Jordan Snobelen

FERGUS - Local resident and tick researcher has new study findings published in journal Diagnostics.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is reporting 14 new COVID-19 cases from July 2 to the morning of July 5. The region’s active case count now sits at 59.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – A deceased 46-year-old Guelph man has been identified by the OPP after a Canada Day incident on Belwood Lake.

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Ontario trade minister Vic Fedeli announced on June 29 the province is giving Walinga Inc. $1.125 million through the Regional Development Program to help with new project costs.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - New sidewalks, generators and air purification systems are some of the infrastructure upgrades coming this year to communities in Wellington County.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Stress, isolation, job losses and exhausted relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in mental health calls for the Waterloo Wellington Integrated Mobile Police and Crisis Team (IMPACT).

TORONTO – Residents living in long-term care facilities across the province will soon be able to see more of their loved ones.

WELLINGTON COUNTY –  Gypsy moth caterpillars are back with a vengeance throughout Wellington County and they have their eyes set on one thing: your trees.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is reporting 32 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend (June 25 to 27). The region’s active case count now sits at 65, an increase from 55 on June 21, reversing a nine-week downward trend in cases.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington County council has made official its support of Guelph’s plan to integrate the 230-acre Dolime quarry lands into the city’s boundary from Guelph/Eramosa.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Attainable housing is now a pressure point throughout the county, county councillors agree, with astronomical housing prices making single-family dwellings unattainable for most.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - Dr. Nicola Mercer’s praise of the local rollout of vaccines was followed up with caution and a plea for parents to vaccinate their children as she led off Wellington County council’s June 24 meeting.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – On a Wednesday each month, the Wellington OPP traffic management unit (TMU) blitzes a community, based on concerns called in, reports over social media or feedback from municipal councillors along with data collected from “Blackcat” radars.

WELLINGTON COUNTY –  In 2015, when Crime Stoppers Guelph Wellington launched its human trafficking campaign at Stone Road mall, the idea of such a monstrous activity happening in Wellington County was too much for some to wrap their heads around.

WELLINGTON COUNTY –  After 33 years in uniform working hundreds of cases across the province through a climb up the ranks of the OPP, Bruce Aitken, now a Wellington OPP staff sergeant, says he’s ready to hand over the reins to someone else.