Ed Podniewicz News Today

A granddaughters quick thinking, a lawsuit over vaccine mandates, and a weapon call at a Brantford high school round out the most-read stories of the week.

A softball-sized rock smashed through the windshield of a Minto councillor’s pickup truck, sending him to hospital with severe facial injuries but he says it could have been much worse if his granddaughter didn’t spring into action.

The Town of Minto has acclaimed the mayor, deputy mayor and all five councillor positions roughly two months before the municipal election set for Oct. 24.