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RECAP: Board of Health Hears About ACEs and How a Luncheon Went Wrong

Published on May 3, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Have you ever wondered how the public health office would handle some outbreak of a food-borne illness at a well-attended social event? Well this was your lucky day if you were an attendee of the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health meeting. A tick-tock about the stomach bug at a International Women’s Day event in Orangeville was one of the subjects covered, and so was something called Adverse Childhood Events, or ACEs. Continue reading “RECAP: Board of Health Hears About ACEs and How a Luncheon Went Wrong” →

MANGEZ! Dine Safe Guide for April 16-30, 2023

Published on May 1, 2023Apr 30, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Every month, Guelph Politico posts the latest inspection results from the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit inspection of local restaurants, hotels, cafes, grocery stores and other businesses that handle food. We call it “Mangez!”, and this column highlights the latest inspections done by WDGPH, and the results they’ve posted. Continue reading “MANGEZ! Dine Safe Guide for April 16-30, 2023” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for May 3, 2023

Published on Apr 30, 2023May 1, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

This month’s Board of Health meeting focuses on matters of everyday health. For instance, there was an incident in the Dufferin part of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health where people got sick from food at a public event. There will be a report about that, plus a report about Public Health’s communications strategy last year and something called “Adverse Childhood Experiences”. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for May 3, 2023” →

MANGEZ! Dine Safe Guide for April 1-15, 2023

Published on Apr 16, 2023Apr 14, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

CITY PAGES: Easter Hours, Transit Changes, and Baker Street Debrief

Published on Apr 8, 2023Apr 9, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: Easter Hours, Transit Changes, and Baker Street Debrief” →

RECAP: This Month, Board of Health Looks at Sex, Drugs and Rabies

Published on Apr 5, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

April’s meeting of the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health was an occasion because it was the first meeting that took place largely in-person since before the start of the pandemic. Appropriately, vaccination was a big point of discussion in the meeting and so were programs to fight sexually transmitted infections, the opioid crisis and why spring means more awareness of rabies and the avian flu. Let’s recap! Continue reading “RECAP: This Month, Board of Health Looks at Sex, Drugs and Rabies” →

MANGEZ! Dine Safe Guide for March 16-31, 2023

Published on Apr 1, 2023Mar 29, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for April 5, 2023

Published on Mar 31, 2023Apr 5, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

April’s Board of Health meeting for Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph brings you sex and drugs, but no rock and roll. Or, to be more precise, it’s bringing you an update on fighting the opioid epidemic as well as an update on fighting sexually transmitted infections, which are both very serious issues despite the above joke. Also on the agenda is information about COVID-19 and flu vaccine distribution for this past cold and flu season! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for April 5, 2023” →

MANGEZ! Dine Safe Guide for March 1-15, 2023

Published on Mar 16, 2023Mar 14, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

GUELPH POLITICAST #364 – COVID Questions Remain

Published on Mar 15, 2023Mar 14, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

It was this week three years ago when the City of Guelph announced that they were closing all their public facilities, when the University of Guelph started sending all students in residents home, when all Guelph students started online learning, and every business in town, except for the most essential, closed their doors. It was start of the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, and three years later we still have questions. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #364 – COVID Questions Remain” →