GUELPH – Two University of Guelph professors hope to better understand how the housing crisis is impacting women experiencing and fleeing violence and how violence can lead to homelessness and vice versa.
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Province passes motion to support school partnerships with police
GUELPH – Officials at local school boards say no significant changes are coming to their police partnerships.
Police beat: Man charged with assault after incident at Elora arena
ELORA – A Stratford man has been charged with assault following an incident at the arena here last week.
From ‘eh’ to ‘meh’?
VANCOUVER – Are you proud to be a Canadian?
Religious views and experiences with disability colour views of medical assistance in dying
VANCOUVER – Medical assistance in dying (MAID) has been legal in Canada for nearly a decade but remains a relatively new frontier in medicine.
Two-in-five say they’re ‘worse off’ than last year
VANCOUVER – New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds fewer Canadians expressing concerns about the state of their finances as inflation has cooled, but still many who are feeling the burden of the increased cost of living.
Rae’s Growing Agritourism Act becomes law this week
TORONTO – A private member’s bill from Perth-Wellington MPP Matthew Rae aimed at reducing liability for farm-based tourism operators has passed its third and final reading.
Federal government calls ‘timeout’ on postal strike
OTTAWA – The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) has ordered postal employees to return to work after federal Minister of Labour Steven MacKinnon asked the board to intervene.
Co-operators, The Grove offer ‘Open the Door’ holiday campaign
WELLINGTON COUNTY – For the month of December, Co-operators will be matching donations to The Grove Youth Wellness Hubs as part of the “Open the Door” campaign.
Report: it costs $315 per week to feed family of four
GUELPH – The average family of four can eat a nutritious diet for $315 per week, according to the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health monitoring of food affordability report that was presented to the board of health on Dec. 4.