Community News

TORONTO – Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus (WOWC) chair Glen McNeil participated in a series of meetings at Queen’s Park with provincial ministers and Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) on Nov. 20, to advance discussions on critical issues affecting small and rural municipalities in southwestern

NORWELL – The Norwell District Secondary School Varsity Girls hockey team started the season in the Listowel Lightning Early Bird Tournament on Nov. 15. The team played hard in game one to come back and defeat Listowel by a score of 2-1.

MOOREFIELD – Santa will be coming to town a little later than usual here. The village’s 2023…

MOUNT FOREST – The Mount Forest Lions recently presented Louise Marshall Hospital Foundation development officer Amy Van Huss, third from right, with a $5,700 donation.

PALMERSTON – Norwell District Secondary School students in teacher Jaime Cribbin’s cosmetology class recently visited residents at Royal Terrace Long-Term Care and Residential Living in Palmerston.

Eliana Marshall was one of two winners of the Henry Reed McCullough and Margaret McCullough scholarships.

MOUNT FOREST – The Mount Forest Curling Club officially unveiled its new “state- of-the-art” ice refrigeration plant installation and start-up last week.

MINTO –  A company planning to redevelop an energy storage facility in the Harriston Industrial Park is seeking a motion of support from Minto town council. 

MINTO – The Town of Minto will ask the Ontario government to leave a recent expansion of the Clifford Urban boundary in place.

MINTO – Water and sewage system capacity in some areas of Minto may not be sufficient to handle rapid growth without future upgrades, council here has learned.

HARRISTON - The Santa Claus parade lit up the night in the community’s downtown on Nov. 18.

MOUNT FOREST – Wellington Heights Secondary School in Mount Forest has announced a new cosmetology program will be launched at the school beginning in September 2024.  

PALMERSTON – Palmerston Public School (PPS) has had a long-standing vision of a new playground for its school yard. The old playground was in need of an upgrade.

PALMERSTON – Norwell District Secondary School hosted a community connections dinner that brought together community members, staff and students to connect and discuss ideas of how the school and community can work together to benefit students.

PALMERSTON – The Norwell District Secondary school junior boys volleyball team travelled to Shelburne to compete in the District 4 playoff tournament on Nov. 7.