Category: Huron County
Local Smile Cookie campaign raises more than $20,000 for MRI campaign
GODERICH – There were smiles all around on the afternoon of Thursday, May 14, at the Tim Hortons Huron Road location. Co-owner Alison Jeffries presented members of the Magnetic Moments campaign team and the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital Foundation board a cheque for $20,370 following Smile Cookie Week, held April 27 to May 3. Throughout the week, 10,129 cookies were […]
Magnetic Moments MRI campaign asks for $1 million from town of Goderich
GODERICH – The Alexandra Marine and General Hospital Foundation’s Magnetic Moments campaign has asked the Town of Goderich to contribute $1 million toward its $6.5-million effort to bring an MRI machine to Huron County. Magnetic Moments campaign members Florence Witherspoon and Liz Higgins-Sager made the request at Goderich council’s May 4 meeting. As previously […]
Huron County Pride announces June festival events
HURON – Huron County Pride has announced the lineup for its fourth annual Pride Festival, which will take place June 2 to June 7 at several locations across the county. In a press release, Huron County Pride organizers said last year’s event included more than 1,500 people at events held throughout the week. “We look forward […]
HuronTel donates $200,000 to Magnetic Moments MRI campaign
LUCKNOW – The Magnetic Moments MRI campaign at the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital received a significant boost Friday, May 1, with a $200,000 contribution from HuronTel, presented during a cheque presentation with staff in Lucknow. The donation pushed the total raised so far to $2,596,089. Officials said the donation, made in support of bringing MRI services to Huron County and the surrounding region, helps move the campaign closer to its goal of […]
Gateway CERH awarded $100,000 from cancer-screening challenge
TORONTO – Goderich-based Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) was recently named by MaRS Discovery District and the Canadian Cancer Society as the $100,000 grand prize winner of the Rural and Remote Community Cancer Screening Challenge. An April 23 news release described the challenge as “an innovation competition designed to improve access to cancer screening for people living in […]