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GUELPH – Power and wisdom will be showcased at an Indigenous-focused poetry event here on June 17, with “something unique to be gained for those who are willing to listen,” said poet Mike O’dah Ziibing Ashkewe.  

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Road signs promoting Crime Stoppers Guelph Wellington (CSGW) are being replaced as part of a new campaign. 

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Environment Canada has issued a special air quality alert for Wellington County, and much of southern Ontario, due to smoke plumes from Quebec and northeastern Ontario. "High levels of air pollution have developed due to smoke from forest fires," the June 7 alert states.

ELORA – The Elora Centre for the Arts’ construction of an outdoor performance pavilion on its two-acre property in downtown Elora is now complete. 

FERGUS – Kathy Bouma is pleased, honoured and surprised to receive the Citizen of the Year award from the Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The province is backing away from a proposed policy change that would have opened Ontario’s prime agricultural land to housing development.

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Flower show – Despite spring weather conditions on May 23, the Clifford and District Horticultural Society had over 100 exhibits at its annual Spring Flower Show.

Building indoors – Jeff Fare leads a factory tour at Quality Homes Spring Open House, and explains the advantages of modular home construction to visitors.

Blasts from the past – The photo of Bert and Ab Hesselink at the ball park in Moorefield,  and a Moorefield Athletic Association (MAA) float in a past parade, were supplied by the MAA, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2023.

Lions and walkers and dogs, oh my! – The annual Mount Forest Lions Club Guide Dog Walk was held on June 3.

The Arthur Optimists hosted their annual fishing derby at Burns Pond, formerly Greens Pond, on June 3.