WELLINGTON COUNTY – Youth engagement, creating space and building connections through community were the common themes of a webinar Thursday evening.
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‘Building bridges’ the goal for new day program for developmentally-delayed adults
PALMERSTON – Renovations are complete and the finishing touches added with only four weeks remaining before the March 7 opening of the Building Bridges Adult Day Program, a new business providing services to adults with developmental delays.
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.
Taste Real Campaign puts local food on winter menu
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Taste Real’s Eat Up Your February campaign invites the public to explore Wellington County’s local food options and engage with agriculture and food during the winter months.
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.
Minto awards $3.6-million contract for clarifier at pollution control plant
MINTO – A $3.67-million tender for the construction of a new secondary clarifier at the Palmerston Pollution Control Plan has been approved by town council.
UGDSB to continue remote learning option for elementary students next year
GUELPH – A remote learning option for elementary students could become the status quo in the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB).
Chris White and Sue Foxton to lead GRCA board for another term
CAMBRIDGE – Chris White, Mayor of Guelph-Eramosa Township and councillor in Wellington County, and Sue Foxton, Mayor of North Dumfries Township, have been acclaimed, continuing their roles as chair and vice chair of the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA).
Smart Cities Office touts early progress
GUELPH – On Feb. 7, the Smart Cities Office will provide Guelph City Council with an update on…
Politicians offer differing views on trucker vaccine mandate, Ottawa protest
OTTAWA - While the “Freedom Convoy” in Ottawa has died down considerably since last weekend, political rhetoric appears to be heating up, with no consensus among politicians.