WELLINGTON COUNTY – The conservation authority is asking water users throughout the watershed to cut their consumption by 10 per cent due to the “unusually dry weather” this spring and summer.
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Trustees still deadlocked on requiring police checks for volunteers
GUELPH – Trustees at the Upper Grand District School Board are once again deadlocked on an amendment to the board’s volunteer policy.
‘Long way to go’ in fixing hospital offload delays: paramedic chief
GUELPH - Ambulance offload delays at Guelph General Hospital continue straining limited emergency resources as Wellington County and Guelph look to new health minister to respond.
Summer Company program readies for another year in Guelph-Wellington
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Summer Company program at the Guelph-Wellington Business Centre (GWBC) is back in full swing this year.
Wellington County’s Green Legacy program plants three millionth tree
ABOYNE – Wellington County’s Green Legacy program celebrated the planting of its three millionth tree here on June 29.
Police provide update on bank robbery investigation
WELLINGTON COUNTY – A June 29 OPP press release provides additional details about the investigation of an armed bank robbery in Harriston on June 22.
Living in Relation: An Indigenous Exhibit at Wellington County Museum and Archives
ABOYNE – Wellington County Museum and Archives (WCMA), in collaboration with Indigenous partner Amber Holmes, is unveiling Living in Relation.
MPP Matthew Rae sworn in June 23
QUEEN’S PARK – Newly-elected Perth-Wellington MPP Matthew Rae took the Oath of Allegiance in a ceremony at Queen’s Park on June 23.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations up in WDGPH region
WELLINGTON COUNTY – There are 118 confirmed active cases in the region as of June 29, up 26% from 94 one week ago and 34% from 88 two weeks ago. Prior to that, cases had been steadily declining since late April.
CMHA WW to carry on work of suicide awareness council
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington (CMHA WW) has confirmed the work of suicide awareness and prevention will continue despite the departure of the Suicide Awareness Council of Wellington-Dufferin.