Wellington County

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local politicians and health officials warned for weeks that it could happen - and now it has. On Dec. 11, the province announced it is moving the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region into the red (control) level of its COVID-19 alert system, effective Dec. 14.

GUELPH – Calls to the Family Counselling and Support Services distress line normally increase over the holidays, but with the added pressure of the ongoing pandemic, Joanne Young Evans is worried.

TORONTO - The Ontario government is investing nearly $4.4 million to support the long-term sustainability of the province’s tourism industry.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Following a successful Messages4Hope campaign in the fall, Here4Hope is launching a special Messages4Hope for the Holidays campaign.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Preliminary figures in Wellington County’s 10-year plan show ratepayers are facing a 2.5 per cent tax increase to support a 4.2% levy increase for 2021.

CAMBRIDGE – Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) officials expressed disappointment after the provincial government passed legislation that makes substantial changes to the Conservation Authorities Act and the Planning Act.

GUELPH – Food and agricultural organizations are lauding the proclamation of the Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, 2020 that came into effect Dec. 5. But animal rights groups say the act only serves to protect animal abusers.

GUELPH – The second wave of the pandemic has intensified feelings of stress and anxiety, causing alarming levels of despair, suicidal thoughts and hopelessness in the Ontario population.