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Two down, one to go
It was welcome news on Monday when “housing minister” Steve Clark resigned.
Moths
Maybe it’s the country life, but I feel I have come a long way in terms of my personal phobias of some of nature’s creatures that I have encountered this summer.
All charges against OPP officer dropped
GUELPH – Charges against a Wellington OPP officer have been withdrawn more than three years after they were first laid. Sukhvinder Singh Toor was charged in connection with secretly recorded conversations at the Rockwood OPP station.
BIA chair files complaint about derelict Mount Forest building
KENILWORTH – The chair of the Mount Forest Business Improvement Association (BIA) has taken the association’s grievances about the old tea room building, at 178 Main Street, to the township.
Louise Marshall Hospital emergency department to close Sept. 9 to 10
MOUNT FOREST – For the third time this summer, the emergency department at Louise Marshall Hospital here will temporarily close this weekend. The closure will take place between Sept. 9 at 5am and Sept. 10 at 7am.
Stephens, Hall win silver with Team Ontario at U13 National Lacrosse Championship
FERGUS – Two young Wellington athletes represented Ontario last month in Canada's first National Lacross Champtionship for U13 girls
Sunflowers towering in Wellington North
WELLINGTON NORTH – A.J. and Gordon Dunn planted sunflowers at the beginning of June at their home in Conestoga Estates in Wellington North.
Kick-off event planned for Aboyne Rural Hospice
ABOYNE – With the donation of land by Wellington County for a hospice facility here, organizers are going full-steam ahead to see the facility built as soon as possible. And they are organizing a community kick-off event on Sept. 15 at the Wellington County Museum and Archives to introduce the plan
Cambridge resident dead after Labour Day collision in Centre Wellington
CENTRE WELLINGTON – A Cambridge resident is dead following a crash involving a motorcycle and vehicle on Monday. Wellington County OPP officials say emergency crews were called to the collision between Fergus and Belwood on Sept. 4 just before 11am.
Second annual Centre Wellington Fun Day celebrates area’s diverse culture
CENTRE WELLINGTON - Elora’s Bissell Park was bumping with reggae, soca and Afro beats for Centre Wellington Fun Day on Sept. 3, presented by the Centre Wellington Black Committee.
She gave him her kidney – and he stole her heart
ELORA – Whether it was a match made in heaven remains to be seen, but doctors certainly approved the match between Emma Smith and Ben Doerksen. Smith got the all clear to donate her kidney to Doerksen late last year..
Blue-green algae found in Belwood Lake
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) has identified blue-green algae in Belwood Lake.
Council paves way for McDonald’s restaurant in Elora
ELORA – Centre Wellington council has agreed to lift a holding provision from a property on Wellington Road 7, paving the way for a McDonald's drive-thru restaurant.
Wellington North applies for Housing Accelerator Fund dollars, talks municipal funding
KENILWORTH – Wellington North hopes to dip into a $4-billion federal Housing Accelerator Fund as the municipality considers how it will pay for growth.