WELLINGTON COUNTY – The local health unit has begun its regular mosquito larvicide program. Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health announced the start of the program, which will run until early October, in a press release on May 19.
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Advertiser named top newspaper in Ontario in its class
WELLINGTON COUNTY – For the third year in a row, The Wellington Advertiser has been named the top community newspaper in Ontario in its class.
Public health adds COVID-19 vaccine clinics for fourth doses
WELLINGTON COUNTY – WDGPH announced on April 6 that it has expanded eligibility for fourth doses (second boosters) to include adults aged 60 and over and First Nation, Inuit and Métis individuals and their non-Indigenous household members aged 18 and over.
Province to lift mask mandate in schools, most settings on March 21
TORONTO – Later this month, the mandatory mask requirement in most settings in Ontario will be a thing of the past. Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, announced on March 9 the mandatory mask mandate will be lifted for most settings, including schools, beginning March 21.
These entrepreneurs are transforming the landscape for women in rodeo
EAST GARAFRAXA – From the barn to businesswomen, two entrepreneurs are working to transform the world of women’s rodeo, “one cattle tag at a time.”
Over 170 surgery patients on wait list in Wellington County
WELLINGTON COUNTY - There are more than 15,000 patients in Waterloo Region, Guelph and Wellington County waiting on surgeries or procedures that have been postponed due to the pandemic.
Public health playing catch-up with Grade 7 in-school vaccination program
GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health wants parents of children in Grades 7, 8 and 9 to know their child’s vaccination series might not be complete.
Public health: signs indicate Omicron wave has peaked
GUELPH – In the absence of PCR tests and therefore accurate case counts, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is trying to figure out how to know when we’re on the other side of this Omicron wave.
Students will go home for the holidays with rapid antigen COVID-19 screening kits
WELLINGTON COUNTY – All students in the province who attend in-person learning at a publicly-funded school will be offered a home testing kit at no charge.
WDGPH ready for paediatric vaccine, booster shots – but Omicron a ‘wild card’
GUELPH – The Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) board heard a lot about COVID-19 at its Dec. 1 meeting: vaccines for children aged five to 11, booster vaccines, and the new Omicron variant that’s throwing a monkey wrench into plans.