News

ELORA – Started to help people make connections with their neighbours and community coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the township’s Neighbourhood Grant pilot project was a resounding success last year.

FERGUS – Police are looking to identify three persons of interest after a recent string of thefts from the liquor store here. And it appears a couple of the thieves are repeat offenders.

KENILWORTH – For 15 years now Wellington North has received a 100 per cent rating of its drinking water.

HILLSBURGH – The untimely closure of arena ice at the Hillsburgh Community Centre is being blamed on a refrigerant leak.

MAPLETON – Township council has embarked on a strategic planning process focusing on short, medium and long-term goals.

ELORA – Centre Wellington kicked off Heritage Week (Feb 20 to 26) a little early by honouring local individuals and businesses for their heritage conservation efforts.

KENILWORTH - Farmers with livestock on the loose in Wellington North will have to fork out more cash to have their animals repatriated.

MOUNT FOREST – The Senior Girls Volleyball team from Wellington Heights Secondary School has captured the District 4 Championship for the first time in the school's history.

ELORA – Centre Wellington council gave the green light to Bell Mobility to install a cell tower at 810  St.  David  St.  N. in  Fergus,  which  is  the  site  of  the  Esso Gas Bar.

GUELPH – Two people were arrested, one of them charged with assault with a weapon, after a stabbing here sent two males to hospital and led to a lockdown at a nearby high school.

GUELPH – United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin celebrated “local love” at its 2022 Campaign Celebration on Feb. 8, where volunteers, community organizations and businesses were recognized for their support of the campaign. 

HARRISTON – The Harriston Historical Society is in the process of recruiting volunteer members to assist with the society’s ongoing mandate to showcase local history.  

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies (OAAS) has five upcoming judging courses aimed at attracting new certified judges for fall fairs. 

GUELPH – The Guelph Black Heritage Society (GBHS) announced on Feb. 1 it has received a $100,000 grant through the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s (OTF) Resilient Communities Fund. 

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has more than doubled over the last week in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health region, while overall cases have increased slightly.