Centre Wellington

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Nurse practitioner Chantelle Koeslag, second from left, was named this year’s recipient of the Neil Dunsmore Power of One Award, which recognizes an individual in the county whose actions have made a significant contribution toward suicide prevention.

FERGUS – Franklin Jull from Fergus helped sort out the apples to be pressed – and maybe took a bite – at an open house event at the Centre Wellington Food Forest on Sept. 28.

ELORA – Students from St. Mary Catholic School in Elora set off on their Terry Fox Run Sept. 27.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The township will take a regulatory approach to short-term rentals as it tries to balance the need for short- term accommodation for tourists with complaints from residents that it’s “the wild west” in residential neighbourhoods because of the way some Airbnbs operate.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The Elora Rocks senior hockey team is back for another season playing in the Western Ontario Super Hockey League (WOSHL). 

ELORA – Road construction, Moloks and termites were the hot topics at Mayor Shawn Watters’ town hall meeting on Sept. 17.

FERGUS – Canada’s first sanctioned international all-round weightlifting competition took place in Fergus on Aug. 25 and saw 17 world records set by eight Canadian athletes. 

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Pastor Peter Bush and his wife Debbie Bush were the only people who turned up for a prayer vigil at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church to mark International Day of Peace on Sept. 21.