Centre Wellington

FERGUS - Over 2500 guests attended the second annual Enchanted Forest of Fergus, held Sept. 22 and 23 in the forested area behind the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex.

BELWOOD - The Belwood and District Lions Club held its annual voluntary toll bridge for Diabetes Canada Sept. 16 and 17 in Belwood on Wellington Road 26.

More than 130 enthusiastic riders came together on Sept. 23 to participate in the 6th annual Pedal for Portage event, raising $57,000 in support of Portage and the youth it serves.

ELORA – CUPE Local 4392, representing developmental service workers with Community Living Guelph Wellington, held two community events last weekend to draw public attention to what union officials are calling a “stalemate” after months of bargaining with their employer. 

FERGUS – St. Joseph Catholic School had its Terry Fox Run event on Sept. 21. As of that day, the school raised more than 65 per cent of its $5,200 goal.

ELORA — A “Concert with Addy-Tude” was a fundraiser in memory of Addisson Hill, a 14-year-old Fergus youth who succumbed to sarcoma cancer in 2022.

ELORA – Joseph Gibbons is a professor in fitness, exercise science and kinesiology at Humber College, and an accredited mental health first aid instructor and practitioner. 

FERGUS – Yarn bombing, or yarn graffiti, is a form of street art where public objects are wrapped or covered in yarn.

CENTRE WELLINGTON - Area artists opened their studios to visitors for the annual Elora Fergus Studio Tour on the weekend of Sept. 22 to 23.