WELLINGTON COUNTY – Nominations for the 2022 municipal election are open.
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‘Billy Bishop Goes To War’ launches 2022 season at St. Jacobs Schoolhouse Theatre
ST. JACOBS – The acclaimed Canadian musical memoir Billy Bishop Goes To War will launch the 2022 Season at the St. Jacobs Schoolhouse Theatre this month.
Silence Guelph’s “Keep Hope Alive Festival” to begin early May
GUELPH – Even before the unique challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, live-event DIY spaces like Silence, in Guelph, were struggling both to provide musicians and artists with rewarding opportunities and fair fees, but also just to keep their doors open.
REVIEW: Rock n Roll Is Here to Stay a rip-roaring good time
ORANGEVILLE – Two years ago, just weeks before the world was rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic, this reviewer wrote that Theatre Orangeville was two-for-two in staging successful concert-type musical reviews by Leisa Way and The Wayward Wind Band.
CVC urges caution around birds during increase in avian influenza cases
MISSISSAUGA – The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are currently responding to cases of avian influenza virus (AIV) in southern Ontario.
Business briefs: Funds to assist pandemic-impacted tourism businesses available
WELLINGTON COUNTY – A new program to help tourism businesses, organizations and municipalities recover from the impacts of the pandemic is available through Regional Tourism Organization 4 (RTO4).
Rae opens campaign office
HARRISTON - Matthew Rae, Progressive Conservative candidate for Perth-Wellington, opened his Harriston and Wellington County campaign office on May 1.
Davidson to seek re-election as mayor of Mapleton
MAPLETON – Current Mapleton Township Mayor Gregg Davidson has announced his intent to seek re-election in the 2022 municipal election in October.
Registration open for Ontario 4-H Foundation golf tournaments
ROCKWOOD – The Ontario 4-H Foundation is preparing for its annual fundraising golf tournaments.
‘Nursing Through Crisis’ fitting theme for National Nursing Week
Nurses across the province are being celebrated during Nursing Week from May 9 to 15, coinciding with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, considered the founder of modern nursing.