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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.

MINTO - For the month of February Tannery Park in Harriston will be lit up in celebration with yellow, red and green, the colours of the African Nova Scotia flag.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – County council accepted the final report on a new Roads Master Action Plan (Road MAP) at its Jan. 27 meeting.

GUELPH – In the absence of PCR tests and therefore accurate case counts, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is trying to figure out how to know when we’re on the other side of this Omicron wave.

WELLINGTON NORTH - Council approved a new bylaw on Jan. 24 requiring developers to hand over a portion of development lands to the township for parkland and recreation space or face a fee.

MINTO – A $3.67-million tender for the construction of a new secondary clarifier at the Palmerston Pollution Control Plan has been approved by town council.

WELLINGTON NORTH – The building department in Wellington North issued nearly one building permit per day last year, generating around $2 million in development charges and $619,157 in permit fees.

MINTO - Moorefield Excavating Ltd. has been awarded the contract for a $2.6-million reconstruction project on White’s Road (Wellington Road 5).

HARRISTON – A rezoning application for a 126-unit subdivision has been officially approved by…