London Free Press

Police probe shuts down major London intersection after pedestrian struck

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London police have launched an investigation after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle near Victoria Hospital on Saturday afternoon. The collision happened at the intersection of Wellington and Commissioners roads shortly after 3 p.m., police said. A man was taken to hospital following the collision but the extent of his injuries was unknown Saturday, […]

Owen Sound Sun Times

Most hospitals in Grey-Bruce reducing or ending chaplain services

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Hospital spiritual care — provided by chaplains who listen and help people deal with anxieties and concerns when facing life’s difficult moments — has undergone an “upheaval” in Grey-Bruce.  Brightshores Health System is taking the service in-house, by hiring a full-time spiritual care leader and two part-time spiritual care providers to cover its seven sites. […]

Owen Sound Owen Sound Sun Times

McQuarrie sentenced to life in prison

Matthew McQuarrie was sentenced to life in prison Monday and he won’t be eligible to apply for parole for 15 years, after his surprise guilty plea to second-degree murder during his first-degree murder trial last week in Owen Sound.  Superior Court Justice Clayton Conlan accepted the 34-year-old’s new plea to a lesser charge on June […]