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The negative effects of the Air Canada flight attendants’ strike were felt by many across Canada and even the globe, and one former New Hamburg resident had her own horror story to tell.

A Quebec-based data company has confirmed Wilmot and Waterloo Region are potential spots for its next mega centre.

The work of 24 local artists will be on display upstairs at the New Hamburg Community Centre over two days Sept. 20 and 21 for the eighth annual New Hamburg Art Tour.

A proposed nature trail and the construction of a fence behind residential properties is causing some confusion among Tavistock (EZT) residents.

Sustainable Waterloo Region (SWR), in partnership with the Grand Valley Construction Association (GVCA), has officially launched Frameworks: A Building Innovation Exchange, a groundbreaking initiative designed to support the building sector in transitioning toward efficient, innovative and healthy buildings.

After running a framed-photo business selling original, framed photography to retail stores and direct to customers from their shop in Baden for more than 20 years, a Waterloo couple is enjoying a new kind of success after pivoting to the sale of high-quality jigsaw puzzles featuring those same original photos.

For the first time in its 172-year history, the Wellesley Fall Fair is transitioning from a mid-week event to a weekend event.

The provincial government has pledged over $4 million to connect more people to primary care in the Waterloo Region, including rural areas.

Following years of arguments, vandalism and controversy, the Prime Ministers Path is be reinstalled in Baden.

Wilmot council has unanimously approved $300,000 in capital funding for the initial work on the Wilmot Recreation Complex (WRC) aquatics centre dehumidification replacement project, to be funded through the township’s infrastructure renewal reserve fund.

Ever since the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) ceased operating out of the former New Hamburg police station building in 2019, subsequently selling off the building altogether, area residents have wondered whether the police service would re-establish a police station in Wilmot.

Ukrainian refugees hoping to establish a life for themselves in New Hamburg and the surrounding Wilmot Township now have a temporary place to call home.

Was he there, or wasn’t he? As Oxford County Archives prepares for a book launch next week, one of the most interesting stories told in ‘Growing Stronger Together: A Celebration of Oxford County’s Past’ is whether Elvis Presley signed his name on a wall.

East Zorra-Tavistock Township is looking for input on potential drop-in programs that could be introduced in 2026.

Driven primarily by the danger it poses to farm animals, equipment and crops in the area, the Township of Wellesley has officially passed a bylaw banning kite fighting on public and private property in the township.

Registration is opening early this year for fall aquatic and recreation programs in Wilmot Townships which for the first time includes two Learn to Swim sessions.

There isn’t much in this world that could convince 700 people to sit outside in the summer sun for a few hours on one of the hottest days of the summer, made hotter by several very active, nearby barbecues.

There will be two fewer crossing guards to help Wellesley Township children walk to school in September after council recently approved the removal of one crossing guard from the Village of Wellesley and another from Linwood.

There will be two fewer crossing guards to help Wellesley Township children walk to school in September after council recently approved the removal of one crossing guard from the Village of Wellesley and another from Linwood.

Honouring a loved one who has passed away with a memorial bench or tree in Wellesley Township will now cost $2,500 or $800 respectively, and the placement or those memorials is restricted to five locations throughout the township.