Jordan Snobelen

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Recently-retired local teacher Diane Ballantyne is among the recipients of this year’s Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence

GUELPH – Wellington County residents may want to brace themselves for an above-normal tax increase next year. The county budget is under more pressure than previously understood, councillors learned during a three-hour special budget meeting on Oct. 5.

WELLINGTON NORTH – The intersection of Main Street South and King Street East in downtown Mount Forest is being recommended for new pedestrian crossing infrastructure after all.

PALMERSTON - Six-year old Mya Martin may be confined to a wheelchair, but that won’t stop her from being on the ice at the Palmerston sports complex for an Oct. 21 puckdrop.

METZ – The annual Metz Pumpkinfest took place at St. Paul’s United Church on Sept. 30.

FERGUS – The natural area bordered by the Grand River and located at the end of Anderson Street in Fergus, sought out by local dog walkers and daytripping flyfishers alike, will soon have a new monument installed honouring the life of the area’s past owner.

WELLINGTON NORTH – The township is beginning to update its growth management plan, which was first established in 2017.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Halton Hills MP and Conservative shadow minister of foreign affairs Michael Chong testified before a bipartisan congressional committee in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 12, for a hearing on Chinese transnational repression.

MOUNT FOREST – Residents don’t have to look far to see the Mount Forest Business Improvement Association’s (BIA) efforts to spruce up the downtown core.

GUELPH - Lengthy offload delays experienced at Guelph General Hospital (GGH) by Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service (GWPS) crews declined in past months from last year’s strained highs.

GUELPH - David Halliburton was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, and Anastasia Halliburton was sentenced to six-months of house arrest on Sept. 26, in relation to the hit-and-run death of Lucas Shortreed almost 15 years ago.

WELLINGTON NORTH – A group of residents along Concession 4 North, which is part of a haulage route for three gravel pits, are fed up with the gravel road’s condition, and say it’s high time to have it paved.

GUELPH – Shortly after 7pm on Monday night at Guelph Superior Court, word arrived: the verdict was in.

GUELPH – A 12-member jury for the trial of Palmerston resident Michael Hurst, who is charged with five counts of sexual assault, began deliberating on Sept. 18. Last week, Hurst and two woman testified before the jury.