ABERFOYLE – The County of Wellington’s mobile household hazardous waste (HHW) depot is…
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Man calls police after getting bad meth
GUELPH – A Guelph man may not have thought things through when he called police last week to…
Grant seeks to stem influx of COVID-19-related violence against women
GUELPH – A $100,000 grant from the Safer and Stronger Grants program of the Canadian Women’s…
General municipal levy up 2.5% as GRCA approves 2021 budget
CAMBRIDGE – The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) will spend almost $32 million this…
Talk to me! telephone exhibit opens at museum
ABOYNE – A new exhibit at Wellington County Museum and Archives, Talk to Me! is now open…
Re:Collections – new exhibit opens at Wellington museum
ABOYNE – Wellington County Museum and Archives has announced the return of Connections Fibre…
Inspection report shows Caressant Care Arthur didn’t cohort residents, staff
ARTHUR – A provincial long-term care home inspection report indicates Caressant Care Arthur failed to separate COVID-positive residents from others and also failed to cohort workers, which “put residents and staff at risk of further transmission” of the virus.
Nineteen schools in region reporting active COVID-19 cases
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Nineteen schools in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region, including two in Wellington County, are reporting active COVID-19 cases.
Four recent overdose deaths reported in Guelph, Wellington County
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Four overdose deaths have been reported over the last week in the Guelph, Rockwood, Elora and Arthur areas. Fentanyl is believed to be involved these deaths, which may suggest a stronger than normal substance is circulating in the community, public health officials stated.
WDGPH reporting 68 new COVID-19 cases over weekend
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Active COVID-19 cases in the region are up for the first time in six weeks. Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is reporting 68 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend (Feb. 26 to 28).