Centre Wellington Mayor Joanne Ross-Zuj will be county warden in 2010, unless another council member pulls off a last-minute challenge. "It's been a privilege to be in this chair over the last year," she told county councillors at the end of Monday's meeting in announcing her intention to continue as warden. "I'd like to continue wit

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health has opened its H1N1 clinics to the general population. Everyone in the health unit area can now get the shot, thanks to a delivery of vaccine Tuesday, Nov. 17. "We will receive 22,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine today," said local medical officer of health Dr. Nicola Mercer. "With this vaccine suppl

Local MPP Ted Arnott has come under attack by neighbouring MPP John Wilkinson for his stance on Liberal tax plans. "Ted Arnott votes against tax cuts and jobs for Wellington," is the headline of a Nov. 16 Liberal Ontario news release that quotes Perth-Wellington MPP John Wilkinson. "I think families in Wellington will be alarmed to f

Closing Tower Street in Fergus last week caused some traffic headaches for motorists, as vehicles were routed onto St. David Street South. Township public works director Ken Elder said there was "a bit of a backup" on St. David when Tower was first closed Nov. 16. With the street closed between Belsyde and Union, a

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is expanding its H1N1 flu vaccination program to include children between ages five and 19, in two waves. Elementary school children will be the focus at public clinics this week, medical officer of health Dr. Nicola Mercer said at a media briefing Friday morning. Special public clinics will be set up at six

By now, Nishin Nathwani may have already met British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a youth summit. The Centre Wellington high school Grade 12 student is one of only three young people from Canada going to the Global Youth Summit in the U.K., which started Sunday. Sixty youth activists from 44 countries were picked out of 1,100 who sent in a two-mi

 Arik Mahler and Stefan Radic go face to face in having a little dress rehearsal fun with the cast of The Crusader's Feast II. The show, produced by Blackthorn Productions, was hosted at the Centre Wellington Sportsplex on Saturday, Nov. 14. In addition to the guards facing off, troupe members went through one of the dances that was part of th

A local author has won a prestigious book award. “Anita Stewart's Canada - The Food, The Recipes, The Stories,” by Elora food activist Anita Stewart has won a gold medal in the English Canadian Food Culture Category of the 12th annual Canadian Culinary Book Awards. Announced Nov. 6, the awards are the culmination of months of deliberati

 Elora Festival Singers conductor Noel Edison leads his choir and the Talisker Players through 'Lobet den Herrn' by Johann Sebastian Bach during their Magnificent Motets: Music of Bach concert at Knox Presbyterian Church in Elora on Sunday, Nov. 15.

Publishing a book of personal photographs was a big step for photographer Sylvia Galbraith. But it's paid off - the first 100 copies were gone in three months, and just days after picking up another batch, 20 of them have sold too. "A Living River by the Door" features photographs of Belwood, Fergus, and Elora all

By the end of last Friday, Public Health was expecting to have given out all 41,500 doses of H1N1 vaccine it originally received – and should now be waiting for more. At a briefing to board of health members on Wednesday Nov. 4, medical officer of health Dr. Nicola Mercer said public health clinics would almost certainly run out of vaccine by

 About 300 students returned to Centre Wellington District High School Friday night for the annual Graduation Ceremony – filling the school’s cafetorium with friends, family, teachers and staff. Also returning for the evening was former principal Karen Welsh – she finished her education career with the school&rsqu

After years of waiting, and after countless fundraising drives, the time has come -- Groves Memorial Community Hospital finally opened its CT scanner suite. In a ceremony at the hospital on Friday, Groves president and CEO Jerome Quenneville joined a host of others involved with the project in cutting the ribbon for the scanner in its n

Close to 50 people gathered around the artwork in the Elora Centre for the Arts to hear two renowned abstract painters talk about art in the community. The Oct. 31 conversation featuring Ron Shuebrook and John Kissick explored the role of arts centres in providing places both for artists to work and for members of the community to lear

Local business organizations are getting together to promote shopping locally. The Elora and Fergus BIAs and Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce have formed the Fergus Elora Retail Alliance, designed to draw shoppers back to businesses across Centre Wellington. "We started talking about ways we can actually improve local shopping," said