CENTRE WELLINGTON - Centre Wellington Fire and Rescue Services responded to a farm property located along Wellington Road 7, south of Elora, on Monday. No animals or people were harmed in the blaze.
Wellington North Fire Services responds to morning drive shed fire
WELLINGTON NORTH - At 7:56am on Friday, around 30 volunteer firefighters began responding from Mount Forest and Arthur stations to a structure fire along Highway 6 between Arthur and Petherton.
Brent Barnes Memorial Skatepark work awarded to Canadian Ramp Company
WELLINGTON NORTH – Council awarded an Arthur skatepark and pump track contract to Innerkip-based Canadian Ramp Company on Feb. 22 at a cost of $170,294. The park is expected to be ready for use in mid-June.
Residential zoning bylaw amendment approved for future Mount Forest subdivision
WELLINGTON NORTH – A zoning bylaw amendment sought by Avila Investments for a new Mount Forest subdivision has been granted by Wellington North council. Another zoning bylaw amendment will come before council for a commercial portion.
Mapping Wellington County’s Black heritage
WELLINGTON COUNTY - To think of Black individuals as landless wanderers into Wellington County, disconnected from the land, is to discount their role in the county’s very formation and to render them un-Canadian, Wencke Rudi told over 100 webinar participants.
Trudeau revokes use of Emergencies Act
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Feb. 23 the federal government will be revoking a declaration of a public order emergency under the Emergencies Act. Ontario's state of emergency ended at 5pm.
Wellington County horsepeople facing challenge with shortage of ‘deadstock operators’
WELLINGTON COUNTY - There are few certainties in life, so the axiom goes, but one thing all horsepeople know for sure is all good things inevitably come to an end.
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline across WDGPH region
WELLINGTON COUNTY - As of Feb. 22, there are 264 known active cases throughout the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health region. As of Feb. 15, there were 18 people hospitalized with COVID-19.
Emergencies Act architect Perrin Beatty reflects on first use of legislation
OTTAWA – Responsible for introducing the Emergencies Act, former defence minister and Wellington MP Perrin Beatty spoke with the Advertiser about the legislation and modern politics.
Township to begin enforcing requirement for food truck vendors to be licensed
WELLINGTON NORTH – Food truck vendors need to be licensed through the township and staff will be reminding local chambers of commerce and the Mount Forest fireworks festival to ensure participating vendors are in compliance with the requirement.
Township pressing ahead with search for new Arthur drinking water source
WELLINGTON NORTH - Preliminary testing of a potential new municipal well in Arthur has shown positive results and now the township wants to press ahead, but at greater financial cost.
Council awards contract to Dominion Voting Systems
WELLINGTON NORTH – Dominion Voting Systems, with headquarters in Canada and the United States, will provide two optical scanning tabulators to the township for municipal elections slated to take place on Oct. 24 across the province.
Winter fun in Aboyne
Hop on – Friends John Balfoort and Ross Gilbert are piled on by their children Levi, Caleb and…
Emergencies Act invoked for first time in response to blockades, occupation
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a national emergency in response to the recent blockades of Canada-U.S. border crossings and the occupation of Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa.
Planning staff seek pause on severance for Mount Forest apartment building
WELLINGTON NORTH – A request to defer a land severance will go to the county’s land division committee following a Feb. 7 decision by Wellington North council to support a deferral.