Community News

KENILWORTH — The "High, Healthy, Happy" motto on the Mount Forest water tower is here to stay, Wellington North council has decided.

MINTO – The sale of two Palmerston Industrial Park building lots, including one for a condominium-style business park complex, have been approved by town council.

NORTH WELLINGTON – Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Wellington (BBBS) has cancelled its annual Bowl for Kids Sake fundraiser due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MINTO – Town council has approved spending up to $19,500 on an action plan to support local non-profit service and cultural organizations dealing with the impact of COVID-19.

MINTO – A group fighting a proposal to locate an underground dumpsite for radioactive nuclear waste in neighbouring South Bruce brought its concerns to council here on Feb. 2.

KENILWORTH – A Wellington North councillor has expressed concern about the lack of parkland in a proposed subdivision in Mount Forest.

MINTO – Council here has approved the Harriston Flood Mitigation Study and directed staff to work on designs and a financial plan to implement the study’s recommendations, including diversion of the Maitland River around the town.

MOUNT FOREST – Increased traffic congestion along Mount Forest Drive has compelled Wellington North council to step in and restrict parking along the road.

MAPLETON – The township will increase interment fees in municipally-operated cemeteries by 10 per cent a year in order to make up for a long-standing shortfall in care and maintenance charges.

MAPLETON – Adoption of green building standards doesn’t have to be an impediment to local development, says Wellington County’s climate change coordinator Karen Chisholme.

Outdoor fun – With so many activities shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ice rinks offer…

It’s Groundhog Day as I write this and in the real-world sense of this odd North American tradition, Wiarton Willie has surely seen his shadow this sunny morn and an early spring is thereby anticipated.

Snow contest – The Optimist Club of Moorefield is holding a snow sculpture contest. Local…

MAPLETON — Lower literacy skills among rural Canadian youths has inspired a local university student to take action and bring “little libraries” to the Mapleton area.

MINTO – Entries in the Snow Sculptures with a Twist contest can be seen online, as well as…