News

GUELPH – Joanne Guidoccio has launched a second career for herself as a writer. 

EDEN MILLS – Canadian authors and readers of all ages will reunite for the 36th annual Eden Mills Writers’ Festival (EMWF) on Sept. 8 in the riverside village of Eden Mills. 

WELLINGTON COUNTY – A new season for Girl Guides will start up in September, but some kids may not get to take part unless more volunteers step up to lead the troops.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – An artist from Lethbridge, Newfoundland has brought her colourful, textile traditional pieces to Elora for all to enjoy. 

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The Fergus/Elora District Soccer U13 Boys rep team defeated the Orangeville Storm 3-1 on July 24 at Victoria Park in Fergus.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The Fergus Elora District Soccer Club has enjoyed a busy summer, with over 1,200 players participating in special needs, youth and adult programs.

CARLETON PLACE – Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) officials are extremely appreciative of the Government of Ontario’s swift response in implementing enhancements to the Feeder Cattle Loan Guarantee Program.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Dancers from the Blue Bonnet Lassies School of Highland Dance have been busy with highland dance competitions this spring and summer.

ABOYNE – Gardeners know that collecting rainwater and using it to water their gardens is a smart way to conserve water. 

ELORA – Members of Seedrioru, an Estonian cultural centre outside Elora, are reeling after accusations that a summer camp it offers for children of its members secretly honours Nazis.

FERGUS – The stretching and weight rooms at the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex are about to be merged to make way for more office space. That has some members worried it will become too crowded and potentially unsafe in the weight room, with not enough space to properly stretch.

ROCKWOOD – The Special Investigations Unit has designated a "subject official" in Nathaniel Schofield's case, meaning an officer's conduct appears "to have been the cause of the incident" that led to his death.

ERIN – Emergency crews responded to a single-vehicle crash on the Elora Cataract Trail, near the 4th Line in Erin, on July 28 at about 11pm.

ERIN – The U15 Girls Hillsburgh Erin and District Soccer team flew over 1,000km to the midwestern state of Minnesota and came home champions.