Wellington County

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The latest weekend report from public health shows a 23% weekly increase in active COVID-19 cases, while the number hospitalized with the virus is up from 11 to 16.

ARTHUR – Public health officials have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the Caressant Care Long-Term Care facility in Arthur.

ABOYNE – Eleven residents are in isolation at the Wellington Terrace Long-Term Care Home pending a second COVID-19 test result of an employee whose first test came back inconclusive.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - Appointments to 2021-2022 standing committees of Wellington County council were approved at a meeting of the Warden’s Advisory Committee on Dec. 11.

GUELPH – Kerry Halliday has received a 2019-20 Everyday Hero award from the Upper Grand District School Board.

GUELPH – Some 31 employees at Cargill Canada’s meat processing plant on Dunlop Drive in Guelph have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks and on Dec. 8, 80 employees were sent home to get tested and await the results.

GUELPH – In with the old was the theme of the warden’s inauguration, a special meeting of Wellington County council on Dec. 11.

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.