SOUTHGATE – More than a year after she was reported missing, Monica Chisar’s remains were discovered in a wooded area just north of Mount Forest. She was just 29 years old. A 19-month investigation led detectives to Hamilton, and a Kosovo expat on the run from U.S. authorities.
Wellington County
Officials cut ribbon at supportive housing facility at 10 Shelldale Crescent
GUELPH – Ribbons have been cut, a funding glitch resolved and now the doors are open on a new 32-unit permanent supportive housing building in Guelph that Wellington County Warden Andy Lennox is calling a “beacon of hope.”
Former Semex CEO Paul Larmer entering Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame
TORONTO – Former Semex chief executive officer Paul Larmer will be inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame this fall.
Saugeen Connects take on record-breaking numbers for Saugeen Student Start-Up
WELLINGTON COUNTY – This is the fifth year running the Saugeen Student Start-Up Program with Saugeen Connects, and the program has now provided over 250 students with start-up funding and interactive training/workshops to try entrepreneurship over the summer months.
Farmers’ Market Box Series delivers local produce from county markets
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Customers don’t even have to go to the farmers’ market to be able to enjoy market wares, thanks to the Farmers’ Market Box Series from the County of Wellington’s Taste Real program.
Thieves hit Russell and Steele stores twice in six months
One of the consequences of the widespread popularity of motor cars and improved roads in the 1920s was the appearance of a new type of criminal: the thief who used a getaway car.
At The Library: Summer reading has officially begun at the library
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Our Summer Reading Club has officially begun!
Wellington North man charged with murder in 2019 death of Jason Brown
MINTO – Police have charged a third person – a Wellington North man – in connection with the 2019 kidnapping and death of Jason John Brown.
Legal clinic supports Indigenous people with name change services
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Indigenous people’s traditional names were often taken through the residential school system, the Indian Act, the Sixties Scoop, and other colonial practices.
Wicked Welly Farm and Apiary offers farm tours
WELLINGTON COUNTY – On the 25-acre Wicked Welly Farm & Apiary, the Viet family raises a variety of livestock and produces maple syrup and freeze-dried products, all of which are sold at their on-farm shop.