ELORA – The Elora Community Centre is closed for renovations.
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Replacement of town fire truck comes in over budget
ERIN - Council has approved an over-budget purchase of a fire truck from Dependable Emergency Vehicles.
‘Village Finding Project’ connects kids in crisis with safe adults
GUELPH – Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County (FCSGWC) has launched a “Village Finding Project.”
Town of Minto endorses call to require stop-arm cameras on school buses
MINTO – Council here has endorsed a resolution calling on the Ontario government to require all school buses to have stop-arm cameras installed and paid for by the province for the start of the 2023-24 school year.
Guelph resident sent to hospital after ‘barricaded person’ call: OPP
ARISS – A Guelph resident was taken to hospital with minor injuries, but so far no one has been charged after a person barricaded themself in a home here for about seven hours.
Centre Wellington council paid $203,000 last year
ELORA – Centre Wellington’s mayor and councillors were paid a total $202,977 in honorariums and expenses in 2022 – down $1,085 from the $204,062 paid to them in 2021.
Contracts worth $2.26 million awarded by Erin council
ERIN - Council here awarded 10 contracts worth $2.26 million at a March 23 meeting.
Erin high school band achieves gold standard at music festival
ERIN – The Erin Music Players Orchestra (TEMPO) band at Erin District High School (EDHS) was awarded the gold standard at the Golden Horseshoe Music Festival in Ancaster on March 2.
Dustin Connell earns 2023 FCC Customer Spotlight award
MINTO – By the time Dustin “Dusty” Connell was informed he had even been nominated for a Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Customer Spotlight Award, he had already been named Ontario’s recipient of the honour for 2023.
Life Membership Certificates granted to Palmerston Legion members
Palmerston Legion – Zone Commander Rick Clayfield presented two members of Frank Lambier Legion…
Canadians more likely to view their society as ‘caring’ than Americans
VANCOUVER – Americans and Canadians are inextricably linked, both by the largest international border, and by a culture that often times overlaps, even while maintaining distinction.
Libraries focus on Poetry Month in April
April is National Poetry Month, and this year the League of Canadian Poets invites you to celebrate the 25th anniversary with the theme joy.
Legion hosts breakfast for The Grove Palmerston
Breakfast fundraiser – The Palmerston Legion hosted a fundraising breakfast and bake sale for The…
Trumpeter swans arrive in Mount Forest
Swans are back – Trumpeter swans arrived in Mount Forest on March 21. This pair flew in March 21…
Groves Memorial Hospital Foundation receives donation
Hospital help – The Groves Memorial Hospital Foundation recently received a donation of $3,000…