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The Wellington Advertiser is one of the largest independent newspapers in Southwestern Ontario. Welcome to our page. Thank you!

We are proud to cover Wellington County via our professional team of local journalists. We are a family-run, independent news source. We welcome your comments and input, but we respectfully ask that comments be free of profanity, racial or sexual discrimination, or remarks of personal attacks. We will moderate this page and reserve the right to remove any posts we deem inappropriate to our readership. Our History:
In 1968, William Hugh Adsett (WHA) founded the Fergus and Area Shopping News and WHA Publications was born. William Adsett was the only employee. His office was the front seat of his 1965 Chevy Impala. The rest, as they say, is history. The newspaper grew and expanded to become The Wellington Advertiser and the one-man-show has grown to 48 staff members, and now includes a print division and sign shop. The Wellington Advertiser is currently one of the largest independent newspapers in Southwestern Ontario. The newspaper has a circulation of 39,362. In addition to The Wellington Advertiser, we produce The North Wellington Community News, which has served Mapleton Township since 1971 and has expanded to Minto and Wellington North townships. Its current circulation is 13,278.

- Three vans head out every Wednesday, delivering bundles of newspapers to rural drivers and foot carriers covering: Fergus, Guelph, Elora, Arthur, Conn, Mount Forest, Belwood, Erin and Hillsburgh; Alma, Harriston, Clifford, Listowel, Palmerston, Moorefield, Drayton and Rockwood areas.

- We proudly employ 150 newspaper (foot) carriers who deliver our newspaper door-to-door each week to 215 different routes.

- 19 Rural drivers deliver to 42 different rural routes.

- 17 Mail room/distribution employees handle anywhere from 250,000 to 600,000 flyers and papers per week, depending on the shopping season. For LOCAL community news and information each week, we are truly local. Local news, local journalists, local team and a local office. Ours is a history of a community we are proud to serve.

11/03/2026

James Seeley, Dave Turton, Earl Campbell and Diane Ballantyne have put their names forward to become the next warden of Wellington County.

Current Warden Chris White has 'no ambitions' to continue in role

11/01/2026

'Families have been forever changed': Four teens aged 15 to 19, from Milton and Peel Region, dead after a vehicle carrying six teenagers hit a guardrail and crashed into a ravine in Puslinch on Saturday morning.

Police appeal to public for information, video footage

10/31/2026

Four people are dead and two others are in life-threatening condition after a serious single-vehicle crash in Puslinch today.

Two others in life-threatening condition after single-vehicle collision

10/29/2026

Police have released a video appealing for information about what led to the Sept. 19 crash that took the life of Puslinch teen Nash Dunlop.

Guelph youths charged with second-degree murder after Puslinch teen hit by minivan Sept. 19

10/28/2026

The Optimist Recreation Centre in Aberfoyle will get a new HVAC system as part of a new Parks and Recreation Master Plan endorsed by Puslinch council.

ORC will get new HVAC system

10/27/2026

Residents vote for more of the same in Puslinch, as mayor and all four councillors re-elected.

Mayor and all four councillors returned in Monday election

10/27/2026

Steve McCabe says he's ready to get to work after winning the mayoral race in Wellington North. Three of the four new councillors in the township will be newcomers.

Three out of four elected as councillors are newcomers

10/27/2026

There will be one new face at the council table in Mapleton, as Gregg Davidson returns as mayor and Doug Duimering joins council for first time.

Davidson returns as mayor, Duimering joins council for first time

10/27/2026

Bronwynne Wilton says she's 'ready to stop planning and start doing' after decisive win in Centre Wellington mayoral race. Newcomers Sophie Hogan, Darcy Saunders, Richard Pinder win councillor seats.

Upsets in the ward races with only two incumbent councillors returning

10/27/2026

'Im feeling good. I'm glad it's over': Dan Yake has defeated incumbent Ward 3 county councillor Campbell Cork by 23 votes. In Ward 4, incumbent Stephen O’Neil had a huge re-election victory.

Stephen O'Neil handily defeats challenger Allan Tota to retain seat

Address

905 Gartshore Street
Fergus, ON
N1M2W8

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

5198435410

Website

https://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/

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