WELLINGTON COUNTY - Public health officials are offering a warning about rabid animals after a bat tested positive for rabies in neighbouring Dufferin County.
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GRCA cancels all summer day camps
WELLINGTON COUNTY - The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) has cancelled all day camps this summer.
Health unit has started its regular mosquito larvicide program
WELLINGTON COUNTY - The program aims to reduce mosquito populations suspected of carrying West Nile virus.
COVID-19 has cost health unit $1 million
GUELPH – So far, COVID-19 has cost Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) about $1 million – mainly in extra staffing, extended hours and COVID-19 supplies - and the agency doesn’t know how much compensation the province may provide to help balance its books by year end.
WDGPH: No institutional COVID-19 outbreaks for first time in two months
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.
CW Community Foundation awards $7,000 to BBBS, CMHA
CENTRE WELLINGTON - The Centre Wellington Community Foundation (CWCF) has awarded $7,000 in grants through the Emergency Community Support Fund.
Campaign launched to keep older adults safe
WELLINGTON COUNTY – On June 1, the first official day of Seniors month, the Waterloo Wellington Older Adult Strategy (WWOAS) partners launched a Stay Safe - Lead the Way campaign designed to keep older adults safe, healthy and connected throughout the phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Women’s Day event raises $5,000 for Safe Sisters Program
GUELPH – The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day Guelph-Wellington (IWDGW) event held in March was “Keeping Our Sisters Safe.”
Local group calls for ‘kindness revolution’
GUELPH – Heather Glenister doesn’t think we all need to be on suicide watch, but at the same time, a kind word or gesture can go a long way.
Pollination Guelph distributes community grants
GUELPH – Bees, butterflies and other essential pollinating insects will be beneficiaries of…