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• SIU Discontinues Woodstock Investigation

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• Ingersoll Adopts Municipal Budget for 2026

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• Brant OPP Investigating Fraud in Burford

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• Salvation Army Kettles Raise Almost $63,000

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• Shots Fired in Brant County Neighbourhood

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• CNOY Returns to Oxford County Next Month

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• SWPH Investigating Dog Bite

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• WOWC Elects New Chair

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• Woodstonian Charged with Impaired

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• Princeton Woman Heading to Germany for Spinal Surgery

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• WPS Briefs - Jan. 12th, 2026

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