WELLINGTON COUNTY – Minto-Mapleton Family Health Team nurse practitioner Chantelle Koeslag will be this year’s recipient of the Neil Dunsmore Power of One Award, which recognizes suicide prevention work.
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Benefactor offers solution to downtown Elora’s garbage problem
ELORA – Not everyone thinks Molok bins are the solution to garbage problems in downtown Elora, even if a benefactor is willing to take on the capital cost of installation.
Former Goldstone church to become duplex
MAPLETON – Owners of a vacant church on Wellington Road 8 have some significant renovations planned.
Wait is over: former Fergus resident receives Peace Tower flag after 16 years
KITCHENER – After a long 16-year wait, a Kitchener man has received one of the many Canadian flags to mark the skies above the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Fergus Agricultural Society names three lifetime members
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Three outstanding community volunteers have been named lifetime members of the Fergus Agricultural Society.
Elora cyclist dead after being hit by vehicle
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Emergency crews responded to the scene, on Wellington Road 18 between Wellington Road 7 and 8th Line West, on Sept. 17 at about 8pm.
Local senior loses $500 to lottery scam
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local police are again issuing a warning about scams after a local senior was victimized by a lottery scam.
The rainforest Jewelry Collection: Rescue Orangutan Project
GUELPH – The Rain Forest Jewelry Collection is a fundraiser started by Patricia Cuthbert that looks to sell unwanted jewelry and donate funds
Senator Rob Black announces nominees for King Charles III Coronation Medal
OTTAWA – Seven Wellington County residents have been nominated for King Charles III Coronation Medals.
Township hosting first Puslinch Community Showcase on Oct. 5
PUSLINCH – The Township of Puslinch is excited to be holding the Puslinch Community Showcase, an event to highlight local businesses and boost economic development in the township.
O’Rourke now Guelph’s federal Liberal candidate
GUELPH – Dominique O’Rourke was acclaimed as Guelph’s Liberal Party of Canada candidate for the federal election scheduled for next year.
Celebrate this year’s ‘Tree of the Year’ on Sept. 21
FERGUS – This year’s Tree of the Year is a magnificent Northern Red Oak tree growing at 390 Provost Lane in Fergus at the home of Donna and Peter Wilson.
Lemonade fundraiser
GUELPH – Marion deJonge, 8, left, and Zoey deJonge, 6, organized a lemonade stand at their family’s business (Restoration Design) open house in Guelph in order to raise money for the Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington “Keep Kids Fed at school” program.
Fergus pianist to begin concert series at Melville United Church
FERGUS – Pianist Brad Halls looks to begin a third season of his musical concert series Mid-Day Music at Melville at the Melville United Church in Fergus Oct. 2.
Fundraising for soccer training in Spain
ERIN – Cole Upton has been playing soccer with H.E.A.D.S. (Hillsburgh Erin and District Soccer) since the age of three.