GUELPH – Early Wednesday afternoon someone broke into the Guelph Black Heritage Society (GBHS) Heritage Hall. The break-in follows years of threatening and hateful messages that have been increasing in frequency and intensity in recent months, GBHS officials say.
Wellington County
Boy, 14, faces 17 charges involving sexual assault, child porn
WELLINGTON COUNTY – A local 14-year-old boy faces 17 sex assault and child pornography charges involving multiple victims over a 10-month period last year.
County councillors ponder potential expansion of Wellington Terrace
GUELPH – Wellington County councillors want to take a look into the future of the county’s retirement and long-term care facility. There are currently over 500 people on the home's waitlist – up from 300 just a few years ago.
‘It’s heartbreaking’: family calls attention to suspected puppy mills
WATERLOO - A Waterloo family that purchased two 10-week-old goldendoodle puppies from a Mapleton farmer now contends the animals were supplied by a puppy mill.
Credit Valley Conservation hosting well water safety webinar
MISSISSAUGA - Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) is hosting a free webinar about well water safety on April 12 from 7 to 8:30pm.
Launch of Telling Our Stories, Sharing Our Wisdom
Quite an idea – Nye sisters Gloria, middle, and Alberta, right, organized the initiative to write…
Mapleton Township threatens fines for local farmer selling puppies
MAPLETON – Township officials are putting a local farmer selling puppies out of his barn on notice. Two puppies recently purchased from the farm were euthanized after being diagnosed with parvovirus, a vaccine-preventable disease.
Ontario Envirothon competition returns to in-person programming in Grand River region
BARRIE – The 2023 Ontario Envirothon competition is returning to in-person programming in the Grand River region this year.
Number of municipal employees on ‘Sunshine List’ grows by 22%
WELLINGTON COUNTY – In total, 129 employees of Wellington County and its seven lower-tier municipalities were on the 2022 Public Sector Salary Disclosure List, up from 106 in 2021.
Provincial budget ‘will help us build a stronger Ontario’: Rae
TORONTO – The provincial government says its 2023-24 budget, introduced on Thursday, includes key investments in housing, agriculture and health care, while opposition parties say the plan falls short in a number of areas.