Wellington County

WELLINGTON COUNTY - The County of Wellington OPP are introducing a new “community response unit” (CRU) to replace their school resource officer program after Upper Grand District School Board trustees unanimously voted to end ongoing police presence at public high schools across the district. 

WELLINGTON COUNTY - For a second consecutive year, local agricultural societies are struggling to navigate their way through the pandemic.

TORONTO – As expected, the Ontario government has announced the current stay-at-home order has been extended until at least June 2.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Responsibility for accessing upper tier funding for Wellington County’s proposed Continuum of Care seniors community project has been switched from the county’s information, heritage and seniors (IHS) committee to administration, finance and human resources (AFHR).

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Amid the uncertainty of the pandemic, the role of the Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) nurses has changed quite dramatically over the last year according to Rita Isley, director of Community Health and chief nursing officer for WDGPH.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Tree planting season is already underway and planters are set to put more than 80,0000 trees in the ground across Wellington County this season – a record high from previous years.

GUELPH – In support of the LGBTQ2+ community, Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) will raise the Pride flag for the first time during the month of June.

GUELPH – Three authors from Guelph have been selected as finalists in various categories for the Governor General’s Literary Awards.