadet Battery, receives the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Waterloo Wellington Alzheimers Society raises $145,000 accross four walks
GUELPH – The Waterloo Wellington Alzheimer Society held a Walks for Alzheimers in Guelph, Mount Forest, Cambridge and Kitchener on May 24.
Jeff Stewart to speak about Canadian food, Food Day Canada on June 12
ELORA – Jeff Stewart of Food Day Canada has been travelling coast to coast to coast in Canada in search of food heroes and innovations.
Not into vegetable gardening? Try planting a food forest
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Daisy Moore has a client who wants to grow food on their property, but not in a vegetable garden.
Sideroad 15 reconstruction set to begin this month
MAPLETON – Reconstruction of five and a half kilometres of Sideroad 15 is set to be supported by provincial Housing-Enabling Core Servicing (HECS) funding.
Peeing perpetrator pinched while perched on planter
GUELPH – A man arrested earlier this month for exposing himself and attempting to urinate on strangers was arrested again last weekend.
OPINION: Mental health resources available for Ontario’s farm communities
ONTARIO – In recent years, Canadian research has shown that farming is one of the most stressful industries.
Local art exhibit celebrates survivors of sexual violence
GUELPH – The community is invited to join Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis on May 30 from 10am to 1:30pm at the Red Pavilion at Riverside Park (709 Woolwich St.) for an exhibit of local art by survivors of sexual violence.