By Bill Jackson CAMBRIDGE – Traffic signals are going to be installed at the intersection of Townline and Ellis roads next month, a safety measure long deemed necessary by local residents in the area. According to the region’s manager of…
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by Mike Robinson ABERFOYLE – Puslinch may need to come up with new strategies to look at the future of firefighting in the community. Part of that could mean working to establish automatic aid agreements with the cities of Guelph…
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By Joanne Shuttleworth – GUELPH — Upper Grand elementary students will still be getting only Letters of Promotion at the end of the school year. But their report cards, containing marks only and not comments, will be available for pick…
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Last night I attended the recreation committee meeting at the municipal offices. In attendance for the committee were Councillor Wayne Stokley as Chair and members Nichole Caswell, Tom Jefferson (Vice Chair) and June Williams. Deputy Clerk Donna Tremblay was present…
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I was sorry to learn last week that a local environmental activist had passed away. Helen Purdy, a retired school teacher and passionate activist who lived in Puslinch, died in November. She was 70. I first met Helen not long…
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The Township of Puslinch Fire and Rescue Services invite you to attend and provide your input on a set of Preliminary Directions for the future of the Fire Department. The Master Fire Plan Preliminary Findings presentation will be held on…
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ABERFOYLE – Councillors here have deferred a notice of motion from Puslinch councillor Matthew Bulmer seeking a moratorium on fill permits until council revamps its current fill bylaw. Bulmer’s notice of motion came up at the May 20 meeting. The…
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ABERFOYLE – Local resident Cameron Tuck is concerned with the proposed removal of baseball diamonds from the Aberfoyle Community Centre in the township’s recreation and parks master plan. The Puslinch resident spoke to councillors on May 20 on how the…
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GUELPH — New county councillor Andy Lennox, mayor of Wellington North, would like council to look at a more “collective” approach to how the annual budget is struck and decisions are made for projects in the county’s five-year plan. Lennox…
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by Mike Robinson – ABERFOYLE – It seems clear from a recent presentation to Puslinch councillors that the Grand River Conservation Authority intends to pursue its master plan goal of naturalization of lands at Puslinch Lake, rather than increased recreational…
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Canada’s seniors have played an important role in shaping the strong and prosperous Canada that we enjoy today. Canada’s strong, diversified retirement income system is based on two pillars: public and private responsibility. These two pillars ensure Canadians maintain a…
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Following suit with school boards across the province, elementary teachers with the Upper Grand District School Board will not be issuing final report cards for their students this year. Instead, parents will be receiving a Letter of Promotion regarding their…
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GUELPH — The Upper Grand District School Board hasn’t built a new high school in Guelph since the 1960s, but it has embarked on a land acquisition process with the aspiration to build one in Guelph’s south end. The board…
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by Mike Robinson – ABERFOYLE – Both residents and councillors in Puslinch are worried about the proposed acquisition of a portion of Townline Road by the City of Cambridge. Some of that concern lies in the proposed widening of the…
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(Queen’s Park) – Bill 6, Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2013, passed the Ontario Legislature in a unanimous vote at Third Reading on June 4. The Bill requires the Government to publish a 10 year infrastructure plan, which must…
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Small businesses are the backbone of Canada’s economy and the cornerstone of our local communities. Averaging less than 100 employees, small businesses employ over seven million Canadians and contribute to almost 40 per cent of Canada’s GDP. In Wellington County…
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by Mike Robinson, Wellington Advertiser ABERFOYLE – Even though applicants Marc and Andrea Reid followed the steps requested, in a 4-1 vote on May 14, Puslinch councillors voted against a proposed site alteration agreement that would have brought several thousand…
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