GUELPH — The Grove Wellington Guelph is hosting Winter Feast for youth in the community providing them with the opportunity to celebrate the holiday season with their peers, ensuring all youth who want to participate have an opportunity to do so without barriers.
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Pharmacies offering Paxlovid prescriptions
TORONTO – The Ontario government is giving people more convenient access to care by allowing pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid, an antiviral treatment option used to reduce severe outcomes from COVID-19.
OREA celebrates 100 years of realtors building stronger communities
TORONTO – The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
Ambulance offload delays creating explosion of ‘Code Red’ scenarios
GUELPH – Ambulance offload delays continue to plague emergency departments in Guelph and Wellington County. The number of “Code Red” situations, in which no ambulances are available for calls because they are tied up waiting to offload patients had reached 50 by the end of October.
Dec. 6 vigil in Guelph honours lives lost to gender-based violence
GUELPH – A solemn group gathered at Marianne’s Park in Guelph on Tuesday evening to acknowledge and remember women and girls who have lost their lives to femicide.
Local COVID-19 cases up 20%; hospitalizations down slightly
WELLINGTON COUNTY – COVID-19 cases are up this week across the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health region, while hospitalizations are down slightly.
County approves $7.6-million capital budget for transitional housing project
GUELPH – A capital budget of $7.6 million for a transitional housing project in Guelph has been approved by Wellington County council.
Adopt-a-Family providing gifts to over 1,400 families
GUELPH – Gifts are wrapped and heading out the door from Adopt-a-Family’s Guelph location to over 1,400 families in the city and Wellington County. This year, Adopt-a-Family has seen more need, fewer donors, and “more folks struggling overall,” program manager Megan Harron said.
Food banks face increased demand this festive season
WELLINGTON COUNTY – More county residents are accessing support from local food banks this season, with all locations across the county reporting increased demand.
Erin, Wellington County asking province to rethink major Greenbelt changes
ERIN – The province is proposing to add roughly 7,000 acres of land in Erin to the Greenbelt in exchange for around 7,400 acres of Greenbelt land it plans to remove or redesignate from other areas to make way for housing developments.