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Waterloo Region, municipalities get another $18 million in COVID relief funds from province
Province pledges another $20M to Waterloo Region, municipalities in COVID-19 funding Unsurprisingly, Waterloo Region is getting the biggest chunk of that money as it will receive $7,223,586.The cities of Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo will receive $4,821,933, $2,491,652 and $2,337,340, respectively.The townships of North Dumfries ($180,195), Woolwich ($446,909), Wellesley ($165,734) and Wilmot ($391,615) will get small pieces of the pie.Overall, Ontario says it is releasing another $500 million to the province’s 444 municipalities through the joint federal-provincial Safe Restart Agreement fund.The funding each municipality receives is based upon size and how many COVID-19 cases had occurred between Jan. 1 and Feb.