MINTO – A start-up program aiming to help youth succeed, has granted 50 students the opportunity to enter the world of entrepreneurship this summer.
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Sunflower Festival will raise funds for Palmerston hospital
MAPLETON – The Mapleton Sunflower Festival will take place on Aug. 17 and aims to raise enough money to purchase an electric stretcher for the Palmerston hospital.
‘A Nation’s Table’ documentary premiered at U of G arboretum
GUELPH – A Nation’s Table: The Anita Stewart and Food Day Canada Story was unveiled at the University of Guelph Arboretum on July 25.
Arthur Animal Rescue ‘overflowing’ with cats
ARTHUR – The volunteer-based group Arthur Animal Rescue is urging locals to adopt as it is “overflowing” with cats and kittens.
Records and comebacks in Industry Day ‘Battles’
ELORA – Grand River Raceway celebrated its 35th annual Industry Day on Aug. 5, welcoming guests to the reconfigured five-eighth mile track in Elora.
Petition to save old Mount Forest pool circulating online
MOUNT FOREST – A petition to save Mount Forest’s Lion Roy Grant Community Pool that has been circulating on social media platforms demands that Mayor Andy Lennox be “held accountable” for the decision to demolish the old swimming pool.
Ontario Pirate Festival came to Marden Park in Guelph/Eramosa from Aug. 3 to 5
MARDEN – The annual Ontario Pirate Festival took place at Marden Park in Guelph/Eramosa throughout the Civic Holiday long weekend.
Local family turns ‘dead zone’ into skyline mural on Mount Forest’s main street
MOUNT FOREST – Erin Kiers is a local artist and business owner who saw an opportunity to brighten Mount Forest’s downtown core and took it.
Palmerston Lions Club supports new Crime Stoppers sign
PALMERSTON – The Palmerston Lions Club joined forces with Crime Stoppers Guelph Wellington (CSGW) to erect a new sign on Main Street West, east of Highway 23 in Palmerston.
Fergus Pipe Band holds concert at the Wellington County Museum
FERGUS – The Fergus Pipe Band held a concert at the Wellington County Museum on Aug. 1.
County events help Lions raise $1.3 million for dog guides
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides campaign raised more than $1.3 million this year, thanks to thousands of volunteers, including members of the Palmerston, Marsville and Fergus Lions Clubs.
Youth auditions announced for Christmas Carol panto
WATERLOO – The Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy is pleased to announce Children’s Chorus auditions for A Christmas Carol: The Panto, which will take place at the Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy (145 Northfield Dr. W, Waterloo) on Sept. 15 from 1 to 3pm. Registration begins at 12:30pm.
Hazardous waste depot on the move
WELLINGTON NORTH – The county’s Mobile Household Hazardous Waste Depot is moving from the Belwood waste facility to the Riverstown waste facility, south of Mount Forest, for the month of August.
CMHC invests $12 million in upgrades, improvements to county housing
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The county is making improvements to its affordable housing properties with the help of $12 million over three years from the federal government’s Affordable Housing Fund.
Right at Home celebrates 10 years of providing home health care
GUELPH – Right at Home officials say they are honoured to celebrate 10 years of providing a full range of in-home, family-funded health care services for adults of all ages in Guelph and Wellington County.