News

ARTHUR – Students in Grades 4 to 8 at St. John Catholic School had the opportunity to learn to curl with the Arthur Curling Club this month. 

MAPLETON – Sweet Rose Accounting recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new business located at 25 Drayton Industrial Dr., Unit E, in Drayton.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Hold your horses, because there’s a new sport taking the equestrian world by storm. 

FERGUS – Awards were presented at the February meeting at Fergus Legion Br. 275 to the Remembrance Day poster and literary contest winners from Fergus area schools.

MAPLETON – Deputy fire chief Callise Loos said four stations responded to the blaze, on Concession 8 northwest of Moorefield, on Feb. 25 at about 10:30am. There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters and the barn was empty at the time.

MAPLETON – Staff and council here have expended “a significant amount of time, effort and resources” applying for provincial and federal funding for housing development and community growth over the last two years, but all four of the applications the township submitted were unsuccessful. 

PUSLINCH – In the face of looming U.S. tariffs, Puslinch council has agreed to prioritize buying Canadian.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating after a person arrested by local police reported an injury while in custody.

ELORA – Centre Wellington deputy fire chief Jonathan Karn told the Advertiser a building adjacent to the Gorge Cinema collapsed, likely due to the weight of snow.

ABERFOYLE – The debate hosted by the Optimist Club of Puslinch on Feb. 20 gave voters the opportunity to ask their own questions.

GUELPH – A Guelph teenager has been charged in connection with a bomb threat that closed John F. Ross high school on Monday. Upper Grand District School Board officials say they notified police about an emailed threat shortly after 6am on Feb. 24.