Sporting life – Artist Blaze Wiradharma was busy working on the latest public art display for the Town of Minto last week, a sports-themed mural on the Cox Sanitation building in Harriston.
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Mapleton 4-H Heritage Club makes maple cookie bars and dipped candles at first meeting
MAPLETON – The Mapleton 4-H Heritage Club met for the first meeting.
Wellington Heights Secondary School Vocal Club performs at UGDSB system leaders meeting
Vocal Club -The Wellington Heights Secondary School Vocal Club performed Let It Be by the Beatles at the Upper Grand District School Board system leaders meeting on May 11 at the Grand Guelph Banquet and Event Centre.
Ontario’s first sim racing lounge is in Guelph
GUELPH – Ontario’s first simulation racing lounge has opened downtown here.
Horticultural society revived by banker Walter Newman
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
‘Brunch at the Barn’ event on June 4 to support local charities
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Join the Rotary Club of Guelph South on June 4 at its inaugural “Brunch at the Barn” fundraiser.
Here comes the bus
CENTRE WELLINGTON – The downtown shuttle bus program here is returning for the summer.
Man committed ‘indecent act’ near day care centre
GUELPH – The Guelph Police Service is investigating after reports of a male committing an indecent act near a day care centre.
Drayton senior recalls journey across Atlantic ocean
DRAYTON – Bill Vanlenthe has always had a passion for boating.
Student nutrition programs bring healthy food to hungry minds
PALMERSTON – It was no surprise that on a dreary rainy day, the sun shone brightly just as the Blessings to You Centre volunteers presented a cheque for $10,000.
Fergus businesses evacuated, highway closed for gas leak
FERGUS – A portion of Highway 6 (St. David Street North) in Fergus was closed and a number of businesses evacuated on Sunday due to a gas leak.
Road projects get more expensive with rising cost of asphalt
ELORA – The rising cost of asphalt is impacting Centre Wellington’s road repair budget.
Health coalition names voting stations for health care referendum
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Guelph and District Health Coalition has arranged a number of voting stations as it plans, along with the Ontario Health Coalition, to hold a referendum on the state of Ontario’s health care system.
Mount Forest man charged with impaired driving causing death
WELLINGTON NORTH – A Mount Forest man is now charged with impaired driving causing death in a crash over three months ago that claimed the life of a Mount Forest woman.
Hundreds of properties with heritage value struck from town list following provincial changes
ERIN - Hundreds of properties once deemed to have cultural or heritage value have been removed from Erin’s heritage register in “one foul swoop.”