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Wilmot Township leases Prime Ministers Path statues to local non-profit
Reinstallation of statues will come at a cost to taxpayers LEE GRIFFI Gazette Reporter
goal came while Fergus’ Liam Eveleigh was in the box serving a four-minute spearing penalty. “It’s huge. We didn’t have our best game, but good teams find a way, and we did, and we want to keep this going,”
Nine bronze statues depicting former Canadian prime ministers have a new lease on life in Baden. Wilmot Township council recently voted in favour of renting the Prime Ministers Path (PMP) statues to Createscape Waterloo Region for 20 years, for $2 per year. At that same meeting, council granted Createscape legal permission to place the statues in the park behind the township administration complex. The estimated cost of $78,000 will be covered by the township but will be offset by $12,800 in donations to the project to date. The organization is a registered charitable organization based in Kitchener, focusing on arts, culture and community engagement. “We look forward to re-establishing the Prime Ministers Path in a way that honestly and accurately represents our shared history,” said Don Bourgeois, the group’s president. “We hope Wilmot residents will continue to
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Inspired by Métis artist Jaime Black’s REDress Project and led by the Wilmot Ecumenical Working Group on Indigenous/Settler Relationships, New Hamburg and area residents and businesses displayed red dresses on May 5 alongside photos and information on missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ peoples to bring wider attention to the issue.
Braves tie PJHL final with gutsy road win Second straight game decided in overtime
LEE GRIFFI Gazette Reporter
If the first two games of the Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) final series are any indication of what will happen moving forward, fans are in for a heck of a ride.
Tavistock skated into Fergus on Sunday afternoon and came away with a thrilling, 3-2 overtime victory after Yann Raskin buried a shot over the shoulder of Whalers’ goalie Noah Lundgren, a powerplay snipe that knocked the netminder’s water bottle off the top of the net. The