KENILWORTH – Wellington North Fire Service call volume is up 5% thus far this year, putting the township on track to surpass 2022 numbers, according to a recent report.
Capital project budget overruns expected; reserve dollars to cover portion of cost
KENILWORTH – Wellington North staff are reallocating previously budgeted tax dollars and withdrawing from a township reserve to cover expected buget overruns.
Lawsuit claims $15.7-million in damages following Puslinch crash injuring CTV reporter
GUELPH – A journalist struck by a car at the intersection of Brock Road North (Wellington Road 46) and Maltby Road on March 1 has filed a civil suit alleging negligence against five defendants.
Aurora man behind Fergus marijuana grow-op facing potential prison sentence
GUELPH – A judge will deliver his sentence later this month for a man labelled by the feds as the “operating mind” behind a “sophisticated” Fergus marijuana growing operation busted more than two years ago.
Jury selected for Michael Hurst sexual assault trial
GUELPH - The trial of Michael Hurst, a 45-year-old Palmerston man charged with five counts of sexual assault, begins next week.
Mount Forest Lions Club seeks council support for potential improvement projects
KENILWORTH – The Mount Forest Lions Club is eyeing potential improvement projects around the community.
All charges against OPP officer dropped
GUELPH – Charges against a Wellington OPP officer have been withdrawn more than three years after they were first laid. Sukhvinder Singh Toor was charged in connection with secretly recorded conversations at the Rockwood OPP station.
BIA chair files complaint about derelict Mount Forest building
KENILWORTH – The chair of the Mount Forest Business Improvement Association (BIA) has taken the association’s grievances about the old tea room building, at 178 Main Street, to the township.
Wellington North applies for Housing Accelerator Fund dollars, talks municipal funding
KENILWORTH – Wellington North hopes to dip into a $4-billion federal Housing Accelerator Fund as the municipality considers how it will pay for growth.
CVC to monitor impact of Erin wastewater treatment plant on West Credit River
ERIN - Credit Valley Conservation is being hired by the Town of Erin to monitor the effects of flushing treated wastewater into the West Credit River for the next five years.
Erin Tennis Club asks town to contribute $150,000 for court repairs
ERIN - Town staff are now looking at how to fund a $150,000 ask from the Erin Tennis Club.
Erin will hire external consultant to handle search for new CAO
ERIN - Council has decided to begin the months-long process of searching for a new CAO.
Guelph-to-Owen Sound buses to continue stopping in Wellington North
WELLINGTON NORTH – The Guelph to Owen Sound inter-community transit bus (GOST) will continue running through Wellington North for the next two years after a new agreement was recently inked.
Committee supportive of proposed fundraising strategy for new Mount Forest pool
MOUNT FOREST – Members of the Mount Forest Aquatics Advisory Committee agree a township fundraising strategy for a new outdoor pool at the Mount Forest and District Sports Complex is the way to go.
Lighthouse Festival to ‘foster community engagement’ in north Wellington
WELLINGTON NORTH – The Hope Committee wants north Wellington residents to nourish, move, create and discover in the name of physical and mental wellness at the first-ever Lighthouse Festival Sept. 8 to 10.