Firefighter airlifted to hospital after fire truck crash in Wellington County, Ont.
A firefighter was airlifted to hospital after a fire truck crash in Wellington County, Ont. on Tuesday morning.
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Sentence handed down to man who killed co-worker
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WRDSB hears delegations on LGBTQ2+ books
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The province's police watchdog has found no reasonable grounds that a Guelph police officer committed a criminal offense in connection to a 2017 incident that left a 43-year-old woman with a concussion.
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