Joanne Shuttleworth

ROCKWOOD – The Special Investigations Unit has been called to investigate the death of a man who was held in custody at the Rockwood OPP station.

ELORA – Christmas could be brilliant in Elora this year if downtown businesses decide to take advantage of a beatification grant offered by Kat Florence.

GUELPH – After 41 days on the picket line, strikers at Cargill’s Dunlop Drive meat processing facility in Guelph ratified a new collective agreement on July 6.

FERGUS – Growing up surrounded by farmland and countryside might not seem a direct path to life on a boat.

SALEM – Terry Copp found his niche studying Canadian military history and through his storied career, changed attitudes and perceptions about Canada’s involvement and contributions in the Second World War. Copp has been appointed as a member of the Order of Canada.

ELORA – You know you’re an entrepreneur when you see a product on Shark Tank, seek it out and use it to create your own successful business. And so it was for Kai Jiwa, who saw the product Banana Loca on the popular TV show, bought it and immediately saw a way to make money with it.

FERGUS – The Township of Centre Wellington opened the first disc golf course in the municipality on July 4 on the grounds behind the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex.

SALEM – The kettlebell doesn’t fall far from the bench press in the Cox household.

ELORA – What’s clear is that the multi-use pad at Bissell Park is in dire need of repair and is close to being closed as it becomes increasingly unsafe.

ELORA – You might have driven past it dozens of times and not known it’s there. But off the 8th Line just outside Elora, around a bend and down a laneway, is a magical place. And it’s here, at 6338 8th Line, where the local Estonian community is preparing for its Song Festival – June 28 to 30.

PUSLINCH – Officials say Canada Day will be a blast this year in Puslinch.

FERGUS – Centre Wellington Township has purchased 90 acres of land beside the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex for $4.8 million.

FERGUS – Hammond Manufacturing will be the first business in the new Fergus Business Park. The township and company made the announcement at the site, at the corner of First Line and Dickson Drive, on June 20.

ABERFOYLE – Puslinch Township would like the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks to shut down a business it claims is operating illegally in the township.

FERGUS – They went into the regional pool tournament as the underdog and came out the victor. And so the Blame Game, a pool team that plays regularly at JJs Diner in Fergus, will be heading to Las Vegas for the World Pool Championships in August.