WELLINGTON COUNTY – Communities across the county took time to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in war on Nov. 11.
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Church members expand Poppy Project in Elora
ELORA – Members of St. John Anglican Church have expanded the Poppy Project initiated by the church last year.
Bored from the pandemic? Come out to the Elora Adventurers and enjoy a vicarious adventure
ELORA - Ian Evans and Rick Goodfellow know from experience that people love to hear adventure stories. And for the past 12 years the group they founded, Elora Adventurers, has been meeting monthly to listen to a guest speaker talk about theirs.
‘We Will Remember Them’ display an invitation to learn personal history of veterans
ABOYNE – With the start of November comes a marker of remembrance that has become an important tradition on the sprawling lawn of the Wellington County Museum and Archives, (WCMA).
‘Bluebird’ Alice Hindley cared for Canada’s wounded in First World War
ABOYNE – When nurse Alice Hindley boarded the S.S. Adriatic in Halifax on May 19, 1916, she couldn’t have known what lay in store on the other side of the Atlantic.
Fergus Lions Club, Reliable Ford launch annual Christmas drive
FERGUS – The Fergus Lions Club has launched its annual Christmas drive in cooperation with Reliable Ford – and for the third year in a row, officials are asking for gift cards in lieu of actual toys.
OPINION: Look to veterans for a better today, a better tomorrow
FERGUS – This week we mark the 103rd commemoration of Remembrance Day in Canada.
Newly-formed Fergus cadets are 50-strong, will participate in Nov. 11 services this year
FERGUS – Captain Darren Storey thought there would be plenty of youth interested in joining a cadet program here – and boy, was he right.
Remembrance starts with poppies, ends with respect at St. Mary Catholic School
ELORA – On the wall, in the hallway just a short distance through the front door of St. Mary Catholic School in Elora, a cut-out of a solider is pasted to the wall.
Jennifer Adams named new Wellington County clerk
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Jennifer Adams is set to join County of Wellington staff as the municipality’s new clerk.