Centre Wellington

CENTRE WELLINGTON – A local firefighter was airlifted to hospital on Tuesday after a fire truck went into a ditch on Sideroad 10 near Wellington Road 7.

FERGUS – There’s nothing random about being kind, says Abby Graham. It takes education, thoughtful action and, for the Grade 12 student at Centre Wellington District High School, she hopes it will also involve signing a pledge.

BELWOOD – The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating after a 21-year-old man suffered serious injuries in a snowmobile crash near Belwood Lake.

ELORA – Gemini Homes Inc. has voided the contracts of 32 purchasers of homes in the South River development in Elora, leaving many scrambling for accommodation and almost all wondering how they will ever get into the housing market now.

ELORA – There aren’t too many places you can get a free lunch these days, but in Elora there’s an organization that’s feeding 30 or 40 people twice a month. 

ELORA – The Wellington County Historical Society (WCHS) is on track to publish a manuscript of Elora’s history, one that carries on the legacy of late historian and columnist Stephen Thorning. 

ORANGEVILLE – Michelle Hanson, the 38-year-old mother who plead guilty to criminal negligence causing death in the 2018 drowning of her three-year-old Kaden Young, has received a two-year conditional sentence.

CENTRE WELLINGTON - Local restaurant owner-operators who opened their doors between 2019 and 2020 are struggling with the effects of pandemic restrictions and are trying to hold on for better days.

FERGUS – After two years of hosting virtual fairs, organizers of the Fergus Fall Fair figure this is a good time to regroup and are asking the community to help them set a new path going forward.

Giant Tiger fundraiser – Staff at Giant Tiger in Fergus participated in a recent fundraiser. The…