WELLINGTON COUNTY – County councillors are planning to work with staff through committees to reduce a proposed 2.5 per cent tax rate increase in 2021 to 1.25% or less.
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Vaccine coming very soon for long-term care residents: public health
GUELPH – Public health officials are hopeful that by the end of this week, they will be able to offer COVID-19 vaccinations for residents at long-term care homes in the region.
New COVID-19 modelling shows Ontario at ‘dangerous point’
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local residents should be "very concerned" about new provincial COVID-19 modelling and act immediately to help avoid the worst-case scenario. That was the message relayed by Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health on Jan. 12.
Province declares state of emergency and issues stay-at-home order, restrictions
TORONTO – Due to a rapid increase in the number of COVID-19 cases across Ontario, and the corresponding strain placed on the health care system, the province has declared a second state of emergency and introduced more strict lockdown measures.
WDGPH reports 192 new COVID-19 cases over weekend
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Despite a province-wide lockdown imposed on Dec. 26, the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region continues to set records for new and active cases of COVID-19.
High school class creates website to help struggling restaurants
FERGUS – A local high school class has developed an online resource to help Centre Wellington restaurants that have suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Paramedic tests positive for COVID-19
GUELPH – Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service (GWPS) officials stated in a Jan. 8 press release the paramedic contracted the virus while caring for a patient.
Paramedics using remote monitoring to help with COVID-19 outbreak at Caressant Care
WELLINGTON COUNTY – A program launched by local paramedics in 2016 to monitor patients with chronic diseases in their homes, is helping to fill a gap in staffing at Caressant Care in Arthur as COVID-19 is spreading through the facility.
Seventh Wellington County resident has died of COVID-19
WELLINGTON COUNTY – An 89-year-old man from Centre Wellington, a long-term care resident at Caressant Care Arthur since 2019, got sick on Dec. 26 and passed away on Jan. 5 from the virus.
Twenty charged by OPP during annual Festive RIDE campaign
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Officials say the local campaign, which ran from Nov. 26 to Jan. 2, led all West Region OPP jurisdictions in alcohol-related driving charges.