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MOUNT FOREST – The latest fundraising campaign for the Louise Marshall Hospital Foundation will have the added bonus of brightening up the hospital for patients and staff who have to spend time there during the holiday season.

HARRISTON – The Orangeville Viking U11 boys hockey team will be playing in Harriston in hopes of raising funds for a little girl with acute lymphocytic leukemia. 

ERIN – Deputy fire chief Jim Peavoy was recognized for 50 years of service to the Erin community on Nov. 14, in a room filled with friends, family, council members and fellow firefighters. 

FERGUS – “We have been without a contract for nearly a year ... There’s not really any negotiating happening," said Anika Warmington, second vice president of CUPW Local 546. “We’re really far apart."

GUELPH – The county’s joint social services committee has endorsed a recommendation that would see solar panels installed on the roofs of three county-owned residential buildings at a cost of more than half a million. 

FERGUS – It looks like Strathallan Park might remain a park after all. The Wellington Catholic District School Board is re-examining its space needs and might not need to build a high school in the park.

GUELPH – An effort by the County of Wellington to increase the number of licensed day care providers in Guelph and the county seems to have paid off.

GUELPH – The board of health has approved the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health budget for 2025.

ERIN – Town officials are proposing a 2025 draft operating and capital budget that projects a 3.9 per cent levy tax increase with forecasts for the 2026-2028 tax rate increases.  

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Community Living Guelph Wellington is facing a $3-million deficit in 2025 and will be closing two of its residential sites to rein in expenses. 

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – A pair of alpacas from All In Alpacas were selected as this year’s Royal Winter Fair ambassadors and in turn embarked on a journey no other alpaca has been on.

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – The SIU is investigating after four people were injured, including one who was tasered, following a police chase on Tuesday that started in Halton Region and ended in Guelph/Eramosa.

ERIN – Near the end of October, boxes filled with new clothes such as sweatshirts, men’s briefs, boots and more arrived at the UCHS thrift store located in Georgetown.

MAPLETON – Woodham, who served as a Mapleton councillor from 2014 to 2018, is filling the seat vacated by former councillor Martin Tamlyn.

ERIN – Wellington County OPP officials say emergency crews responded to a report about a structure fire on Player Drive in north Erin on Nov. 13 at about 12:45am.