Robin George

Gardening can boost mental, physical and emotional wellbeing. That’s one reason St. John Bosco Catholic High School students visit the Northfield Gardening Project to help grow food for Hope House’s Free Food Market. 

Grade 8 students Charlotte Vervoort and Seth Garrison have wowed their educators with the dedication and leadership they show at school. They were two of the three students recognized as VIPs during the Wellington Catholic District School Board meeting on April 7, along with Coleson Hartog. 

GUELPH – After a shaky ceasefire, Israel resumed air strikes on Gaza in the early hours of March 18, killing close to 800 within a week. People in Guelph and across the country are continuing to call on the Canadian government to impose an immediate weapons embargo on Israel. Protest attendees included Eman Rishmawi, left,…

MAPLETON – Dr. Shelly Frank hopes to open a wellness retreat on her hobby farm on Jones Baseline in east Mapleton.  The retreat would include a “healing arts barn” that Frank said “would serve as a hub for hydrotherapy, sound healing, naturopathic medicine, therapeutic massage, pilates, yoga, workshops and relaxation.”  There would also be five…

The financial resilience of the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival (EMWF) has been bolstered by a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). The EMWF is using a $71,000 OTF Resilient Communities grant to strengthen its fundraising efforts by hiring fundraising consultant Sarah Hoshooley to design a full-year fundraising plan, and hiring fundraising coordinator Kristin Morrison to put the plan into action.

People living in St. George’s Square were given notice late last month to remove their tents by 4pm on Nov. 13, but City of Guelph staff did not wait until the afternoon deadline to start dismantling and removing tents. 

The spotlight was shining on two students from Fergus and Harriston during a Wellington Catholic District School Board meeting on Nov. 4. 

TORONTO – Jenn Crawford is committed to making the equestrian community more accessible and enjoyable for all, and is preparing to showcase a "different side" of the sport at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair this week. 

MAPLETON – Property owners here may face a tax levy increase of 3.55 per cent in 2025.  Mapleton’s proposed 2025 consolidated budget tops $30 million, with over $20 million in total capital expenditures, $6.7 million in operating expenditures, a $2.8 million transfer to reserves and capital, and more than $600,000 in long-term debt servicing costs.…

ELORA – A project is underway to adorn the MacDonald Pavilion at the Elora Centre for the Arts (ECFTA) with a school of 75 aluminum fish.  The fish will “swim upstream” along the pavilion’s roof “as if spawning on the Grand River,” described metal artist and Elora resident Mike Hintermeister.  “The underlying message of this…