GUELPH – Erin’s St. John Brebeuf Catholic School chose Grade 8 student Jack Santos as this year’s recipient of its VIP Award.
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UGDSB takes steps to divest from American suppliers
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board has passed a policy to avoid purchasing from American suppliers whenever possible.
Public weighs in on locations for industrial land in Puslinch
PUSLINCH – They call it Puslinch by Design – a Wellington County and Township of Puslinch initiative to determine where new industrial lands will be located in the township. The public was invited to a meeting at the PCC on Feb 26 to weigh in.
Boundary approved for new Fergus elementary school
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) has set the boundary for the new elementary school set to open in Fergus in September.
Agreement in place to clean up collapsed building in Elora
ELORA – The township will pay its own way as it cleans up an unoccupied building in downtown Elora that collapsed last week.
Measles circulating in region: public health
GUELPH – Local public health officials are encouraging vaccination after confirming a local case of measles as well as possible exposure at a recent event in Guelph.
Puslinch officials confirm a ‘number of departures’ from fire department
PUSLINCH – The township would neither confirm nor deny that a senior firefighter was recently fired, causing several other firefighters to quit in solidarity.
Patients moved after ‘small fire’ at Groves hospital
FERGUS – Patients had to be moved to a different wing, but no one was injured in a fire at Groves hospital on Sunday morning. Emergency crews responded to the hospital shortly after 7am on March 2.
County hands out economic development awards
GUELPH – Wellington County handed out two awards at its Feb. 27 council meeting, recognizing the contributions of two individuals to economic development in the county.
Kat Florence opens fund, reporting tool to help victims of online bullying
ELORA – After vowing to go after Facebook commenters who have defamed or libelled the business, its owners and their family, Kat Florence Canada has started a fund to help others in the same boat.
Joseph Racinsky rides blue wave to Queen’s Park
WELLINGTON-HALTON HILLS – The blue wave that swept across Ontario Thursday night, swept across Wellington-Halton Hills as well as Progressive Conservative candidate Joseph Racinsky was elected with a sweeping majority.
PC incumbent Matthew Rae wins big in Perth-Wellington
PERTH-WELLINGTON – Progressive Conservative candidate Matthew Rae has been re-elected as MPP in Perth-Wellington. Rae won the Feb. 27 election with 20,752 votes, or 47% of the 44,149 votes cast in the riding.
One person dead after three-vehicle crash near Ariss
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Emergency crews responded to the scene, on Wellington Road 51 near Ariss, on Feb. 28 at about 6:45am.
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Two drivers taken to trauma centre after serious crash in Mapleton
MAPLETON – Two drivers were seriously injured – one of them ejected from their vehicle – in a crash near Alma on Thursday morning.