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OPINION: How can we move past ‘pandemic fatigue’?
This year has been challenging, no doubt about it. As a public health professional, I know that we…
Swimming
August. Already. It’s weird how this pandemic makes me feel like I’m moving at a glacial pace,…
Drivers still not complying with ‘move over’ law: OPP
ORILLIA – So far this year, the OPP has laid more than 400 charges against drivers who failed…
Iconic Saunders Bakery in Rockwood to close for good
ROCKWOOD - Longtime Saunders Bakery employees Brenda Pettitt and Paul Holman bought the historic Rockwood bakery from the Saunders family in 1994. It will close later this month.
Elora business flooded
ELORA – A watermain break in downtown Elora shut down a portion of Mill Street East on July 30…
Sunflower tour helps fight cancer
MAPLETON – A unique fundraiser here will offer an opportunity to walk through a field of…
Mural Mania in Minto brings public art to downtown
Mural Mania in Minto – Mural Mania in Harriston wraps up this coming weekend. The public art…
Mapleton drops plan to outsource water, wastewater infrastructure
MAPLETON – A proposal that would have seen the township outsource construction and operation of municipal water and wastewater infrastructure has been scrapped and council will instead look at borrowing against its own reserves to finance the project.
Police conducting death investigation
GUELPH-ERAMOSA - OPP officials are asking motorists to avoid the area of Watson Road near Wellington Road 124 while police conduct a death investigation.
WCDSB chair resigns following ‘racist and discriminatory’ social media posts
GUELPH - The Wellington Catholic District School Board has decided to “disassociate” itself from longtime board chair Marino Gazzola, who resigned suddenly last week.
Early morning fire damaged John’s Towing building east of Mount Forest
WELLINGTON NORTH – An early morning fire on Aug. 3 at John’s Towing, east of Mount Forest, caused extensive damage to the building.
Some Legions in Wellington County struggling to keep afloat
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Royal Canadian Legions in Elora and Fergus are weathering the financial storm caused by COVID-19, but many smaller Legion branches in Wellington County are struggling to keep their heads above water.
Local resident puts the brakes on two bridge demolitions in Centre Wellington
FERGUS – Jean Gerrard has filed a Part II Order request with the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to put the brakes – at least temporarily - on the demolition of two historic bridges in Centre Wellington.