A weekly report prepared by the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs…
The Elora Singers present a reimagined concert season
ELORA – Reimagined. That’s how The Elora Singers are approaching the 2020/21 concert season.…
Guelph Arts Council offers free workshops to help creative workers and businesses recover from pandemic losses
GUELPH – Guelph Arts Council (GAC) is offering four free online workshops to help visual artists,…
Elora Centre for the Arts hosts in-person workshop
ELORA – The Elora Centre for the Arts is holding an in-person workshop on the art of story…
Ontario Forage Council offering free webinar series in December
MARKDALE – THE Ontario Forage Council is bringing back the Forage Focus conference. This year…
Guelph-Wellington paramedic tests positive for COVID-19
GUELPH – Eight local paramedics are self-isolating after a fellow member of the Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service (GWPS) tested positive for COVID-19.
Appointment-only flu shot clinics offered in Mount Forest
MOUNT FOREST – Public health and the Mount Forest Family Health Team are offering three flu shot clinics here over the next three weeks.
Group ‘demands’ Nestle Waters sell/gift assets to municipalities, Six Nations
ABERFOYLE - Local water advocates are demanding that Nestlé Waters Canada revert the Aberfoyle plant back to public ownership as part of the company’s planned sale of its bottled water brands.
Legions discouraging attendance at scaled-back Remembrance Day services
WELLINGTON COUNTY – After struggling financially for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Royal Canadian Legion branches across the country will be forced to scale back Remembrance Day services and, in most cases, close them to the public altogether.
Public health: long-term care homes restricting outside trips, visitors
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Public health officials are reminding residents of recent changes at long-term care homes to help protect residents during the second wave of COVID-19.
Province provides advice on Halloween celebrations
TORONTO — The province is recommending all Ontarians avoid Halloween parties and take precautions if trick-or-treating.
WHSS students install ‘message of gratitude, respect to frontline workers’
MOUNT FOREST – A group of students from Wellington Heights Secondary School in Mount Forest have installed a sign in front of the school thanking frontline workers for their dedication during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health Care Heroes Radiothon raises over $340,000 for local hospitals
WINGHAM – The 19th Annual CKNX Health Care Heroes Radiothon has raised $342,677 for ten area hospitals.
Victim sent to hospital with serious injuries in Fergus incident
FERGUS – One person is in police custody and another was sent to hospital with serious injuries after an incident early Saturday morning, but police are providing little information about what happened.
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Shelburne home
GUELPH – Public health officials have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Dufferin Oaks Long-Term Care home in Shelburne.