GUELPH – Waterfalls, ponds, pergolas and pagodas. Art and garden whimsy.
Four detachments fight fire in Puslinch
PUSLINCH – Firefighters from Puslinch, Guelph/Eramosa, Guelph and Milton responded to a fire at 50 McLean Road in Puslinch on June 10 and returned the next day as fire persisted in the duct work.
Puslinch taking Guelph to land tribunal over Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan
ABERFOYLE – Puslinch Township is taking the City of Guelph to the Ontario Land Tribunal over the city’s Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan. However, both sides are hoping to reach an agreement prior to a formal hearing.
Hundreds attend Pride in the Park event
PALMERSTON – Nature didn’t produce rainbows on June 12 but the community certainly did, as Palmerston hosted Minto’s Pride in the Park – its first Pride picnic in two years.
Lustgarten-Evoy named to Rotary International’s action group on slavery, human trafficking
FERGUS – Barbara Lustgarten-Evoy is taking her passion for anti-human trafficking to international levels as she has been appointed the Canadian coordinator of the Rotary Action Group Against Slavery.
Summertime fun? Proceed with caution, says medical officer of health
GUELPH – While COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are down, the World Health Organization has not declared the pandemic over, and local residents should use caution this summer, says the local medical officer of health.
New pathway at Elora Centre for the Arts all about connections
ELORA – The Elora Centre for the Arts is ready to send you down the garden path now that their pathways project is complete.
No local cases of monkeypox reported
GUELPH - There have been no cases of monkeypox in this region, but Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is keeping an eye on the situation.
Guelph Civic Museum hosted a Jubilee Tea
Queen’s Jubilee – The Guelph Civic Museum regularly holds high teas, where folks can nibble on…
Sensational Elora holding fundraisers to build new monster ‘zoo’
ELORA – The monsters have outgrown their "zoo" and if something doesn’t happen soon, they could take over Elora.
Arnott details Wellington-Halton Hills priorities in letter to Ford
FERGUS – The day after being re-elected to the legislature, Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott wrote a letter to Premier Doug Ford to draw attention to issues in his riding.
Proposal for 118 estate homes near Belwood met with resistance from residents
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The thought of 118 executive estate homes going where there are currently nine holes of golf, did not sit well with local residents, who came to Belwood Hall the evening of June 1 to meet the proponents of a proposed development near Belwood and voice their concerns.
Public health remounting seniors dental program
GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is trying not to step on the toes of dentists in private practice as it remounts the Ontario Seniors Dental Program.
Centre Wellington to hold public meeting on allowing residential development in highway commercial zones
ELORA – Very soon the public will get to weigh in on whether to allow residential development on lands zoned C2 highway commercial.
Thirteen groups receive funding through new Neighbourhood Grant program
ELORA – Council here decided all 13 eligible applicants for the new Centre Wellington Neighbourhood Grant program will receive $1,000 to get their community events off the ground.