Jessica Lovell

Guelph

Reporter and Photographer at GuelphMercury.com

Articles

Upgrades coming to green space near Fergus Marketplace building

1 week ago | elorafergustoday.com | Jessica Lovell

A facelift is coming to the green space across from the Fergus Marketplace building this summer. The space, known as BT Corner, is located at the point where Queen Street West meets Bridge Street and is owned by the township and maintained by the Fergus Horticultural Society. According to a report to council, presented at Monday’s meeting by manager of parks Lucas Rogerson, the space needs upgrades and has been on the horticultural society’s agenda for the past couple of years.
Elora BIA board dissolved by council despite protests

1 week ago | elorafergustoday.com | Jessica Lovell

Despite protests from board members, Centre Wellington Township council has dissolved the board of the Elora Business Improvement Area (BIA). On Monday council appointed an interim board made up of township staff, despite arguments from BIA board members that doing so was a misuse of taxpayer funds. They also felt the move does not support the transparency the board had been working to establish.
New playground coming to Fergus's Farley Road this fall

1 week ago | elorafergustoday.com | Jessica Lovell

A new park is coming to the Beatty Hollow subdivision in Fergus this fall. At its Monday meeting, Centre Wellington council approved a recommendation to enter into an agreement with Keating Construction Limited to finalize construction of a park on Farley Road at an estimated cost of $477,701. “They’re looking to be quite quick with the buildout this summer,” said manager of parks Lucas Rogerson, noting the expected completion date for the new park is November 2025.
Centre Wellington breaks ground on new operations centre

1 week ago | elorafergustoday.com | Jessica Lovell

With 12 shovels and a small, symbolic patch of soil, Centre Wellington Township council members, staff and other involved in bringing the project to fruition broke ground on a big township project Monday morning – the new Centre Wellington Operations Centre. “This has been a process, as everybody knows, and it started with the previous council,” township Mayor Shawn Watters said in his opening remarks at the groundbreaking event.
Demolition of Ignatius Jesuit Centre's Orchard Park building likely

2 weeks ago | guelphtoday.com | Jessica Lovell

High costs to renovate historic building among multiple financial pressures faced by Jesuits The historic building that was once the Jesuit college of the Ignatius Jesuit Centre, north of Guelph, will likely need to be torn down due to the high estimated cost to rehabilitate it. It’s news that won’t surprise the occupants of the building who must leave by the end of the month, said Kevin Kelly, a Montreal-based Jesuit priest and provincial assistant for spirituality with the Jesuits of Canada.
Fergus taxi owner seeks relief from county due to rising costs

2 weeks ago | elorafergustoday.com | Jessica Lovell

Wellington County’s only cab company is asking the county to cut it some slack to help keep the company in business. “Really what we’re doing, being the last taxi company registered in the county, is looking at ways to reduce our costs,” Fergus-Elora Taxi owner Bob Marsland told members of the county’s OPP detachment board. Marsland, who had been invited to delegate at the board’s regular meeting on Wednesday morning, shared some of the challenges Fergus-Elora Taxi has faced in recent years.
Habitat for Humanity hopes 50/50 draw will bring in more shoppers and donors

2 weeks ago | guelphtoday.com | Jessica Lovell

Supporting Habitat for Humanity could win you Hillside, Riverfest passes this month Getting more people – and donations – through the doors of the local ReStores is one of the key goals behind Habitat for Humanity Guelph Wellington’s 50/50 draw fundraiser, taking place this month, but it’s also about drumming up more community support.
From Bangkok to Elora: World-class chef brings sourdough pizza to small-town Ontario

2 weeks ago | guelphtoday.com | Jessica Lovell

From a city of more than five million people to a village of around 3,000, chef Tony Bish has come a long way to sell pizza in Elora. But the small town was just what he and his family were looking for. “We wanted to get the girls out of the big city,” said Bish, who grew up in Phuket, Thailand. He moved to Elora six months ago from Bangkok, Thailand, with his wife and two daughters, aged two and four, with plans to open a pizzeria in the Elora Mews.
From Bangkok to Elora: World-class chef brings sourdough pizza to small-town Ontario

2 weeks ago | elorafergustoday.com | Jessica Lovell

From a city of more than five million people to a village of around 3,000, chef Tony Bish has come a long way to sell pizza in Elora. But the small town was just what he and his family were looking for. “We wanted to get the girls out of the big city,” said Bish, who grew up in Phuket, Thailand. He moved to Elora six months ago from Bangkok, Thailand, with his wife and two daughters, aged two and four, with plans to open a pizzeria in the Elora Mews.
New public washrooms under construction in downtown Elora

2 weeks ago | elorafergustoday.com | Jessica Lovell

There will be a few more public washrooms available for visitors to downtown Elora this summer. “Kat Florence is spearheading a project to build three public bathrooms, including an accessible one, which will be open to the public in a few weeks,” Kat Florence’s Don Kogen told EloraFergusToday in an email. Work is currently underway on the project, which is utilizing space on the second floor of the Seasons Home and Gift shop in the Elora Mews courtyard.