WELLINGTON COUNTY – Canadian agriculture has come another step closer to expanded fuel surcharge exemptions for essential farming activities, which will bring meaningful relief to farmers across the country.
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Mennonite Central Committee recognized by Charity Intelligence
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Ontario and Canada have announced that Charity Intelligence, an organization reporting on Canadian charities, has again named the provincial and national committees as two of its “top 100 charities.”
OFT grant supports Business Enterprise Centre’s business mentor program
GUELPH - Times may be tough for local entrepreneurs, but help to level up is now available regionally, thanks to an Ontario Trillium Foundation - Resilient Communities Fund grant awarded to the Business Centre Guelph-Wellington.
‘No job action’: strike averted as province, union reach tentative deal
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Upper Grand and Wellington Catholic District School Board students will remain in classrooms this week following a tentative deal reached between the province and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Local pharmacists getting creative during children’s medication shortage
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local pharmacists are getting creative to address a national supply shortage of child-dose painkillers and anti-inflammatory medication.
Experimental Acres pilot grows farmers’ curiosity
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The first round of the county’s Experimental Acres pilot may have come to an end, but the experiments don’t stop here.
Wellington County conducting online, phone surveys on home retrofits
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington County is working with Dunsky Energy and Climate Advisors and Mainstreet Research to conduct online and phone surveys with local residents on retrofitting their homes for comfort, health and greenhouse gas emission reductions.
OPP launches annual Festive RIDE campaign
ABOYNE - On Nov. 17 Wellington OPP launched the Festive RIDE campaign to send a strong message to drivers: if you’ve had too much to drink or are impaired by drugs, get a cab, call a friend, head home on foot, or stay where you are. Don’t drink and drive.
Upper Grand trustees elect Ralf Mesenbrink as board chair
GUELPH – Newly-elected trustees with the Upper Grand District School Board elected Ralf Mesenbrink as board chair at their inaugural meeting on Nov 15.
Education workers could be off the job Monday as CUPE issues strike notice
WELLINGTON COUNTY – CUPE Local 256 education workers could be back on strike and off the job again on Nov. 21 if a deal isn’t reached between the union and province. The union issued a strike notice on Nov. 16.