WELLINGTON COUNTY – Parents and youth involved with the Children’s Aid Society now have additional mental health resources to support them in the pandemic.
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ArtsEverywhere Festival goes online
GUELPH - This year’s ArtsEverywhere Festival will take place from March to July 2021 and showcases Canadian and international artists.
U of G scientists concerned about extended interval between COVID-19 vaccine doses
GUELPH – A group of virologists and immunologists at the University of Guelph wants the provincial government to put the brakes on its directive to extend to four months the period between doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
Twelve schools in region reporting active COVID-19 cases
WELLINGTON COUNTY – As of March 24, 12 schools in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region, including two in Wellington County, are reporting active COVID-19 cases.
Paramedic service receives $6.1 million to provide in-home care to seniors
GUELPH – Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Services (GWPS) will receive $6.1 million to provide in-home care to seniors in Guelph and Wellington County. The Ministry of Long-Term Care funding, spread over four years, was announced by GWPS on March 22.
Public health reports 54 new COVID-19 cases in region over weekend
WELLINGTON COUNTY – There were seven new COVID-19 cases reported in Wellington County over the weekend (March 19 to 21) – and 54 across the region. The county also recorded its 35th COVID-related death, a 65-year-old woman who passed away on March 16.
Number of municipal employees on ‘Sunshine List’ grows by 40%
WELLINGTON COUNTY – On March 19 the Ontario government released the 2020 Public Sector Salary Disclosure list, also known as the “Sunshine List". A total of 104 employees with the county and seven lower-tier municipalities made the list in 2020, up from 74 in 2019.
March is Epilepsy Awareness Month
LONDON - March is national Epilepsy Awareness Month and Epilepsy Southwestern Ontario hopes to correct some misconceptions by sharing stories of real people.
WDGPH region moving to province’s orange COVID-19 alert level on Monday
GUELPH — It turns out the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) will move to the orange level of the province's COVID-19 framework on March 22 after all.
Davidson says county mayors favour maintaining local state of emergency
MAPLETON – Mayor Gregg Davidson says the consensus among Wellington County mayors is the existing local state of emergency should stay in place until the majority of county residents are vaccinated against COVID-19.