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OTTAWA – The County of Wellington has been granted $125,000 in funding from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Climate change staff grants initiative to help address staffing gaps and increase the County's capacity to adapt to the effects of climate change or reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The County of Wellington is among 59 communities across Canada benefitting from this initiative and will receive the funding over two...
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WELLINGTON COUNTY – County Council and staff are pleased to welcome Susan Farrelly as the County of Wellington’s new Director of Human Resources. Susan will assume the position on March 4, 2019, succeeding Andrea Lawson who will be retiring from the role on February 28, 2019 after 18 years of service.
Susan brings over 19 years of progressive experience to the role, including 14 years working in the County of Wellington’s Human Resources Department. Susan...
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Due to poor weather conditions across the County, all Wellington County Library branches will be closed on Tuesday, February 12th. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please feel free to continue accessing the Library's online resources  at www.wellington.ca/Library .
For updates on other County of Wellington closures and notices, please follow @wellingtncounty on Twitter.

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Please be advised that both Palmerston and Mount Forest Early Learning and Child Care Centres will be closed Tuesday February 12, 2019 due to the major winter storm warning of rapid accumulation of snow, ice pellets, possible freezing rain, and strong winds causing poor visibility.  (Willowdale Child Care and Learning Centre located in Guelph will remain open).
All staff and families were alerted to the possibility of closures on Monday and they will be notified of...
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ERIN – A grand opening to celebrate a new child care centre and EarlyON centre in the Town of Erin will be held this February.
In the fall, the Upper Grand District School Board and the County of Wellington were pleased to announce the opening of the new facility, located at Erin Public School.
On February 21, 2019, officials from the Ministry of Education, School Board and the County will be at Erin Y Child Care to celebrate the official opening of the facility.
The...
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