United Way heating subsidy reliance is transitory, many heat with wood

A detailed look at who’s getting help with home heating costs through United Way-distributed subsidies shows most people use them as a temporary measure, for two years or less on average. The “majority of clients are not long-term recipients of energy support payments,” the statistical report prepared for the United Way by former board member […]

Doctors seeing urgent-care patients in Grey-Bruce with virtual visits

There’s a new, virtual urgent-care option designed for people who need to see a doctor but it’s not so serious that they need to wait for hours in an emergency department in person. By seeing qualifying patients virtually, the load on Grey-Bruce’s 10 emergency departments should ease and wait times for ER patients should shorten. […]

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Grey-Bruce weekend COVID update

Regular daily COVID-19 updates from the Grey Bruce Health Unit will end Monday. There were 26 new cases of COVID-19 reported Sunday and 27 new cases Saturday, on par with the 26-case seven-day average. The cases reflect known new cases up to midnight the day before. Monday’s report will have Sunday’s data and will bring […]

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Number of Grey-Bruce COVID-19 deaths rises to 45

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported two new COVID-19 infections Monday as public health indicators continued to trend down after the weekend. Reported cases do not accurately reflect virus transmission in the region but provide an accurate representation of the trends of transmission in the community, the health unit said. There have now been 45 […]

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Grey-Bruce death toll due to COVID: 44

Grey-Bruce has suffered its 44th death due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The news was included in the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report Thursday. This victim was a hospitalized patient in old age with underlying medical conditions, Dr. Ian Arra said by text response to Sun Times questions. Of all the COVID-related local fatal […]

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Little change to COVID indicators in Grey-Bruce this weekend

Grey Bruce Health Unit reported Sunday that 10 residents were in hospital due to COVID-19, one of whom is being treated outside Grey-Bruce. That’s the same as was reported Saturday and is three fewer in hospital than was reported Friday. There remained five long-term care or retirement homes with outbreaks this weekend, one fewer than […]

More people are relying on community food groups, co-ordinator says

Rising housing costs and general price increases are leaving less money for food, causing more people to rely on community food programs, said Paul Wagenaar, of the United Way’s food security co-ordinator. Stigma against people who use these services must be broken and more affordable and safe housing is needed, he told Grey County councillors […]

COVID-19 assessment centre offers alternative to ER visit

To limit visits to hospital emergency rooms to health emergencies, certain groups of people who either have COVID-19 or think they do — but it’s not an emergency — now have an alternative to get assessed by a doctor. Grey Bruce Health Services has been asked by Ontario Health to expand its Owen Sound COVID-19 […]