Joanne Shuttleworth

GUELPH – Both the Upper Grand and Wellington Catholic district school boards started COVID-19 testing of asymptomatic staff and students on March 11.

ELORA - Centre Wellington firefighters were called to a garage fire on Mary Street here at about 10:45am on March 9. Deputy fire chief Jonathan Karn said units from Fergus and Elora responded and about 30 firefighters were on scene.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – When COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, Community Living centres in the region will reopen and the day programs once offered will resume.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Provincial workplace health and safety inspectors will be returning to Wellington Dufferin Guelph in the coming weeks. An inspection blitz in February found that just 45 per cent of the 572 businesses inspected were in compliance with the Reopening Ontario Act.

PUSLINCH – While happy to see that progress is being made on a Morriston bypass from Highway 401 to Highway 6 South, Puslinch council expressed reservations on March 3 about the Ministry of Transportation’s (MTO) draft design concept.

GUELPH – When the local health unit starts receiving doses of AstraZeneca the COVID-19 vaccines will likely be administered at pharmacies to those aged 64 and under.

Setting the town on fire – The Guelph-Eramosa fire department sent two trucks past Ethel…

ERIN – A tragic event last April that eventually led to the death of her horse has Janine Domingos preparing a presentation for Erin town council and hoping councillors will sympathize, understand and ultimately ban fireworks in the municipality.

ARTHUR – A provincial long-term care home inspection report indicates Caressant Care Arthur failed to separate COVID-positive residents from others and also failed to cohort workers, which “put residents and staff at risk of further transmission” of the virus.

ELORA – A new grocery store, the Geddes Street Market, will be opening in Elora this spring. Debra Kropf will own and operate the store that once belonged to her parents, Merlen and Doreen Kropf, at 169 Geddes Street.

FERGUS – Centre Wellington residents and businesses have the chance to reimagine St. David Street in Fergus as the township considers how to reconstruct the major thoroughfare after infrastructure work is complete.

FERGUS – Even though the idea of racism is complex and difficult for young students to digest, Newman’s Grade 1/2 class at Victoria Terrace Public School in Fergus was captivated by the story of Viola Desmond and her role in Canada’s Black history.

ELORA – Councillor Steven VanLeeuwen is no longer deputy mayor of Centre Wellington and councillor Neil Dunsmore will take his place.

FERGUS – The vaccination centre at the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex opened at 10am on Feb. 19 and public health anticipated inoculating 300 people that day.

ABERFOYLE – Nestlé S.A, parent company of Nestlé Waters Canada, has sold its Canadian and U.S. water businesses to One Rock Capital Partners for $4.3 billion. The company made the announcement on Feb. 17.