From Sept. 5 to the end of October some vendors at the Elora Farmers’ Market will offer products for pay-what-you-can or a discount.
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OMAFRA Report
A weekly report prepared by the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs…
Arthur Fall Fair goes to virtual format
The Arthur Agricultural Society has become the latest to embrace the virtual fair concept in place of a traditional fair cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wellington North building permits on schedule
It has been a bumper year for deck, small home renovation and swimming pool permits in Wellington North.
Wellington North Fire Services completes simplified risk assessment
Wellington North Fire Services has completed a risk assessment for the township.
Come for weeds; stay for friendships
FERGUS – What is a Digger? Every Tuesday morning you can find as many as 30 of them in purple…
Water gardening has its own fascination
As a member of the Hillsburgh Garden Club, I was encouraged to share some of my water gardening experience.
Veggies
The Junior Optimist Club plants, weeds, harvests and donates the produce to the Community Pantry in Mount Forest.
And then there was nothing
Destructionists erupted with great cheer and jubilation in downtown Montreal as a statue of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, toppled to the ground.
Repurpose your newspaper contest offers prize of $1,000
The Wellington Advertiser and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) invite everyone to participate in the “This Old Newspaper?!” Reader Contest.
Reconstruction to impact traffic flow on Wellington Road 46
Work on the reconstruction of Wellington Road 46 through Aberfoyle will result in lane reductions from Sept. 8 to 27.
World Suicide Prevention Day is Sept. 10
The theme of this year’s Suicide Prevention Day, on Sept. 10, is ‘Work together to prevent suicide,’ and the Suicide Awareness Council of Wellington Dufferin has planned some physically distancing ways to mark the day.
New industry
On an eight acre lot in the Elora industrial section Stirling Marathon plans to employ 60 people in its second phase.
Cornerstone for Speedside Church laid in 1840
Never a large denomination in Canada, the Congregationalists joined the big church union of 1925 that created the United Church of Canada.
County initiates assessment of four bridges near Arthur
The County of Wellington has announced a plan for a study to address the condition of four bridges on Wellington Road 109 between Highway 6 and Sideroad 7, southeast of Arthur