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Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada will ban companies from importing or making plastic bags and Styrofoam takeout containers by the end of this year, their sale by the end of next year and their export by the end of 2025.

Guelph city council is returning to the horseshoe with in-person meetings set to resume, beginning with the committee of the whole meeting on Monday afternoon.Council has been conducting virtual meetings online since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. City of Guelph keeps mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy in place for employees “With the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and capacity limits across Ontario, we’re ready to welcome Guelph council members back to city hall and council chambers, if they so choose, under a new hybrid meeting model,” said Guelph city clerk Stephen O’Brien.“As we recover from COVID-19, we continue to provide an open and flexible municipal democratic process for our community.”Under the hybrid model, the meeting chair and up to six councillors, the city clerk, the city’s executive team and members of the media are allowed to attend meetings inside council chambers.The remaining six councillors may attend the meeting from another room located within city hall.The decision on whether to attend in person is up to each member of city council.

COVID-19 in Guelph, the city’s public health unit is reporting just one new positive test on Friday.Guelph’s total case count during the pandemic is now at 5,090 but active cases have now fallen to just six.Another two cases have been resolved, bringing total recoveries to 5,039. There have been 45 fatal cases during the pandemic, but that figure has not changed in several weeks.

COVID-19 continues into a second summer, Guelph will soon see an outdoor patio program — and the road closures that come with it — back at the main intersection of the downtown core.But unlike last year’s dining district program that saw road closures seven days a week, the intersection of Wyndham and Macdonell streets will only close on weekends. Registration begins for expanded patio spaces at Toronto restaurants, bars City council made the decision Monday evening, paving the way for on-street patios to be in place Friday to Sunday, from Victoria Day weekend to Labour Day weekend (May 21 to Sept.

COVID-19 vaccination rate is above the provincial and national average despite starting its rollout three weeks behind.In a presentation to Guelph city council this week, Dr. Nicola Mercer said as of Feb.

Guelph General Hospital is closed to the public on Wednesday while a temporary expansion is installed.The hospital said the structure is being delivered in three pieces with the first two sections scheduled to arrive around 10 a.m. The other piece should arrive later in the afternoon.

coronavirus pandemic, Guelph city council is giving $300,000 to a pair of business organizations.On Wednesday, council voted to transfer $125,000 to Innovation Guelph and $175,000 to the Business Centre of Guelph Wellington.

The City of Guelph has closed all of its facilities to the public, including city hall, in an effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.