Tag: Hanover
Woman faces charges after Hanover stabbing sends male to hospital
A 36-year-old woman faces weapons and assault charges after a stabbing in Hanover Tuesday night. According to a media release from the Hanover Police, officers responded to a disturbance at a residence in the 500 Block of 10th Avenue in Hanover shortly after 9 p.m. Upon arrival, police officers located a male suffering from wounds […]
School backpack program exceeds demand expectations, faces funding shortfall
The United Way Bruce Grey’s backpack program has already surpassed its initial estimate by handing out more than 2,500 fully-stocked backpacks to kids heading back to school in September. The 2,513 students served to date are the most in the program’s history, and the United Way expects that tally to keep ticking upwards. Last year, […]
Conservation area reopens after repairs for damage done by off-road vehicles
The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) is reopening a conservation area after repairs for damage done by illegal off-road vehicles. The SCVA is also temporarily closing the 98-acre Stoney Island Conservation Area for forest management. In a statement issued Wednesday, the conservation authority announced three changes to its properties’ availability while reminding the public that […]
Owen Sound, Hanover granted funding for water projects
The Ontario government has announced grant funding of more than $3.7 million for municipal water and wastewater projects in Owen Sound and Hanover that will help support growth in those communities. On Wednesday, the province revealed the applications for the two projects had been approved as part of the first round of investments under the Housing-Enabling […]
Watchdog slams rural mayor over remarks about hospital CEO: ‘Gun is fully loaded’
A rural mayor has received a formal reprimand from his political colleagues for comments an integrity commissioner labelled as threatening and potentially incendiary Kevin Eccles is in his fourth term holding the top political office in West Grey, a municipality of roughly 13,000 located near Hanover in Grey County. He leads a seven-person council. In […]
New large-animal vet receives Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week Prize
Recent Ontario Veterinary College graduate Dr. Jacky Normandeau received this year’s $1,000 Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week Prize. Normandeau grew up outside the rural town of Uxbridge. Despite growing up in a town, she has plenty of farm experience. In high school, she worked on a hobby farm doing the daily chores and at a local […]
Grey Bruce Public Health issues opioid alert following fifth fatal drug poisoning this summer
A fifth suspected fatal drug poisoning this summer prompted public health to issue an opioid alert to community partners this week. Grey Bruce Public Health said in a media release the most recent suspected fatal overdose, along with three non-fatal drug poisonings, took place between Aug. 3 and Aug. 6. Two of the overdoses, including […]
New ambulance base proposed for Feversham expected to cut response times in southeast corner of county
Grey County paramedics will work with county staff to secure suitable land in the Feversham area for the construction of a new ambulance base. The Feversham base will join a new larger base in Durham and new bases proposed for Ayton (2026), Thornbury (2027), and Cobble Beach (2028) all in an effort to keep up […]
Another local hospital president says recent new funding leaves ‘gap’
South Bruce Grey Health Centre’s president said she appreciates the Ontario government’s recently announced 4.5 per cent base funding increase to her budget. But like other local hospital administrators, she said it still leaves a budget gap created by inflation over the past few years. This year’s base funding for SBGHC increased by $1,808,100, […]
New hospital funding ‘helpful’ but doesn’t cover inflation
Grey-Bruce hospital administrators welcomed $8.566 million in new permanent base funding but some said it’s not enough. The money will be distributed $5,962,500 to Brightshores Health System, $1,808,100 to South Bruce Grey Health Centre and $795,400 to Hanover & District Hospital. Brightshores will see permanent base funding go up by 3.1 per cent. It’s […]