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1 month ago | 
wellingtonadvertiser.com | Chris Daponte
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Measles cases continue to rise in the region and recent exposure sites within Wellington County include two schools, two businesses and one community centre. “Measles is spreading in our communities and anyone not fully vaccinated is at risk of this potentially serious illness,” stated associate medical officer of health Dr. Matthew Tenenbaum in a May 1 press release.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
wellingtonadvertiser.com | Chris Daponte
FERGUS – Police are looking for help to identify the man responsible for lewd conduct involving a child in a bathroom at the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex. The incident occurred at around noon on March 14, during March Break. “An unknown suspect attended a facility located on Belsyde Avenue East … and entered the men’s bathroom,” stated a March 26 press release from the Wellington County OPP. “While inside, a young child noticed suspicious behaviour and notified an employee.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
wellingtonadvertiser.com | Chris Daponte
FERGUS – A pedestrian remains in life-threatening condition after being hit by a transport truck at a busy Fergus intersection on Wednesday evening. Emergency crews responded to the scene, at the corner of Belsyde Avenue and Tower Street South (Highway 6), on March 5 at about 5:30pm. Wellington COunty OPP officials say a pedestrian was “struck at the intersection by a tractor-trailer.”“The pedestrian is still at a trauma centre being assessed,” police stated the next morning.
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Dec 29, 2024 | 
wellingtonadvertiser.com | Chris Daponte
MAPLETON – About 40 cows died in a Sunday morning fire that destroyed a barn near Alma. Firefighters were called to the blaze, near the intersection of 14th Line and Sideroad 17 in Mapleton Township, just before 9am on Dec. 29. “On arrival the barn was fully involved,” stated deputy fire chief Callise Loos in a press release.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
wellingtonadvertiser.com | Chris Daponte
ERIN – Nine days after announcing a “brand refresh” for the Town of Erin, municipal officials unveiled a new town logo. And within hours of the unveiling of the new logo, many residents voiced their distaste for it, with dozens already signing a petition to have it scrapped. Town officials presented the new logo in a social media post just before 7am on Sept. 13 and in a press release issued about four hours later.
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May 27, 2024 | 
wellingtonadvertiser.com | Chris Daponte
Try as they might to remain committed to their talking points about a petition seeking “neutral” public spaces, some organizers and supporters of a controversial Minto petition are starting to reveal their true motivations. As noted in this very space two weeks ago, we’ve seen this facade play out many times.
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May 27, 2024 | 
wellingtonadvertiser.com | Chris Daponte
Last Friday we learned that, for the fifth year in a row, the Advertiser was named the top community newspaper in its circulation class in Ontario. Awarded by the Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA), the general excellence award – this year in the over-12,500 circulation class – is a significant achievement. Some newspapers plaster such news across their front page, but that’s not how we do things here.
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May 16, 2024 | 
wellingtonadvertiser.com | Chris Daponte
As I sat in the waiting room at my doctor’s office last week, a man entered who appeared to be intoxicated. Within seconds, he started spouting off to complete strangers about “the gays” and how he personally felt slighted that straight people didn’t have their own “flag.”I just rolled my eyes, ignored him and moved on with my day. But then I heard about the petition – signed by 900 residents presumably not inebriated – presented to Minto council calling for “neutral” public spaces.
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May 9, 2024 | 
wellingtonadvertiser.com | Chris Daponte
The next federal election is scheduled for October of 2025, but based on the current political discourse in Canada, you’d think it was around the corner. Overzealous opponents of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – you know, the ones who willingly deface their prized possessions with vulgar slogans despite their rudimentary grasp of politics – will have you believe we can’t withstand 17 more minutes of his leadership, let alone 17 more months.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
wellingtonadvertiser.com | Chris Daponte
MAPLETON – Twenty-two dogs died in a kennel fire near Moorefield on Friday morning. Mapleton deputy fire chief Tom Wood said the owners of the Concession 8 property called in the blaze just after 9am on March 15. “We were there within minutes,” said Wood, who noted the property is just outside Moorefield, and not far from the fire hall there. When firefighters arrived they saw “heavy smoke coming out of the eaves and from the backside of the kennel,” he added.
