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WELLINGTON COUNTY – Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF) allocations to local municipalities will decrease by a combined total of just over $100,000 next year.

GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Two drivers were seriously injured, with one transported to a trauma centre by air ambulance, in a crash here on Friday morning. Wellington County OPP officials say emergency crews responded to the scene on Fife Road at Township Road 1, west of Guelph, on Dec. 2 at about 8am.

GUELPH – Wellington County councillors expressed grave concerns about the impact Bill 23, the province’s More Homes Built Faster Act, will have on municipal finances, planning and the environment.

FERGUS – The COVID-19 assessment centre in the old Groves hospital in Fergus is now permanently closed. The centre, which opened in August of 2020, was shut down on Dec. 1.

PUSLINCH – Shawn Gusz will have to hire off-duty police for the nights of his Christmas display if he wants to have a display this Christmas.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Provincial policy dictating how agricultural land is used in Ontario allows for secondary on-farm uses, but local land use policy and zoning bylaws can get in the way, preventing farmers from diversifying on-farm income sources.

ERIN – Local resident Stephen Sargent is asking council to consider chipping in for a community ice rink at the Mountainview Parkette.

GUELPH – During seven and a half decades together Jean and Howard Edgerton have travelled the world, made music, danced, served their communities and raised four children. 

ELORA – It will take longer to tell the tale of Sky Hammond’s 'Big Book of Teeny Tiny Stories' than to actually read it. Hammond’s stories – just four simple lines – have become a book and now and TV series. 

WELLINGTON COUNTY – As of Nov. 30, there are 109 confirmed active cases in the region, up slightly from from 102 on Nov. 23.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – In recent weeks there has been a rash of thefts from car washes throughout Wellington County. Thieves often don't get away with a lot of money, but they are causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage with each theft.

GUELPH – To help area residents access care and to ease pressure on the emergency department at Guelph General Hospital, the Guelph COVID-19 Assessment Centre will expand its scope to support assessment and treatment of patients with cold and flu symptoms.