ER’s in Walkerton, Chesley to resume 24-hour service

Walkerton’s emergency department will resume 24-hour coverage May 9 and there’s a plan to expand Chesley’s emergency department to 24-hour service starting June 15. In addition, on May 9 the remaining four acute-care beds will be reopened in Chesley hospital, bringing the total to back eight, and it will return to having 10 alternative-care beds […]

Healing Path planned for Owen Sound hospital grounds

The organization that has been naturalizing the grounds of the Owen Sound hospital are embarking on a next phase of their project that will allow the public to enjoy the fruits of their labour. NeighbourWoods North has issued a request for quotes to find a contractor to build the first phase of the Healing Path […]

No charges against officer after woman injured in Port Elgin crash

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has found no reasonable grounds to believe that a Saugeen Shores Police Service officer committed a criminal offence in connection with a Christmas Day crash in Port Elgin that left a 45-year-old woman seriously injured. The woman was a passenger in a vehicle that had been briefly pursued by the […]

Owen Sound councillor to call for study into municipal impeachment

An Owen Sound councillor has raised the prospect of municipal councillors who exhibit behavior including hatred, misogyny and discrimination to be impeached or removed from office. City Coun. John Tamming presented a notice of motion during Monday’s committee of the whole meeting where he called for council to ask the provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs […]