WELLINGTON COUNTY – Provincial workplace health and safety inspectors will be returning to Wellington Dufferin Guelph in the coming weeks. An inspection blitz in February found that just 45 per cent of the 572 businesses inspected were in compliance with the Reopening Ontario Act.
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Twenty schools in WDGPH region reporting active COVID-19 cases
WELLINGTON COUNTY – As of March 5, 20 schools in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region, including one in Wellington County, are reporting active COVID-19 cases.
Region to remain in province’s red COVID-19 level until at least March 15
TORONTO — Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is not one of seven that will be moving to a different level of the province's COVID-19 framework next week, which means the earliest the region could move is March 15.
Wellington County municipalities receive $2.5-million boost from province
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Local municipalities will receive nearly $2.5 million from a new pool of provincial funding to assist with additional operating costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new financial relief will help ensure the delivery of critical services and keep capital projects on track,
Mercer asks for compassion, empathy in response to ‘abuse’ of public health staff
GUELPH – "In recent weeks, we have noticed a growing number of aggressive and negative comments directed toward our staff over the phone, via email and through online comments," stated Medical Officer of Health Dr. Nicola Mercer in a letter to the community.
Vaccination plan to benefit from new call system, arrival of AstraZeneca vaccine
GUELPH – When the local health unit starts receiving doses of AstraZeneca the COVID-19 vaccines will likely be administered at pharmacies to those aged 64 and under.
Local author to donate 100 healing journals to Women in Crisis
FERGUS – The Guelph Wellington Women in Crisis (GWWIC) will be receiving 100 Butterfly Beauties journals to give to women in need.
Mercer receives Women of Influence in Local Government award
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Dr. Nicola Mercer, CEO and medical officer of health for Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, is the first to receive the Women of Influence in Local Government award this year from Municipal World, a magazine that caters to stories and achievements of municipal government.
Crime Stoppers Guelph Wellington successfully transitioned operations online
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Crime Stoppers Guelph Wellington (CSGW) successfully transitioned operations online and continued solving and preventing crime across the region during the difficult year just past.
Rockwood couple leaves $100,000 to Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington
GUELPH - The Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington recently announced the receipt of a transformational gift of $100,000 from the estate of Klara and Oscar Bookbinder.