GUELPH - Five nervous high school students, forming the Wellington OPP’s new youth advisory committee, bravely stood before the county’s Police Services Board (PSB) on March 8, presenting their first youth initiative.
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UGDSB approves calendars, recognizes schools, ratifies agreements, appoints student trustees
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) calendars for the 2023-24 school year have been submitted to the province with a single revision following public input.
Our Food Future funding ends in December but program is gaining momentum
GUELPH – With less than a year of funding left in the program, Our Food Future officials are looking for long-term sustainable funding if the program is to have a future.
Registration is open for Reading Rocks
GUELPH - Does your child struggle with reading? Reading Rocks might be the answer.
Local CMHA branch embracing equity this International Women’s Day
GUELPH - On March 8, Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington joined individuals and organizations around the world to #EmbraceEquity in celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD), an annual event held to mark the social, economic and political achievements of women.
Mask Off Masquerade raises $120,000 for mental health groups
GUELPH – The Mask Off Masquerade raised $120,000 for The Grove Wellington Guelph and the Children’s Foundation of Guelph Wellington on Feb. 25.
WCDSB chess tournament gives students chance to ‘shine’
GUELPH – Chess players from each of the six Catholic elementary schools in Wellington County were bused to St. Peter Catholic School in Guelph for a board-wide chess tournament on March 1.
Annual COVID-19 vaccines could be coming
GUELPH – We may soon be looking at annual vaccinations for COVID-19.
Survey: rural youth doing better than urban youth with mental health
GUELPH – When public health conducted the Well-being and Health Youth Survey in 2019, it had no idea it was collecting baseline data for a before and after a pandemic scenario.
Our Food Future funding ends in December but program is gaining momentum
GUELPH – With less than a year of funding left in the program, Our Food Future officials are looking for long-term sustainable funding if the program is to have a future.