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"It is Real and it is Imminent:" Local Waste Fee Labelled Part of Remedy to Provincial Capacity Crisis
WELLINGTON COUNTY - While a new minimum waste fee isn't beloved by Wellington County residents, their Manager of Solid Waste Services told Centre Wellington council Monday it's a necessary one, to att...
Grand at 101 News Staff May 13, 2025 photo county of wellington
"Keep Doing What We're Doing:" CW Council Endorses Traffic Calming Policy Update
CENTRE WELLINGTON - Centre Wellington council endorsed a Traffic Calming Policy Update at a meeting Monday afternoon. Manager of Engineering Adam Gilmore gave the update to council at the meeting. He ...
Grand at 101 News Staff May 13, 2025 Photo Credit: Austin Cardinell.
Wellington North Council Raises Concerns Over Cost of Arthur Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansions
ARTHUR - Several worries were presented regarding the Arthur Wastewater Treatment Plant's future expansions, one councillor citing she is "gravely concerned" about where necessary funding will come fr...
Grand at 101 News Staff May 09, 2025 Arthur Water Tower (Screenshot Google Maps)
'Make Today Awesome:' New Motto Highlights Expanded Year 21 of Special Olympics
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Splitting into a pair of events this year, the 21st edition of the Special Olympics for local students is ready to kick off next week. Banding together will be the Upper Grand Dist...
Grand at 101 News Staff May 07, 2025 Via UGDSB, X.
"The Real Heroes Are at the Grassroots, Local Level:" Patrick Anderson Excited for Post-Retirement Endeavour in Fergus
FERGUS - While three Paralympic gold medals highlight the career of a Fergus native in wheelchair basketball, there's much more to the story for him. Patrick Anderson, who grew up in Fergus, claims "r...
Grand at 101 News Staff May 06, 2025 Patrick Anderson. photo: Wheelchair Basketball Canada
The Art of Support: Creative Pathways for Caregiving Set to Bring "Insightful" Discussion to ECFTA
ELORA - For the first time, an Elora Centre for the Arts (ECFTA) Vibrant Visions Series event will focus in specifically on caregivers. The Art of Support: Creating Pathways for Caregiving will featur...
Grand at 101 News Staff May 02, 2025 The Elora Centre for the Arts. Photo by Kate Stockmann.
Grand River Agricultural Society Board Voices Support for Much-Discussed CW Battery Energy Storage System
CENTRE WELLINGTON - While many questioned planners and developers alike at a council meeting in Centre Wellington Monday, one well-known local group let it be known they're encouraging the green light...
Grand at 101 News Staff May 01, 2025 Rendering of the site from the view of Second Line. Aypa Power.
Automated Speed Enforcement Dollars to be Spread Not Just in ASE Zones
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Automated Speed Enforcement cameras have been up and running in Wellington County for about three months now, but one thing was still to be determined. Where should revenue go? Sev...
Grand at 101 News Staff Apr 25, 2025 Photo by Riley Gillespie-Wilson.
"A Crisis:" Lack of Available Childcare Before Local Council Once More
WELLINGTON COUNTY - One of several instances where childcare/daycare was a focus in Wellington County was spearheaded by Centre Wellington Mayor Shawn Watters last year. This time around, the topic wa...
Grand at 101 News Staff Apr 25, 2025 Mary Lloyd addresses council. Photo by Riley Gillespie-Wilson.
Residents Object to Idea of Truck Yard in Rural Guelph/Eramosa at Public Meeting
GUELPH/ERAMOSA - Various concerns were raised by many Guelph/Eramosa Township residents at a public meeting on Tuesday night, as they vouched against a new truck yard near Highway 7. The three-plus ho...
Grand at 101 News Staff Apr 23, 2025 Photo via report, Guelph/Eramosa Township.