MOUNT FOREST – Two local women have been charged after a resident reported to police that people…
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Crime of the Week
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Sometime between June 9 and 13, a theft occurred from a rural residence on…
Rock the Rink tournament cancelled
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Centre Wellington’s first Rock the Rink Ball Hockey Tournament and Big Eats…
Town of Erin receives $100,000 in tourism relief funds
ERIN – The Town of Erin has recently received $100,000 in federal funding to go towards the…
Elora Festival kicks off
Elora Festival kicks off – The Elora Festival kicked off last weekend. From left: Jessica Wright,…
Local COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations have doubled in last few weeks
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region have more than doubled over the last few weeks as the province enters the seventh wave of the pandemic.
Province expanding fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose eligibility
TORONTO – The province is expanding COVID-19 vaccine fourth-dose eligibility, as of July 14, to include anyone between the ages of 18 and 59.
Community knitting group to bring back ‘Poppy Project’
ELORA – After the inaugural Poppy Project exceeded organizers’ expectations last year, members of the St. John Anglican Church’s knitting club are bringing the initiative back.
Closed bridges on and around 5th Line have residents detouring kilometres out of their way
FERGUS – Rural residents on the 5th Line north of Belwood Lake are having to detour at least seven kilometres out of their way to get to their homes and businesses because three bridges on their route are closed.
Cost of proposed outdoor pool in Mount Forest could exceed $6 million
WELLINGTON NORTH - At a July 11 meeting of Wellington North council, Scott Robinson of Toronto-based architectural firm Tillmann Ruth Robinson Inc. fielded questions from councillors about the cost of a proposed new outdoor pool in Mount Forest to replace the recently closed Lion Roy Grant pool.
Vacant home in Puslinch destroyed by fire
PUSLINCH – A vacant home in Puslinch will be demolished and examined for clues after a fire on July 11 rendered the home unliveable.