MAPLETON - Council here is exploring additional voting options, including phone and internet-based voting, for the 2022 municipal election.
Mapleton council approves funding for Drayton Minor Hockey ice dividers
MAPLETON - Council here has approved using the remainder of its 2021 "50/50" fund to cover nearly half the cost of ice board dividers for Drayton Minor Hockey.
Moorefield beekeeper hoping agricultural funding will sweeten growing business
MAPLETON - Bob Eby of Eby Family Honey says Canadian Agricultural Partnership funding targeting beekeepers will help to grow his buzzing business.
Majority of new COVID-19 cases in region found in unvaccinated persons
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Recently released public health data reveals majority of new COVID-19 cases occurring in unvaccinated persons.
Public health reporting 23 new COVID-19 cases in region over weekend
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is reporting 23 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend (Aug. 6 to 8). The region’s active case count now sits at 47, a rise from 21 cases on Aug. 3 and the highest total since July 12.
Returning to classrooms in the face of Delta
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Fear of a Delta-driven fourth wave looms over a return to Wellington County classrooms this fall as public health officials double down on a “call to arms.”
County: work on land acknowledgement to be completed later this year
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Before county council’s summer adjournment, Ward 6 councillor Diane Ballantyne introduced a motion on June 24 calling for an Indigenous land acknowledgement.
Province announces changes to school guidelines, funding for ventilation
THORNHILL – Provincial education minister Stephen Lecce was joined by the province’s top doctor Kieran Moore and others for an Aug. 4 to announce funding for ventilation improvements in schools and to update back-to-school guidance.
Province releases COVID-19 guidelines for return to school this fall
TORONTO – The province released a 29-page document providing high-level guidance to school boards for a return to in-person leaning this fall.
Public health reporting 13 new COVID-19 cases in region over long weekend
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is reporting 13 new COVID-19 cases over the long weekend (July 31 to Aug. 2). The region’s active case count now sits at 21.
Live music returns to Wellington County Museum with summer concert series
ABOYNE – Three performance dates remain in return of summer concert series at Wellington County Museum, which was cancelled last year.
Return to harness racing spurs industry optimism
WELLINGTON COUNTY - When horse people left for U.S. racetracks during provincial COVID-19 lockdowns, worry rippled across the harness racing industry about a permanent loss of drivers and horses. Homegrown talent has since returned spurring industry optimism about recovery.
Federal funding allows for more staffing of local mental health crisis lines
GUELPH – Remote mental health services are widening throughout Wellington County after two Guelph-based providers received $400,000 in taxpayer dollars from the feds this year.
Province funding Highway 6 resurfacing projects
WELLINGTON COUNTY - The province’s transportation ministry is funding two road rehabilitation projects within Wellington County as part of its Ontario Highways Program announced on July 21.
Federal funding allows for more staffing of local mental health crisis lines
GUELPH - Compass Community Services and Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington received a collective $400,000 in federal funds, supporting phone-in mental health services.