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WELLINGTON NORTH - York Soaring Association members are speaking out about safety concerns with the proposed location of an Xplornet telecommunications tower. The Wellington Advertiser examines what's at stake and the convoluted tower approval process.

ROCKWOOD – 4-H Ontario is hosting a silent auction for a 2021 Honda Foreman TRX520 from Kitchener Waterloo Honda.

Pumpkin challenge – The 2021 Metz Community Giant Pumpkin and Zucchini challenge wrapped up with a weigh-in celebration on Sept. 25.

Harvest Festival – The Mapleton Drayton Agricultural Society’s Harvest Festival brought the…

Scholarships – Shayna Morphy, left, and Nina Hiddema each won a $1,000 academic scholarship…

Who let the cows out? - A Who Let the Cows Out? Town Tour was among the events at the Harriston-Minto Agricultural Society’s modified fall fair. For a donation to the fair participants could have a herd of cows planted on a someone’s lawn

British-style, sport-club tradition mixed with a little Canadian horse fun is the best way to describe the Wellington-Waterloo Hunter Pace event.

Lynn Smillie and her husband Peter Creighton have a passion for horses and a real talent for fundraising.  For the fourth consecutive year, Lynn and her team of hard-working volunteers are hosting Hooves for Hospice, a horsey fundraiser in support of Hospice Wellington. 

For many horse people, getting their horse or pony ready for the local fair is a special tradition.  It holds a certain nostalgia and often is connected to memories of past fairs, meeting up with old friends or proudly bringing home that red ribbon

DRAYTON – Some may consider it bizarre to quit more than a decade into a stable, secure job. And yet, that’s exactly what Stacey Bowles did.