Joanne Shuttleworth

FERGUS – It came as an out-of-the-blue request when Zander Renouf told his parents he wanted to collect pop can tabs to help someone get a wheelchair. But when your child wants to do a good deed, you want to comply, said his father Steve Renouf.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – There are plenty of capital projects needed in the township and staff sought direction from council at its committee of the whole meeting on Oct. 16 to include them, or not, as they work on the 2024 draft capital budget.

PUSLINCH – Council here has approved a request by Dufferin Aggregates to extend its hours and months of operation – but with some conditions.

FERGUS – Centre Wellington council sent an application for a five-storey mixed use building on St. David Street North back to the drawing board at its Oct. 16 committee of the whole meeting.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – With speeding being a common complaint throughout Centre Wellington, township staff are proposing to run a pilot program next year, setting a 40 km/hr speed limit in an urban neighbourhood in the township.

GUELPH – They can’t solve all the world’s problems, but through a new partnership, Habitat for Humanity Guelph Wellington and the Rotary Club of Guelph are taking on affordable housing and climate change.

GUELPH – They can’t solve all the world’s problems, but through a new partnership, Habitat for Humanity Guelph Wellington and the Rotary Club of Guelph are taking on affordable housing and climate change.

FERGUS – St. David Street North in Fergus, which is also Highway 6, will see a controlled pedestrian crossing installed at St. George Street as part of the street reconstruction that begins next spring.

ELORA – Elora and Fergus firefighters responded to a fire call at the Jefferson Elora plant on Oct. 2 to find lots of smoke but no fire inside the building. However, there had been a fire in the mechanical room and all employees were safely evacuated for a few hours.

ELORA – There’s a new film festival coming to Elora and founder Ian Evans hopes it will appeal to film buffs, adventure lovers, and those who find a brief lull in their calendars between Monster Month and holiday shopping. The Elora Adventure Film Festival will make its debut Nov. 3 to 5

GUELPH – Community Living Guelph Wellington is facing a $3million deficit and plans to close some of its day programs and lay off staff if the province doesn’t provide an infusion of cash.

GUELPH – For passionate gardeners who also love learning and passing that knowledge along to others, the Guelph Wellington Master Gardeners might be for you.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora will be part of Rotary International’s initiative in October to eradicate polio worldwide.

GUELPH – After a demonstration outside Guelph City Hall on Sept. 20 between a group of parents protesting 2SLGBTQIA+ school policies and another group protesting the protest, the Take Back the Night (TBTN) march the next day took on extra meaning.

ELORA – Growth and parking dominated discussion at the Mayor’s Town Hall on Sept. 20, held at the new MacDonald pavilion outside the Elora Centre for the Arts