Wellington North

WELLINGTON COUNTY - There are more than 15,000 patients in Waterloo Region, Guelph and Wellington County waiting on surgeries or procedures that have been postponed due to the pandemic.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Council here recently backed an Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) paper addressed to Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey in 2019, taking issue with how municipalities are tapped for reward payments in lawsuits involving liability. 

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Long-term care homes in the county experiencing staffing shortages are expected to receive additional staffing support from the province.

MOUNT FOREST – A 14-year-old based in London, England and a comics illustrator from Mount Forest have recently collaborated on a graphic novel.

WELLINGTON NORTH – The cost of insuring the township has been rising year-over-year since 2019, when the market began trending above the rate of inflation – and this year is no exception, with no end in sight.

WELLINGTON NORTH - The Wellington North Farmers Market is making plans to open for its ninth season on June 25.

MOUNT FOREST – A local man has been charged with arson in connection with a suspicious house fire here last year.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – All library branches across the county will reopen on Feb. 14. Officials closed the branches on Dec. 1 in response to rising cases of COVID-19 in the community.

OTTAWA – Perth-Wellington MP John Nater recently paid tribute to a Mount Forest youth who lost a lengthy battle with brain cancer, calling him a “superhero” who put others ahead of himself.

GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health wants parents of children in Grades 7, 8 and 9 to know their child’s vaccination series might not be complete.