Author: Kincardine News
Three more COVID-19 deaths reported in Grey-Bruce
Another three local people have reportedly died of COVID-19. The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported the deaths on Tuesday, raising the local death toll from the virus to 39. Grey-Bruce actually didn’t see its first death from the virus until almost a year into the pandemic, on Jan. 30, 2021. With the additional deaths on […]
Health board chair lays out priorities for 2022
Local health board chair Sue Paterson said the health unit is preparing to resume normal operations as part of post-pandemic recovery this year. The mayor of Hanover was returned by acclamation as chair for a second term at the Feb. 4 Grey Bruce Health Unit board of health meeting. She looked ahead in an interview […]
SBP council makes fourth payment to support youth mental health
South Bruce Peninsula council provided its fourth $25,000 annual payment on Feb. 1 towards its $100,000 pledge to the local hospital foundation to support youth mental health, Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation announced. The town pledged the money after the hospital foundation approached council four years ago to help fund a Grey Bruce Health Services effort […]
Owen Sound backflow prevention program to protect water system
Owen Sound has introduced a backflow prevention program intended to protect the city’s drinking water system from possible contamination. On Jan. 10 the city passed a bylaw that requires backflow preventers on water services for industrial, commercial and institutional properties. Matt Prentice, the city’s manager of public works, said Monday that in a year the […]
More local COVID deaths but indicators show situation improving
Two more local people have died due to COVID-19. The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported one death Saturday and another Monday. The local toll stands at 36 since the start of the pandemic about two years ago. At total of 12 local patients are hospitalized due to COVID: Nine in a local hospital and three […]