KENILWORTH – Wellington North has signed a memorandum of understanding with a local snowmobile club to allow the club to use a piece of township-owned land for a snowmobile trail.
Centre Wellington holds ‘Most Generous City’ title for second year
CENTRE WELLINGTON – CanadaHelps, the country’s largest online platform for donating and fundraising, has named Centre Wellington as Canada’s most generous city among Canada’s top 200 most populated cities in the country, based on donations made using CanadaHelps.
Conn church’s nativity display featured 576 Christmas story scenes
CONN – Knox Conn Presbyterian Church opened its doors from Dec. 6 to 8 to share its 8th annual Nativity Display.
Police beat: Man charged with assault after incident at Elora arena
ELORA – A Stratford man has been charged with assault following an incident at the arena here last week.
Guelph man arrested for attempted murder
GUELPH – A Guelph man faces attempted murder and other charges following a disturbance last Thursday morning at a Guelph home.
Hawk’s Nest offers financial support for select entrepreneurs
WELLINGTON NORTH – The Saugeen Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) and Bruce Community Futures Development Corporation (Bruce CFDC) have partnered again to deliver the Hawks’ Nest, a Dragons’ Den-inspired competition where entrepreneurs from pitch business ideas in an attempt to secure financial
Go polar for a purpose
FERGUS – Grace Christian Fellowship is holding another Polar Bear 5k run/walk to raise funds for its youth program.
Drinking and driving
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – On Dec. 9 at about 10:30am, a Wellington County OPP officer initiated a traffic stop on Wellington Road 124.
Police investigating arson at Palmerston Lions Heritage Park
PALMERSTON – The Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is seeking help from the public after a suspicious fire was reported in Palmerston over the weekend.
WHSS students organize annual Warm Winter Wishes initiative
MOUNT FOREST – For more than 20 years, the Grade 12 business leadership class at Wellington Heights Secondary School (WHSS) in Mount Forest has championed the school’s Warm Winter Wishes charity initiative.
Local martial artists take home gold medals
GUELPH – Students from Guelph Family Martial Arts returned from the Open Martial Arts Championships held Nov. 16 and 17 in Mono with an impressive 10 gold medals.
Enbridge Gas donates $5,000 worth of textbooks to Wellington North Fire Services
WELLINGTON NORTH – Enbridge Gas has donated $5,000 worth of training textbooks to the Wellington North Fire Services.
No shortage of snow for Palmerston parade
PALMERSTON – The Palmerston Santa Claus parade pulled out all of the stops on Dec. 7, bringing out the vintage fire engine for a spin down Main Street.
Mount Forest Lions bring Santa to town
MOUNT FOREST – The Mount Forest Lions Santa Claus Parade started strong as a convoy of carefully prepared floats cruised down King Street on Dec. 6.
Police beat: Palmerston man facing drug, impaired charges
GUELPH – On the afternoon of Dec. 3 at about 1:20pm, Guelph Police observed a man and woman sitting in a vehicle parked in a commercial parking lot near the intersection of Silvercreek Parkway North and Speedvale Avenue West.