Centre Wellington

Junior boys – Pictured here is the Centre Wellington District High School junior boys volleyball…

ABOYNE – Mark Weidmark is surely on Santa’s nice list after winning not one but two prizes from the Rural Wellington Hospitals 50/50 draw and giving a good chunk of it to community organizations.

FERGUS – Pushing to create public awareness on the importance of cybersecurity education, Centre Wellington District High School (CWDHS) computer tech teacher Tim King has been shortlisted for a Cyber Security Award in the category of Cyber Security Influencer of the Year.

ELORA – Centre Wellington has announced that its current treasurer and managing director of corporate services, Dan Wilson, has been hired as the township’s new chief administrative officer. 

FERGUS – Two people and a dog were taken to hospital following an apartment fire here on Sunday. The Fergus fire department responded to an alarm activation at 165 Gordon St. at around 8:30pm on Dec. 5.

FERGUS – Officials with Groves Memorial Community Hospital (GMCH) and Centre Wellington Township have taken the next step to formalize the division of the former hospital lands in Fergus.

GUELPH – Less than four months after retiring as director of education with the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB), Martha Rogers has died. Rogers, 73, passed away peacefully at her Elora home over the weekend.

FERGUS – “It’s sad that this erasure of Black history is (happening) throughout Wellington County,” says Denise Francis, president of the Guelph Black Heritage Society.

GUELPH – The Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) board heard a lot about COVID-19 at its Dec. 1 meeting: vaccines for children aged five to 11, booster vaccines, and the new Omicron variant that’s throwing a monkey wrench into plans.

OTTAWA – Senator Rob Black is pushing to pass a bill that would officially recognize Food Day on a national scale, while also carrying on the legacy of Canadian food champion Anita Stewart.