WELLINGTON COUNTY – Public health officials are urging anyone who has not yet received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose to get a shot as soon as possible.
Wellington County
County councillors calling for fresh narrative surrounding affordable housing
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Attainable housing is now a pressure point throughout the county, county councillors agree, with astronomical housing prices making single-family dwellings unattainable for most.
All eligible residents could be fully vaccinated before end of summer: Mercer
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Dr. Nicola Mercer’s praise of the local rollout of vaccines was followed up with caution and a plea for parents to vaccinate their children as she led off Wellington County council’s June 24 meeting.
Communities under the radar in ongoing Wellington OPP safety blitzes
WELLINGTON COUNTY – On a Wednesday each month, the Wellington OPP traffic management unit (TMU) blitzes a community, based on concerns called in, reports over social media or feedback from municipal councillors along with data collected from “Blackcat” radars.
Ontario moving to step two of reopening plan on June 30
TORONTO — Ontario will be entering step two of its “Roadmap to Reopen” plan on June 30, two days earlier than previously anticipated.
Agencies working to normalize conversations on human trafficking
WELLINGTON COUNTY – In 2015, when Crime Stoppers Guelph Wellington launched its human trafficking campaign at Stone Road mall, the idea of such a monstrous activity happening in Wellington County was too much for some to wrap their heads around.
UGDSB director of education receives Fred L. Bartlett Memorial Award
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board’s (UGDSB) director of education Martha Rogers has been named the recipient of the Fred L. Bartlett Memorial Award.
‘Just for You’ package offers custom reading at county libraries
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Wellington County Libraries provide opportunities for literacy to the county’s youngest residents.
ROI hosts webinar on pandemic impact on rural businesses in Canada
GUELPH-ERAMOSA - The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural businesses across Canada, with a focus on rural Ontario, is the topic of an upcoming webinar hosted by the Rural Ontario Institute.
Lots of plants but nowhere to plant them?
WELLINGTON COUNTY - You have arrived home from the Master Gardener Plant Sale with a carload of new plants and suddenly remember that finding room for all those new plants is going to be a problem;. The garden beds were full last year!