Author Archives: Rob Dutton
DOWNTOWN FERGUS BIA: 'WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS'
There are over 180 businesses that are part of the Downtown Fergus Business Improvement Area (BIA), and many of them are experiencing struggles due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fergus BIA wants the c...
Jan 21, 2021 Photo by: Pxhere.
ONTARIO REMINDING PUBLIC TO STAY HOME AND TRAVEL ONLY WHEN NECESSARY
News Release January 21, 2021 TORONTO The Ontario government is working with transportation agencies and providers to support the Stay-At-Home Order and help stop the spread of COVID-19. Using tools l...
Jan 21, 2021 Photo via Ontario Government Twitter page
TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE WELLINGTON APPROVES 2021 BUDGET
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 19, 2021 CENTRE WELLINGTON - Yesterday afternoon, Council approved the 2021 budget. This budget, with a 1.33% increase in taxation represents a balance between m...
Jan 19, 2021 Township of Centre Wellington
Swap Talk Guests - January 19
Bobbie Turner from the Children's Foundation Guelph Wellington, information about the Student Nutrition Program - Emily Forster Programme Assistant at the Wellington County Museum and Archives, innova...
Jan 18, 2021
DISTRESS LINE CALLS TO FCSSGW HAVE QUADRUPLED SINCE PANDEMIC STARTED
The third Monday of January has always been dubbed "Blue Monday" which claims to be the most depressing day of the year. Since the beginning of the pandemic back in March 2020, calls to the distress l...
Jan 18, 2021 A woman with a medical face mask looks out the window. Photo by: Pxhere
ONTARIO EXTENDS REOPENING ONTARIO ACT ORDERS
News Release January 16, 2021 TORONTO - The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, is extending most orders currently in force under the Reopening Ontario (A Fle...
Jan 18, 2021
LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER HELPS RAISE $11,520 FOR BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRE WELLINGTON
One of the most impactful connections a Fergus resident has had in her life, was the experience of having a big sister from the Big Brothers Big Sisters program when she was a child. Katie Pope, co-ow...
Jan 15, 2021 Katie Pope, co-owner of Motion Electrical Contracting Inc. helped raise $11,520 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Centre Wellington. Photo by: Katie Pope
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR ONTARIO'S SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT GRANT
News Release January 15, 2021 TORONTO - The Ontario government has opened applications for the new Ontario Small Business Support Grant. The grant, first announced in December, provides a minimum of $...
Jan 15, 2021
WOMAN ARRESTED AT GUNPOINT IN DOWNTOWN GUELPH
Media Release - January 15, 2021 A Guelph female was arrested at gunpoint in the downtown core Thursday after a witness saw her put a handgun in her waistband. The Guelph Police Service received a cal...
Jan 15, 2021 photo courtesy Guelph Police Service
CWDHS STUDENTS CREATE ONLINE PORTAL TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
Students in the hospitality class at Centre Wellington District High School (CWDHS) are normally focused on culinary skills in the kitchen, but with the shift to online learning they've had to switch ...
Jan 14, 2021 Centre Wellington District High School in Fergus, Ontario. Photo by: Kayla Kreutzberg
