COVID-19

ARTHUR - The 164th Arthur Fall Fair has been cancelled.

GUELPH - Several Wellington County organizations are among those who will benefit from the most recent round of COVID-19 Community Response Fund grants.

TORONTO – Electricity rate payers across the province will not be charged time-of-use rates until the end of October.

ABOYNE – Wellington Terrace Long-Term Care Home management is planning for the day changes to provincial directions allow for relaxation of strict safety measures currently in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ERIN - The Town of Erin has extended the closure of municipal buildings "until further notice."

WELLINGTON COUNTY - The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) will open five more parks on Saturday (May 30) - including two in Wellington County.

MINTO - Four days after reopening parks, sports fields and other amenities, the Town of Minto has announced all municipal buildings will remain closed "indefinitely."

ABERFOYLE – Three students from Aberfoyle Public School have had school projects selected for the Canada During COVID-19 virtual museum, a Historica Canada project to archive experiences of Canadians during the pandemic.

Council has approved a series of health and safety measures and a set of COVID-19 protocols in preparation for the eventual return of employees to the township administration centre.

ELORA - It will be decidedly different from the previous 14 years, but officials are billing the 2020 Elora Farmers’ Market (EFM) as "fresh as ever."

WELLINGTON COUNTY - For the first time in two months, there are currently no institutional COVID-19 outbreaks in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region.

MAPLETON – Upper tier officials are advising Mapleton council not to lift a local state of emergency at this time.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - A paramedic’s job isn’t easy in the best of times, but during a pandemic it becomes all the more cumbersome, stressful and demanding.