GUELPH – Sports-deprived fans will be excited to know the Guelph Nighthawks are aiming for a full, in-person season this year. And to sweeten the pot for basketball fans, Wellington Motors is giving three opportunities for fans to win a one-year lease of a 2022 Jeep Wrangler.
Another bridge in Centre Wellington gets load restriction
ELORA – Centre Wellington has added a load restriction to another bridge in the township. That brings the total to seven of 111 bridges in the township with a load restriction.
Poverty and homelessness are provincial responsibilities and should be election issues, panellists say
GUELPH – The pandemic has shone a light on the challenges faced by people who live in poverty or homelessness and the upcoming provincial election is an opportunity to make real change.
Council votes for a second time to demolish Middlebrook Place bridge
ELORA – After voting in October to reconsider a decision it made in 2020 to remove the Middlebrook Place bridge, Centre Wellington council is sticking with its original plan.
Local medical officer of health supports province’s reopening plan
GUELPH – Dr. Nicola Mercer supports the gradual reopening of Ontario and easing of COVID-19 mandates as announced by the province on Feb. 14.
Centre Wellington hands out heritage awards
ELORA – Centre Wellington Heritage handed out its annual Heritage Recognition Awards at its Feb. 15 meeting to mark the beginning of Heritage Week and recognize the people and restoration projects in the community that made an impact in 2021.
Morriston bypass not forgotten by province: Arnott
TORONTO – Wellington-Halton Hills MP Ted Arnott says that while the Morriston Bypass Coalition has a valid point, he doesn’t believe the new route on Highway 6 has been abandoned by the province.
GBHS boycotts Guelph McDonald’s after Guelph/Eramosa man experiences ‘racist’ incident
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – It’s not so much what he considers racist treatment from a McDonalds employee that irks Michael Campbell so much. It’s the subsequent handling by the owner.
Weather Network says fun is in the forecast for Elora
ELORA – Maybe you check out the Weather Network to see about the weather. But if you tuned in on Feb. 10 between 6 and 9am, you’d have been treated to glimpses of Elora and the fun activities available in and around the village in the heart of winter.
Morriston Bypass Coalition mobilizes as project falls on province’s priority list
MORRISTON – For some 15 years, Bill Knetsch has been working with local and provincial authorities on the Highway 6 Morriston bypass and he rejoiced in 2016 when the province announced the funding was there and work would begin in 2019.
Over 170 surgery patients on wait list in Wellington County
WELLINGTON COUNTY - There are more than 15,000 patients in Waterloo Region, Guelph and Wellington County waiting on surgeries or procedures that have been postponed due to the pandemic.
Wondering what to do on Family Day? How about human bowling? Or a giant slingshot?
PUSLINCH - The Optimist Club of Puslinch has organized another Family Winter Day Classic for Feb. 21 from 1 to 4pm at the Optimist Rink and outside the Puslinch Community Centre in Aberfoyle.
Building a canoe changed everything for Indigenous Centre Wellington student
CENTRE WELLINGTON – An experience building a canoe in traditional Indigenous ways has led a Centre Wellington District High School student to appreciate her Indigenous heritage and take on social justice projects at the school.
Puslinch council passes 2022 budget with 3.8% tax increase
PUSLINCH – Puslinch ratepayers will see a 3.83 per cent increase to the municipal portion of their property taxes in 2022, which for a home assessed at $600,000 works out to an additional $40 a year.
Egg Farmers of Ontario support The Grove with $150,000 donation to new hubs
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Egg Farmers of Ontario has donated $150,000 over five years to The Grove youth hubs in Guelph and Wellington County.