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WELLINGTON COUNTY - Public health isn’t cancelling Halloween, but it is urging extreme caution during these scary COVID times.

GUELPH - The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) is providing families the option to change between in-person and remote school modes of learning.

GUELPH – Public health officials have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Village of Arbour Trails Retirement Home.

PUSLINCH – Special Olympic athlete Taylor Redmond recently participated in a fundraising event on national television.

WELLINGTON COUNTY — On the same day the province announced certain COVID-19 hotspots would be reverting to stage two restrictions, local public health officials urged residents to buckle down during the pandemic's second wave.

ERIN – The Town of Erin hopes to reach more residents and improve its image as it embarks on a new strategic communications plan.

FERGUS – The Victoria Park Seniors Centre will reopen later this month with limited programming and reduced hours.

GUELPH-ERAMOSA – As part of an effort to end homelessness in Guelph-Wellington, the County of Wellington has announced the opening of the Loyola House Supportive Temporary Accommodation Pilot (LHSTAP).

ELORA – On Oct. 6, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks released a proposal under the Ontario Water Resources Act requiring water bottling companies to obtain support of the host municipality for new or increased groundwater taking that daily exceeds 379,000 litres.

GUELPH – The Ontario Health Coalition has put out an urgent call for the province to improve conditions in long-term care homes for residents and staff.

MINTO – Town council has approved two Community Improvement Program (CIP) grants and the hiring of a deputy chief building official.

ABERFOYLE – Puslinch councillor John Sepulis would like to see a Community Safety Zone established in Aberfoyle on Brock Road (Wellington Road 46), between Wellington Road 34 and Gilmore Road.

MINTO – Town council has officially approved an agreement with North Wellington Health Care for use of the old train station in Harriston as a COVID-19 assessment centre.

ORILLIA – Almost five years after the body of Frederick “John” Hatch was found in Erin, police have issued an arrest warrant for Danick Miguel Bourgeois, 28, of St. Albert, who is charged with murder.

KITCHENER – After a “once-in-a-lifetime experience” in Edmonton, NHL linesman Scott Cherrey is “just excited to get home to regular life – at least as we now know it.”