WELLINGTON NORTH – The Guelph to Owen Sound inter-community transit bus (GOST) will continue running through Wellington North for the next two years after a new agreement was recently inked.
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Statistics Canada launches tool to compare quality of life in Canadian municipalities
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Compared to Guelph and Toronto, Wellington County has a high quality of life in terms of housing and poverty, but less people here have post-secondary education, according to data from Statistics Canada.
Railway passenger service in north Wellington ended in 1970
Nov. 1, 1970 marked the end of an era for transportation in north Wellington.
Long weekend charges
ORILLIA – Police say the August long weekend was a “tragic” one on Ontario’s roads, waterways and trails, with the OPP responding to eight fatalities.
Hazardous household waste depot in Aberfoyle for August
ABERFOYLE - The County of Wellington mobile household hazardous waste depot is moving from the Riverstown Waste Facility to the Aberfoyle Waste Facility, and will be there for the month of August.
Upcoming EWFHT workshops
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The East Wellington Family Health Team is providing another month of free workshops to help folks reach good health.
Police Beat: ‘Good Samaritans’ scammed in separate incidents
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local police are investigating two identical scams perpetrated on what they are calling “would-be good Samaritans.”
Canada and Ontario bolstering honey bee health
TORONTO – The governments of Canada and Ontario are spending up to $1.375 million through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to help improve the resiliency and competitiveness of beekeeper operations in Ontario.
Driver airlifted to hospital
CALEDON – An Erin resident was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a serious crash here on Sunday.
Gardeners growing keystone plants essential to ecosystem
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Monarch caterpillars eat only one thing: milkweed. Without the plant, the caterpillars cannot survive, and monarch butterfly populations plummet.