CENTRE WELLINGTON - Police are investigating after a man was found dead inside his home here.
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Taste Real launches summer challenge
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington County’s Taste Real program has launched a new local food campaign for the month of August.
Guelph man charged after van ends up in golf course bunker
CENTRE WELLINGTON - One man has been charged after a van ended up in golf course bunker here on Thursday evening.
Aquatic centre in Fergus reopens on Aug.4
FERGUS – The aquatic centre at the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex reopens on Aug. 4, but there are many restrictions due to COVID-19 and public health regulations.
Wellington North council ponders continued remote meetings, proxy voting
WELLINGTON NORTH – Councillors here are considering changes to the township’s procedural bylaw to allow council to maintain the option of continuing with electronic meetings.
GRCA playgrounds and tubing to reopen on long weekend
ELORA - Tubing will resume on the long weekend at the Elora Gorge Conservation Area. The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) will also reopen parks on Aug. 1.
Province reveals back-to-school plan
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Elementary and high school students in the Upper Grand and Wellington Catholic school boards will return to school five days a week on September 8.
Virtual Terry Fox Run planned in Drayton
DRAYTON - 2020 has been full of changes, and the Drayton Terry Fox Run is no exception.
New business boom, public art enhance Minto downtowns
MINTO – The business count in town is on the rise. With numerous new business openings in recent weeks, local officials have been busy attending grand openings in Clifford, Harriston and Palmerston.
Neighbours concerned about six-unit townhouse proposal in Mount Forest
WELLINGTON NORTH – A bylaw authorizing a zoning amendment to permit a six-unit townhouse development on Cork Street in Mount Forest will be considered at the next township council meeting on Aug. 10.
Badley Bridge replacement project on track
Steady operation – A crew and giant crane from Looby Builders set precast girders in place on…
Horse breeders win lawsuit against OLG; government may appeal
TORONTO - A Superior Court judge has ruled that the Ontario government must pay compensation to breeders of standardbred horses for damages incurred after the abrupt cancellation of the Slots at Racetracks program (SARP).
Centre Wellington council agrees to take on termites
ELORA – Centre Wellington councillors hope Dr. Timothy Myles can do in Elora and Fergus what he did in Guelph - use his termite eradication program to rid the area of the destructive pests once and for all.
For the Herd initiative makes strides toward fundraising goal
GUELPH – In two short months, just over 30 per cent of a $500,000 fundraising goal has been…
Police beat: Operation Safe Driver
ORILLIA – The OPP participated in Operation Safe Driver from July 12 to 18, laying a total of…
