GUELPH – A group of recently sheltered people may soon find themselves living on the streets again.
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Stepping Stone emergency shelter project increases by $1 million
GUELPH – The cost of a planned upgrade to the Stepping Stone emergency shelter in Guelph has increased to nearly $5 million from the nearly $4 million estimated back in February, when the project was formally announced.
Robotics team ‘all about building STEM in our community’: teacher
GUELPH – Sunshine streamed through the cafeteria’s large glass windows, and people strolled leisurely outside, some wearing just shorts and a T-shirt, soaking up unseasonably warm weather on March 13.
‘We need to do things differently’: desire for housing plan voiced at health, housing symposium
GUELPH – The situation has been described as a crisis, complex, a failure (both morally and systemically), overwhelming and simply as “crap.”
Board of health concerned about recommended lab closures
GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is concerned with a recommendation by Ontario’s Auditor General to close six of 11 Public Health Ontario laboratory sites.
County politicians hesitant to declare intimate partner violence an ‘epidemic’
GUELPH – Wellington County politicians aren’t declaring intimate partner violence an epidemic – for now at least.
County to spend $1.7 million on four plow trucks
GUELPH – Wellington County council has authorized a $1.73-million purchase order for four new plow trucks.
Grant from Ontario Trillium Foundation gives Guelph Wellington Seniors Association better acoustics
GUELPH – The Guelph Wellington Seniors Association (GSWA) has used a $27,200 capital grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) to retrofit 40 additional soundproofing panel upgrades in its thirty-year-old auditorium.
U of G announces new Master of Sustainable Agriculture program
GUELPH – A unique master’s program that will train the next wave of sustainability leaders in the global agricultural sector will soon launch at the University of Guelph.
WCDSB hosts inaugural high school chess tournament
GUELPH – Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) hosted its inaugural secondary district chess tournament on March 6 at the Catholic Education Centre.