News

PALMERSTON – The push for cyber safety and human trafficking awareness among students is significant as technology seeps into the lives of youth. 

ERIN – The holiday season is upon us and Santa Claus is coming to town.

CLIFFORD – Santa Claus will be flying his sleigh all the way to Clifford to greet the residents before Christmas arrives. 

ARTHUR – It was standing room only as the friends, family and co-workers of Gerald Townsend gathered at the Arthur Parish Hall to celebrate his retirement from Gay Lea Foods as their dairy goat specialist.  

GUELPH – An effort by the County of Wellington to increase the number of licensed day care providers in Guelph and the county seems to have paid off.

GUELPH – The board of health has approved the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health budget for 2025.

EDEN MILLS – The financial resilience of the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival (EMWF) has been bolstered by a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). 

ERIN – Town officials are proposing a 2025 draft operating and capital budget that projects a 3.9 per cent levy tax increase with forecasts for the 2026-2028 tax rate increases.  

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Community Living Guelph Wellington is facing a $3-million deficit in 2025 and will be closing two of its residential sites to rein in expenses. 

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – A pair of alpacas from All In Alpacas were selected as this year’s Royal Winter Fair ambassadors and in turn embarked on a journey no other alpaca has been on.

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – The SIU is investigating after four people were injured, including one who was tasered, following a police chase on Tuesday that started in Halton Region and ended in Guelph/Eramosa.

ERIN – Near the end of October, boxes filled with new clothes such as sweatshirts, men’s briefs, boots and more arrived at the UCHS thrift store located in Georgetown.

MAPLETON – Woodham, who served as a Mapleton councillor from 2014 to 2018, is filling the seat vacated by former councillor Martin Tamlyn.