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OPINION: Preserving farmland, strong rural communities top OFA’s priority list for 2023
The start of a new year is often a time for resolution and goal setting. Whether that goal is to walk more steps each day, grow a better tomato or win first place at the 4-H club show, each one requires us to look at what we want to achieve and find ways to get there.
Canada’s National Farm Leadership Program now accepting applications
OTTAWA - In the complex business of farming where efficiency and effectiveness are key to success, interpersonal skills, relationships and work habits matter.
New sources of timely, credible information for livestock industry
GUELPH - A new library of podcasts, videos and webinars designed to help the livestock industry get research and innovation information directly to the farm is now available
Wellington Catholic DSB secondary school classes prepare food for Royal City Mission
GUELPH – The Grade 10 Foods and Nutrition course at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Secondary School prepared food for 100 people at the Royal City Mission as a Wellington Catholic District School Board and local Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association initiative.
Cost of healthy eating keeps rising, putting many at risk: public health
GUELPH – The Nutritious Food Basket report paints a picture of rising food costs and the challenges those costs pose to students, people living on social assistance and fixed incomes, and even those considered gainfully employed.
OPP investigating ‘anti-Semitic vandalism’ at three buildings
MOUNT FOREST – Police are investigating several potential hate crimes after swastikas were marked in the bathrooms at the library, arena and a restaurant here this week.
George Bridge re-elected chair of board of health
GUELPH – It didn’t take long for George Bridge to get a gavel back in his hand. The former mayor of Minto, who did not run in the October election, was appointed by Wellington County as its citizen representative on the WDGPH board of health. At the board’s inaugural meeting, he was reelected chair.
Arthur native recognized for work in emergency medical services
KENORA – A former Wellington County resident was recently recognized for a remarkable career in emergency medical service, much of it spent providing first response training in Indigenous communities in Ontario’s far north.
COVID-19 cases up significantly across region over holidays
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Confirmed COVID-19 cases across the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region have risen significantly over the past two weeks, while hospitalizations are up slightly.