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GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Through a recent grant attained by the township’s parks and recreation department, staff have developed a new volunteer policy.

OTTAWA - Canada’s leaders discussed COVID-19 protests and gave impassioned speeches during an emergency debate in the House of Commons on Monday night as anti-vaccine mandate protestors occupied downtown Ottawa into an eleventh night.

BRUCEDALE – Guelph/Eramosa is set to reopen its municipal office to the public at the end of the month, after nearly two years of being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The time to lose weight is now, says Doug Lucas, who was named King of TOPS Ontario (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) in 2020 for losing the most weight in the province and for reaching his goal weight.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - As of Feb. 7, there are 484 known active cases throughout the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health region and 30 individuals are hospitalized with COVID-19 in the region.

MOUNT FOREST – A local man has been charged with arson in connection with a suspicious house fire here last year.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – All library branches across the county will reopen on Feb. 14. Officials closed the branches on Dec. 1 in response to rising cases of COVID-19 in the community.

GUELPH-ERAMOSA – Police have arrested and charged a suspect in the theft of a tractor trailer load worth $300,000 from a business here four months ago.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Youth engagement, creating space and building connections through community were the common themes of a webinar Thursday evening.

GUELPH – On Feb. 1, Wellington County OPP concluded an investigation and seized a quantity of illicit drugs and currency in the City of Guelph, police stated in a Feb. 4 press release.

OTTAWA – Perth-Wellington MP John Nater recently paid tribute to a Mount Forest youth who lost a lengthy battle with brain cancer, calling him a “superhero” who put others ahead of himself.

MINTO – Police have charged a Palmerston woman with arson in connection with two fires on White's Junction Trail here.

PALMERSTON – Renovations are complete and the finishing touches added with only four weeks remaining before the March 7 opening of the Building Bridges Adult Day Program, a new business providing services to adults with developmental delays.

GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health wants parents of children in Grades 7, 8 and 9 to know their child’s vaccination series might not be complete.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - Taste Real’s Eat Up Your February campaign invites the public to explore Wellington County’s local food options and engage with agriculture and food during the winter months.