Wellington Advertiser

GUELPH – Between the everyday hustle of working life, to the unexpected events that always seem to arrive at the worst time, it’s easy to get lost in the ever flowing pace of life.

Artist and mindfulness coach Roxana Bahrami recognizes this and has set out on a mission to encourage everyday people to tune out of the hustle of life and instead tune in to themselves.

TORONTO – Michelle Obama wore her earrings. Selena Gomez wore her rings. Hannah Waddingham wore her bangles. Jennifer Lawrence wore her anklet.

But the greatest thrill for jewelry designer Jenny Bird is seeing regular women wearing her creations.

“When I see women wearing my jewelry, I just love it,” Bird said in a phone interview.

Bird, who was born and rai...

BRUCEDALE – Guelph/Eramosa is receiving a $200,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Fund to help pay for pickleball courts in Rockmosa and Marden parks.

Construction of the Rockmosa court is already underway.

Mayor Chris White announced the funding at an Aug. 11 council meeting. 

The 2026 budget for the courts was $562,000. However, the township is spending  ...

GUELPH - Data centres are the way of the future, and those against them are misinformed, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters on Aug. 13.

Ford made his remarks against the humming backdrop of servers storing Ontarians’ sensitive information at a Guelph data centre on Thursday.

He pitched data centres as a now-or-never opportunity as the province released its “...

NORTH WELLINGTON – How firefighters in Mapleton, Minto and Wellington North are dispatched to emergencies has changed with a new three-way agreement.

Instead of paging fire stations in the same municipality as an emergency, calls will go to whichever station can arrive the soonest.

"This is the best thing we can do for the residents of our three municipalities to ...