Tag: emergency
Dyer: Still benefits to being a colony for New Caledonia
With the sole exception of the 50 people on Pitcairn Island, the United Kingdom liquidated its holdings in the Pacific Ocean long ago. France, by contrast, has a half million citizens in the Pacific.
Local emergency services members participate in 9/11 memorial stair climb
Grey-Bruce emergency services personnel gathered at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Sunday morning to suffer in solidarity and in honour of those who climbed up the World Trade Center towers to aid in the evacuation on Sept. 11, 2001, in the moments after commercial airliners slammed into the buildings in a terror attack. Over […]
Kidney Foundation provides peer support for those with failing kidneys waiting for a transplant
Betty Seminowicz said she felt the need to give back after her brother donated a kidney when hers failed in 2008. On Saturday, Seminowicz was recognized for her volunteer efforts during the Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Walk at Harrison Park in Owen Sound. Her volunteer duties include supporting patients undergoing dialysis treatments and providing peer support […]
Baranyai: Courts deciding cases critical to us all
They say the wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine.
London traffic-calming 101 (or why am I driving over more speed bumps?)
City staff have their eye on traffic-calming measures near schools and construction zones, but rely on residents to bring problem roads to their attention.
Man, 39, charged after hours-long rural standoff: Ontario Provincial Police
Two people were arrested and one is facing several charges after an hours-long standoff with police in Newbury, police say. Middlesex OPP said that their officers were dispatched at around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday to an address on Broadway Street in Newbury, a village 60 kilometres southwest of London, for a threat complaint. OPP says that […]
Police to canvass Meaford neighbourhood after reports of gunshots
Police are continuing to investigate weapons-related calls in Meaford and plan to canvass the neighbourhood in the coming days. Officers and auxiliary members of the Grey Bruce OPP plan to be in the area of Victoria Village and Victoria Street in Meaford on Saturday and Sunday in a search for witnesses and video surveillance. The […]
Christine’s Clothes Closet pledges $15K to Wingham CT scanner campaign
Christine McGrath, owner of Christine’s Clothes Closet, and her team have pledged $15,000 to the Wingham & District Hospital Foundation’s Caring Together campaign to fund a new CT scanner for the hospital. McGrath has been operating the casual women’s fashion boutique since 1989 and is a longtime supporter of the hospital, including hosting annual spring and fall […]
Hold and secure lifted in Meaford
A hold and secure has been lifted in Meaford after police received a weapons complaint that resulted in an increased police presence in the community. At 4:40 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP announced the lifting of the hold and secure that had been put in place earlier in the afternoon. Police said they had received a […]
South Bruce Grey Health Centre continuing to gather feedback
The South Bruce Grey Health Centre is continuing to gather community feedback after sessions in Chesley and Durham last week brought out more than 350 community members. On Wednesday, SBGHC said the meetings were just the first step in its community engagement process and that it would continue to collect feedback through an online survey […]