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TORONTO – As Ontario moves towards lifting mask mandates in public settings, the provinces top doctor says masking in schools will also be eliminated.

WELLINGTON NORTH - At 7:56am on Friday, around 30 volunteer firefighters began responding from Mount Forest and Arthur stations to a structure fire along Highway 6 between Arthur and Petherton.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Council awarded an Arthur skatepark and pump track contract to Innerkip-based Canadian Ramp Company on Feb. 22 at a cost of $170,294. The park is expected to be ready for use in mid-June.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The idea of automated speed enforcement in school and Community Safety Zones will be studied by the county. On Feb. 24 Wellington County council approved a motion to direct county staff to conduct a cost/benefit analysis and facilitate discussions with lower tier municipalities.

WELLINGTON NORTH – A zoning bylaw amendment sought by Avila Investments for a new Mount Forest subdivision has been granted by Wellington North council. Another zoning bylaw amendment will come before council for a commercial portion.

GUELPH – Following the removal of the School Resource Officer program last spring, schools in the Upper Grand District School Board have been generally satisfied with police interactions, according to a recent report.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - To think of Black individuals as landless wanderers into Wellington County, disconnected from the land, is to discount their role in the county’s very formation and to render them un-Canadian, Wencke Rudi told over 100 webinar participants.

BEIJING – At the bottom of the halfpipe at Genting Snow Park in Beijing, Rachael Karker claimed the bronze in the women’s freeski halfpipe final at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Family Day Winter Classic – The Optimist Club of Puslinch organized another Family Day Winter…

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Feb. 23 the federal government will be revoking a declaration of a public order emergency under the Emergencies Act. Ontario's state of emergency ended at 5pm.

WELLINGTON COUNTY  –  To align with a provincial decision to end proof of vaccination…

CENTRE WELLINGTON – As Ontario enters the next phase of provincial reopening, township facilities will re-open to the public and resume additional services for the community.

PUSLINCH – With the recent provincial reopening  announcement, the Township of Puslinch is preparing to follow suit.