UCDSB makes 1,900 devices available to students for distance learning
The Upper Canada District School Board rolled out phase one of the device distribution plan this week, which will put more than 1,900 laptops...
Bell accelerating rural Internet rollout in response to COVID-19
Bell announced on April 23 that it has accelerated the rollout of its new Wireless Home Internet (WHI) service in rural Canada as part...
Parks to stay closed until May 31
Last Saturday, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Jeff Yurek, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, issued the following statement...
Alcohol use increases during COVID-19 pandemic
Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit
According to a NANOS poll commissioned by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use, Canadians self-reported an increase in...
Is COVID-19 Hitting Rural Employment harder?
from the Rural Ontario Institute
Early data suggest the reverse. According to statistician Ray D. Bollman, the percent decline in urban employment from February to...
Giving to the community with At-Home Activities from Scouts Canada
Scouts Canada, one of the country’s leading youth organizations, launched Scouting at Home, a new initiative that encourages families and youth to stay connected...
Highlights from UCDSB Trustees Meeting
Trustees with the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) met on Wednesday, April 22, for their regular Board of Trustees meeting. Trustees and senior...
Greenfield’s Johnstown plant helping meet hand sanitizer demand
The Greenfield Global plant in Johnstown has received Health Canada approval to supply their new Technical Grade Alcohol to Canadian companies making hand sanitizers,...
Our innovative community steps up
by Jane Adams APR, Communications Lead, WDMH
In small communities like ours, you just need to ask for help and people step up. And sometimes,...
Publicly-funded schools will remain closed until at least May 31
Education Minister Stephen Lecce has announced that all publicly-funded schools will remain closed until at least May 31, 2020, as part of an effort...