Joanne Shuttleworth

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Councillor Stephen Kitras is throwing his hat into the provincial election as he announced on April 14 he’s running for the Wellington-Halton Hills seat as the candidate for the New Blue Party of Ontario.

ELORA – After a few nasty winters with sewer and watermain breaks along East Mill Street in Elora that flooded the basements of businesses and homes in the area, the township has moved up infrastructure replacement to 2023.

PUSLINCH – CBM wants to expand its Lanci pit by another 10 hectares to extract 3 million to 4 million tonnes of sand and aggregate from the site and is seeking zoning and official plan amendments to allow it to happen.

PUSLINCH – The City of Guelph has exhausted water sources within its municipal boundary and is eyeing Puslinch and Guelph/Eramosa as locations for future wells, in addition to two city water sources already located in the neighbouring townships.

FERGUS – Three Centre Wellington District High School students are taking their political frustrations to the street with a Youth for Justice march on April 24 – and they hope other youth, and adults who support youth, will join in.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Husband and wife team Dr. Peter McPhedran and Susan McPhedran have started a Health Equity Impact Fund with the Centre Wellington Community Foundation and they hope others with the means will consider donating as well.

GUELPH – When COVID-19 vaccines became available in Wellington, Dufferin and Guelph in early 2021, public health had the enormous task of getting shots in the arms of more than 250,000 people.

GUELPH – Panellists of the third instalment of the "Informed Democracy" series hope Ontarians will vote for an education-friendly candidate in the upcoming provincial election.

FERGUS - Peter Hammel isn’t packing away his bagpipes for good, but he did give his last pandemic performance on April 2.

FERGUS – Les Hunter will have a hard time topping the gift his wife Shelly gave him for their 35th anniversary, but thanks to the gift, he’s got a lifetime to try. Shelly gave Les a kidney and now they both get their lives back.

GUELPH – People in Wellington County, Guelph, Halton Hills and Perth County need to know that public health care is under attack, says Barb Hogg, co-chair of the Guelph and District Health Coalition. She adds the Ford government is slowly, quietly, and with stealth, privatizing health care.

ELORA – Termites in Centre Wellington are officially on notice. After identifying the active termite zones in the township, staff presented council with a plan to address the problem at its March 28 meeting.

SALEM – Not content with earning one Guinness World Record in 2021, Chris Cox has earned another. The Salem man lifted the most weight by Atlas stone in one hour. He lifted a 69.2 kg (152.78-pound) Atlas stone 252 times in an hour for a cumulative weight of 17,463kg or 38,500 pounds.

ELORA - Centre Wellington council has agreed to close concession booths in the two arenas in the township.

CENTRE WELLINGTON - While council did not approve councillor Stephan Kitras’ motion regarding Pierpoint Park, it did approve a plan that could see the park designated as a cultural heritage landscape in the township.