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Publisher’s Note: The Tip Sheet will be going on holiday break starting after this coming Friday’s edition. We’ll return to a regular schedule on Monday January 5, 2025.
ICYMI: The two-month HST holiday on select items began on Saturday.
Stepping Stone is speaking out about some of the misconceptions they think people have about their services.
Mary “The Bike Lady” Rife got her money back after months of back and forth with city hall to keep fixing bikes for her neighbourhood.
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health reports that it costs $315 per week on average to feed a family of four in the region.
Canada Post and postal workers met before the national labour board this weekend to find an end to the job action that’s lasted now nearly five weeks. This came after the federal government announced Friday that enough is enough so far as no mail delivery is concerned.
The WDG Public Health COVID-19 dashboard says that the wastewater signal shows COVID-19 is spreading. The signal is now at 0.32 versus 0.26 the week before, but it’s respiratory strain B that’s outcliping COVID by registering a 0.5 signal in wastewater. Emergency room visits due to respiratory illnesses are also going up and the rate now sits at 24.78 per cent, a nearly eight-point increase from the last reporting period. The good news is that the number of hospital stays remains mostly unchanged with over three COVID patients and at one each for the flu and RSV.
OUTBREAKS: COVID-19 has really roared back in the institutions as we approach the holidays. Only, the Village of Arbour Trails has managed to escape its clutches (for now), and while COVID remains in the Shelburne Retirement Home and Homewood, they have since been joined by Caressant Care in Arthur, Heritage House, and the Royal on Gordon. Respiratory is now in Royal Terrace in Palmerston, and enteric is now back in two places, the Village of Riverside Glen, and Caressant Care in Harriston.
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Here’s last week’s Police Notes entry.
It’s the last call for employers looking to take part in the Canada Summer Jobs program next year.
A bill sponsored by Perth-Wellington MPP Matthew Rae will protect agritourism operations from potentially frivolous lawsuits.
A new Indigenous-focused childcare centre will be opening in Cambridge. This is the first facility of its kind in the region courtesy of the Healing of the Seven Generations.
The City of London’s Integrity Commissioner says Councillor Susan Stevenson has been acting like a bully. She disagrees with that conclusion.
School boards in Toronto are apparently using private investigators to track teachers taking sick days to make sure they really are sick according to a Toronto Star investigation.
Over 1,650 barrels of oil spilled out of Enbridge’s Line 6 just west of Milwaukee.
Unsurprisingly, researchers at Dalhousie have confirmed that regular use of e-cigarettes and vapes leads to worse lung function.
Negotiations in Riyadh failed to secure a deal between 197 members of the United Nations to take action on global droughts stemming from climate change.
Coming up this week on the Guelph Politicast, we’re talking to Mayor Cam Guthrie. It’s been a busy year at city council, and for obvious reasons the mayor’s been in the thick of it through his use of Strong Mayor Powers, the direction to cut the budget, joining the call to close Guelph’s CTS and his hesitation joining the call for a national urban park in the OR Lands. This week, Guthrie will share his thoughts about all that went down during this Strong Mayor Year.
Get the latest edition of the Guelph Politicast on Wednesday.
Also on Wednesday, tune in to CFRU at 3 pm for another episode of End Credits. This week, Peter Salmon co-hosts as we head back to the Marvel [Adjacent] Cinematic Universe and the latest solo adventure based one of Spider-Man’s lesser-known villains. We’re going on the hunt with Kraven The Hunter, and we’re going to hunt down the movies that we’re most looking forward to seeing in the year 2025!
Listen to all these shows any time by subscribing to the Guelph Politicast channel on your favourite podcast app at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.
Sparkles in the Park will run this year at Riverside Park from now till New Year’s Eve.
The next hybrid meeting of the Accessibility Advisory Committee is on Tuesday December 17 at 3 pm.
The Evergreen Seniors’ Centre will host their Festive Dinner on Wednesday December 18 at 11 am.
Guelph Farmers’ Market will host the Take Home the Holidays on Wednesday December 18 from 4 to 9 pm.
The Next Ward Market will focus on Last Minute Local Shopping at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Church on Thursday December 19 from 6-10 pm.
The Last Call Christmas Market will be hosted by Wellington Bewery on Saturday December 21 at 12 pm.
There will be Festive Family Fun at the main branch of the Guelph Library on Saturday December 21 at 2 pm.
A Very Charlie Brown Concert will take place at the River Run Centre on Sunday December 22 at 2 pm with a second show taking place at 7 pm.
The Trees for Tots tree collection day is on Saturday January 11 at 7 am.
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