Mount Forest

WELLINGTON NORTH – A scaled-back conceptual design for a proposed new outdoor pool in Mount Forest was approved by Wellington North council on Aug. 29. A detailed concept will go out for a market pricing assessment and return to council for more discussion.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - The return of September means crafting season is back – or did it ever leave? 

ARTHUR - The 166th Arthur Fall Fair runs Sept 8 to 11. Let’s Celebrate is the theme.

MOUNT FOREST – A local man has been charged with arson after portable toilets were set on fire here recently.

WELLINGTON NORTH - The Mount Forest water tower will receive a new coat of paint next year following the township’s successful application to the Canada Infrastructure Program. Grant dollars will cover 73 per cent of the predicted $1.12 million total cost.

MOUNT FOREST – The Mount Forest Horticultural Society is coming out of the pandemic with guns…

WELLINGTON NORTH - At a July 11 meeting of Wellington North council, Scott Robinson of Toronto-based architectural firm Tillmann Ruth Robinson Inc. fielded questions from councillors about the cost of a proposed new outdoor pool in Mount Forest to replace the recently closed Lion Roy Grant pool.

MOUNT FOREST – Staffing challenges are resulting in the closure of the emergency department at Louise Marshall Hospital overnight on July 16 and July 17.

MOUNT FOREST - The Lion Roy Grant playground has reopened as of July 5, following accessibility improvement work closing the playground for a little over two weeks.

WELLINGTON NORTH – The second of a four-stage study on how to regulate cannabis production and processing in Wellington North is complete, with county and township staff putting forward six policy recommendations to township council.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Council here voted to reimburse Mount Forest swimmers living within a specific area with $24 for each visit made to the township's outdoor pool in Arthur, up to a maximum of $500 per household, following the closure of the Lion Roy Grant outdoor pool.

WELLINGTON NORTH – The Lion Roy Grant outdoor pool in Mount Forest will remain dry this summer following a June 17 decision by Wellington North council not to repair the pool's liner.

WELLINGTON NORTH – A pickball program kicked off on May 30 and runs until August, three times a week, at the Mount Forest and District Sports Complex.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Faced with a lack of nursing staff trained in obstetrics care, North Wellington Health Care is halting obstetrics services at hospitals in Palmerston and Mount Forest from June 6 to at least Sept. 1.

WELLINGTON NORTH – A petition from resident Mark Baldock to permit the keeping of backyard chickens in the township ruffled some feathers at a May 24 council meeting.