Confirmed Bear Siting In Wellington County
OPP ADVISING PUBLIC OF CONFIRMED BEAR SIGHTING. On June 3, 2017 at approximately 5:40 pm a Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call from a concerned citizen of…
Wellington County To Test Turtle Crossing Signs
by Patrick Raftis. Signs warning motorists to watch for turtles and other wildlife will be going up along a county road here as part of a test project. At the…
MPP Ted Arnott Thanks Police Officers In Legislature
Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott rose in the Ontario Legislature on May 9 to thank our local police officers for their service and commitment to our communities. “Mr. Speaker, today…
Suspicious fires in Wellington County Concerns Puslinch Fire Chief
Fires in vacant buildings and vehicles in multiple jurisdictions have become a matter of increasing concern and has prompted a series of investigations. The Office of the Ontario Fire Marshall…
Wellington expresses concern over drinking water study that urges expanded protection of wellheads
Wellington County officials are expressing concern about possible impacts of a major technical study into protecting Guelph’s drinking water supply. The townships of Puslinch and Guelph/Eramosa and the Town of…
Six County Properties May Have Received Contaminated Fill
by Olivia Rutt. Six properties in Wellington County may have received contaminated fill from Mississauga street sweepings, says a report from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change…
Ontario’s Green Leaf Challenge inspired by County of Wellington, says MPP Arnott
The County of Wellington’s Green Legacy Programme is the inspiration for Ontario’s Green Leaf Challenge, the Province’s new tree planting initiative, says Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott. On March 28,…
Budget Axes Council Tax-Free Allowance
by Patrick Raftis. Last week’s federal budget will remove a long-standing tax exemption on one-third of the salaries for municipal councillors. Since 1990, the Municipal Act has provided that one-third…
Plenty of ‘sunshine’: Top municipal employees earned $7.3 million in 2016
by Olivia Rutt. The top earning municipal employees across the county collectively took home over $7.3-million in 2016. The “Sunshine List” of public sector employees in Ontario with a salary…
