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MINTO - The local municipal office is opening to the public in response to the recently-announced relaxation of pandemic-related public health restrictions.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Police Services Board has approved a bylaw increasing the charge for “at fault” false alarms.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Serious crime is down across the board in the county, according to a year-end Wellington OPP report presented to the Police Services Board on Feb. 9.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - There are more than 15,000 patients in Waterloo Region, Guelph and Wellington County waiting on surgeries or procedures that have been postponed due to the pandemic.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - As of Feb. 14, there are 418 confirmed active cases throughout the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health region.

TORONTO – The Ontario government has announced an accelerated timeline for lifting numerous public health measures designed to limit the spread of COVID-19, including ending provincial proof of vaccination requirements in most settings by March 1.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – As COVID-19 trends appear to be on the mend, students will once again be allowed to resume extracurricular activities.

ERIN – Council here has approved the proposed 2022 interim tax bylaw, which will provide approximately $3.5 million in residential taxes to the town.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Area industries are feeling the impact of the closure of the Ontario border at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor by a vehicle convoy calling for the end of COVID-19 mandates.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – An anti-mandate protest set to roll through the area on Feb. 19 will proceed, despite an announcement earlier this week from Ontario Premier Doug Ford that the province is ending its vaccine passport system at the end of the month.

TORONTO – Ontario Premier Doug Ford drew a line on Feb. 11, declaring a provincial state of emergency and pleading to protesters gathered in Ottawa and at critical Canadian border crossings to leave.

GUELPH – If all goes well, starting next school year, the Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) will be offering an international education program.

MAPLETON – The township’s recreation department is extending the hours of its day camp program to accommodate working families.

PUSLINCH - The Optimist Club of Puslinch has organized another Family Winter Day Classic for Feb. 21 from 1 to 4pm at the Optimist Rink and outside the Puslinch Community Centre in Aberfoyle.