Wellington County

GUELPH – Our Food Future, a joint circular food economy project between Guelph and Wellington County, was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Recovery Projects at the Future of Good Summit on Nov. 26.

ABOYNE – County officials announced in the evening on Nov. 28 that the employee, who tested positive earlier in the day, is experiencing mild to moderate symptoms and is recovering in isolation at home.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Doreen Hostrawser has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Luella Logan Award for Outstanding Service by a Woman in Politics.

GUELPH – Public health officials are expected to declare that a COVID-19 outbreak is over at the Royal Terrace Long-Term and Residential Care facility in Palmerston.

GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board can now accept international students once again.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Traffic signals will be installed at three intersections deemed among the county’s most dangerous.

WELLINGTON COUNTY -  Warden Kelly Linton issued an urgent warning about the local spread of COVID-19 during the Nov. 26 county council meeting.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – It appears current Warden Kelly Linton will lead the county’s governing body for two more years. Linton was the only member of Wellington County council, during a Nov. 26 meeting, to declare as a candidate for the position he has held since 2018.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – A man in his 90s from Wellington County has died due to COVID-19. The death, reported on Nov. 26 by Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH), is the third COVID death in the county this month - and the fifth since the outset of the pandemic.

GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board has delayed its Police Presence in Schools Review in order to obtain input from students.