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Fergus COVID-19 assessment centre now open seven days a week
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington Health Care Alliance officials announced on Jan. 6 the centre, located at the former Groves hospital on Union Street, will be open every day from 10am to 6pm except for statutory holidays.
Minto CBO joining board of Ontario Building Officials Association
MINTO – Chief Building Official Terry Kuipers is joining the Ontario Building Officials Association (OBOA) board of directors.
Township seeks funding for choker lanes to calm traffic in Arthur
WELLINGTON NORTH – This township will seek funding for local infrastructure projects ranging from a backup generator to traffic calming measures, through a federal/provincial program that supports health and safety related projects.
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Royal Terrace in Palmerston on Dec. 30
GUELPH – Public health officials have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the Royal Terrace Long-Term and Residential Care facility in Palmerston.
Wellington North approves two CIP grants
WELLINGTON NORTH – Council here has approved Community Improvement Program (CIP) grants worth a total of just over $3,000 for two local businesses.
Wellington North council ponders looming development pressure
WELLINGTON NORTH – The pace of proposed development in both Mount Forest and Arthur has Wellington North council pondering how to keep up with needed infrastructure.
Mount Forest Chamber of Commerce presents Awards of Excellence
The Mount Forest Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of its 2020 Awards of Excellence on Dec. 18.
Minto, Wellington North attest to rendering plant’s positive impact
ROTHSAY – Two north Wellington municipalities have agreed to provide a resolution acknowledging the positive impact of the Rothsay rending plant on the local economy and agriculture industry, to back the company’s appeal before Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal on a planned expansion.
Business Resurgence Program part of plan to help local businesses through recovery
MINTO – Economic development manager Belinda Wick-Graham told councillors here plans are in the works to assist local businesses through what is expected to be a difficult first quarter of 2021.
Wellington North teen airlifted to hospital after serious snowmobile crash
WELLINGTON NORTH – Police are reminding Wellington County residents about snowmobile safety after a teenager was seriously injured here last week.
Mapleton’s Leona Ottens sets Guinness mark for fastest burpee mile
LISTOWEL – Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Leona Ottens’ Guinness World Record undertaking on Dec. 23 is that she still had enough in the tank afterward to do a victory jog around the Between The Lines (BTL) track with her children.
Public health identifies cases of COVID-19 at Centre Peel Public School
MAPLETON – Public health officials are asking students from Centre Peel Public School to self-isolate until Jan. 1 after three positive COVID-19 cases were found at the school.
Groups ensure isolated seniors in northern Wellington receive Christmas stockings
NORTH WELLINGTON - The Mapleton Seniors’ Centre for Excellence and VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) are spreading some Christmas cheer to older individuals living alone in northern Wellington County this season.
Lockdown response: municipalities announce local COVID-19 closures
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local municipalities, which had already scaled back operations under Ontario's red COVID-19 alert level, will close down tighter in response to the province-wide lockdown set to begin on Boxing Day.