ELORA – Local water advocacy group Save Our Water talked about water on Earth Day through a public forum on Zoom to update the community on the end of the provincial moratorium on water taking permits and the sale of Nestlé Waters Canada – and what they mean to Centre Wellington’s water supply.
Enjoying outdoor fun at Beatty Park
Playing in the park – Three-year-olds Finnley Bryant and Piper Kurtz chase each other around…
A fixture on Elora’s Mill Street East for 33 years, Yarnbird to close at end of May
ELORA – Yarnbird owner Marlene Pascoe has a passion for knitting but the store on Mill Street West in Elora is closing at the end of May.
Local hospitals to take patients from other hospitals as COVID-19 patients fill ICUs
WELLINGTON COUNTY - The three hospitals in Wellington County are bracing for the third wave of COVID-19 and, as of April 19, are taking patients from outside the region.
‘It’s an embarrassment’: with one councillor absent, CW council can’t even approve agenda
ELORA – Centre Wellington council had its shortest committee of the whole meeting by far on April 19. It didn’t even last 10 minutes – and nothing was accomplished.
Committee approves minor variance for first phase of Elora housing development
ELORA – Centre Wellington's committee of adjustment has approved a minor variance application to allow street-level units of a proposed stacked townhouse building in Elora to be built as either commercial or residential units depending on market demands.
Volunteers are vital to local hospitals, and they’ve been missed this year
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Volunteer week would normally be a big deal at Louise Marshall Hospital, where the 30 to 50 citizens who give hours of their time to the hospital and its patients, are properly celebrated and appreciated.
Erin awards $4.4-million contract to WSP for next phase of wastewater treatment plant
ERIN – The Town of Erin continues to push ahead with its plan to construct a wastewater treatment plant to service the villages of Erin and Hillsburgh.
Construction could begin at Kensington Square in Erin next year
ERIN – The development of Kensington Square – on the site of the former Erin Public School at 185 Main Street – will be built in one phase instead of two, as originally proposed.
Public health: B117 variant driving local COVID-19 numbers
GUELPH – A suspected COVID-19 outbreak at the Wellington Terrace in Aboyne is proof the vaccine offers protection against the B117 variant now spreading in the community and is the way out of the pandemic, says the local medical officer of health.
Hillsburgh Lions Free Library just got a children’s section
HILLSBURGH - The Hillsburgh Lions Free Library recently saw an expansion – and it didn’t cost taxpayers a dime.
Upper Grand phasing out applied, academic streams for Grade 9 students
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board will begin de-streaming Grade 9 courses this fall, starting with math.
Funding paves way for $5-million renovation of Elora Community Centre
ELORA – The Elora Community Centre will receive a total of $5 million in renovations thanks to funding from the federal and provincial governments. Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield announced the funding on April 1 via Zoom.
Kitras’ neighbourhood, wellbeing task force idea approved by council
ELORA - A motion proposed by Councillor Stephen Kitras early in the year returned to council March 29.
Nestlé in hot water with Puslinch council
PUSLINCH – Puslinch council expressed its displeasure at receiving a request for council’s consideration from Nestlé Waters Canada 15 minutes before its meeting began at 10am on March 24.