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GUELPH – Eight local paramedics are self-isolating after a fellow member of the Guelph-Wellington Paramedic Service (GWPS) tested positive for COVID-19.

MOUNT FOREST – Public health and the Mount Forest Family Health Team are offering three flu shot clinics here over the next three weeks.

ABERFOYLE - Local water advocates are demanding that Nestlé Waters Canada revert the Aberfoyle plant back to public ownership as part of the company’s planned sale of its bottled water brands.

WELLINGTON NORTH – Council here will consider a motion at its Oct. 26 meeting to direct township staff to conduct a leaf pickup in urban areas of the township during the second week of November.

PUSLINCH – Dufferin Aggregates has been granted permission to extend its morning hours of operation and extend its season into December.

ERIN – The Town of Erin says a wastewater treatment plant is coming. But it’s not a done deal yet, says Erin resident Amanda Elias.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – After struggling financially for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Royal Canadian Legion branches across the country will be forced to scale back Remembrance Day services and, in most cases, close them to the public altogether.

FERGUS – A local man is charged with attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a woman in a home here on Saturday.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – On Oct. 20, for the first time since the pandemic hit in mid-March, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health reported zero active cases of COVID-19 in Wellington County,  no new cases in the county and no cases in county hospitals.