WELLINGTON COUNTY – Salaries of Ontario’s publicly paid employees are published by the provincial government every March, in what’s officially called the Public Sector Salary Disclosure List, but more commonly known as the Sunshine List.
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Provincial budget measure may fall short of municipalities’ needs: warden
WELLINGTON COUNTY – “Building a Better Ontario” is the theme of the 2024 budget released March 26 by provincial Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy. However, Wellington County Warden Andy Lennox says only time will tell if infrastructure funds made available will spark any actual building.
Province touts ‘prudent’ budget despite record spending
QUEEN’S PARK – Government officials say they are taking a “prudent” approach to the province’s finances in the 2024 Ontario budget. But despite a record $214 billion in spending and a $9.8-billion deficit, critics suggest the province is being overly frugal in key areas.
Second Wellington North man charged after drug bust in Arthur
ARTHUR – Police have charged a second local man in connection with a drug bust last week in Arthur, Kitchener and North Dumfries.
Police seek help to locate missing Palmerston man
PALMERSTON – Police are seeking help to locate a Palmerston man who was reported missing on Thursday.
Busy year for economic, community development in Minto in 2023
MINTO – It may be a small town, but Minto was bustling with community activity in 2023, according to a year-end report from the municipality’s economic and community development department. The department hosted or facilitated a total of 95 community events last year.
Erin looking to create transportation master plan following council concerns about effects of growth
ERIN – Council here wants to see a green light for a transportation master plan sooner than later, considering the ongoing development in the municipality.
Centre Wellington council approves county-wide noise bylaw
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Wellington County and the Wellington OPP want a consistent noise bylaw across the county. But at least one Elora resident didn’t think the draft bylaw goes far enough.
County must audit financials as province considers ‘third-party’ childcare providers
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The province is requiring Wellington County to conduct a value-for-money audit of its directly operated child care programs.
Wellington County Library offering programs about solar eclipse
WELLINGTON COUNTY – On April 8 in the north Wellington region, 97% of the sun will be hidden by the eclipse by 3:18pm.
Sarah Bernardi offers veterinary social work at U of G
GUELPH – At the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), Sarah Bernardi offers a unique service that very few animal hospitals provide: veterinary social work.
When and why to consider estate planning
ELORA – A common misconception about estate planning is that it is just for the affluent. This, however, is not the case.
Guelph/Eramosa to increase planning service fee by 17.6%
BRUCEDALE – It’s not happening all at once, but Guelph/Eramosa council is taking steps toward full cost recovery when it comes to Planning Act applications.
‘This will be one of the biggest decisions we’re going to make as a council:’ Watters
FERGUS – Despite staff being in favour of the Fergus South Secondary Plan, council decided to hit the pause button at its March 25 meeting.
Council plays ball with Puslinch Minor Softball, promises up to $20,000 in improvements
ABERFOYLE – Puslinch Minor Softball is growing and while that’s a happy circumstance, growth had members of its executive seeking some approvals and concessions from council on March 20.