DRAYTON – Next year will mark 150 years since Drayton’s incorporation as a village, and locals are planning to celebrate with a big birthday bash.
Community News
Mount Forest Curling Club to host provincial championship
MOUNT FOREST – The Mount Forest Curling Club is getting set to host the U18 Men's and Women's 2025 Provincial Curling Championship from Jan. 8 to 12, 2025, and volunteers are needed to make the event a success.
Council approves $36,000 in grants, fee waivers for community organizations
KENILWORTH – Wellington North council has approved more than $36,000 worth of community grants and donations for 2025.
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.
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.
Council awards $156,000 tender for drain works
MINTO – Council here approved a bid of $156,000 for the construction of municipal drain 120.
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.
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.
Moorefield welcomes Santa Claus to town with annual parade
MOOREFIELD – Snowy weather created a magical scene in Moorefield on Dec. 7 as the community welcomed Santa to its annual parade.
Reflections
Sometimes when I’m out and about and encounter a parent/parents with a newborn baby I “ooh” and “aah” about the beautiful child – what newborn isn’t the cutest baby in Canada? – then I ask if its their first one and how it’s going, and whether they are getting any sleep, etc.
Santa and Mrs. Claus bring snow to Drayton’s annual parade
MAPLETON – Drayton’s downtown streets were lined with happy, smiling faces during the annual Santa Claus parade on a snowy Dec. 6. Festively adorned floats, sparkling lit-up trucks and tractors, and cheerful performers made the seasonal spectacle not only merry, but very bright.
Harriston residents sizeable donation of $125,000 to MRI+ Campaign
MINTO – Ron and Gerry Leslie of Harriston are pictured with grateful members of the MRI+ Campaign Committee.
Fire and Ice New Year’s event to be held at Palmerston arena on Dec. 29
PALMERSTON – The Town of Minto, Minto Fire and All Aboard Palmerston want to light up the sky and bring the fun with the Pre-New Year’s Eve event, Fire and Ice, on Dec. 29.
Louise Marshall emergency department closed Saturday
MOUNT FOREST – According to a press release from North Wellington Health Care, which operates the Mount Forest hospital, the department was to close on Dec. 7 between 12 and 9pm.
Minto-Mapleton Family Health Team receives one of 100 new doctors
MINTO – Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones joined MPP for Perth-Wellington Matthew Rae in Palmerston to announce the addition of 100 new family doctors coming to serve rural and northern communities starting in 2025.