Tag: Health Canada
Missing Fanshawe student’s ‘devastated’ mom haunted by possibilities
The mother of a missing Fanshawe College student says sheâs haunted by possible reasons why her daughter disappeared more than 10 days ago. Nidhua Muktadir, 19, reported missing Dec. 4, was last seen the day before on Hawk Cliff Road in Central Elgin, about five kilometres northeast of Port Stanley, Elgin OPP say. A surveillance […]
St. Thomas police probe suspicious overnight death
Investigators in St. Thomas are probing a suspicious death overnight in the city’s east end, police say. In a post to social media shortly after midnight on Friday, police announced they were investigating a death they deemed suspicious on Highview Drive in the city. Police warned of the extensive presence of officers throughout the night, […]
Two measles cases in Grey-Bruce linked to New Brunswick outbreak
Two now resolved cases of measles and six other probable cases in two Grey-Bruce households have been linked to an outbreak in New Brunswick. Grey-Bruce Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ian Arra said Thursday that the cases reported to the health unit in late October and November have been epidemiologically linked to the large outbreak that […]
Police seize 6,000 pot plants after alert from Health Canada
Police seized thousands of pot plants and more than 300 kilograms of cannabis from a property southwest of St. Thomas.
Doctor who spoke out against vaccine mandates will turn over records
Former Owen Sound emergency room doctor Rochagné Kilian said she will turn over COVID vaccine exemption and other patient records after a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision. Kilian became the subject of a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario investigation three years ago over COVID-19 vaccine exemptions. She said she will turn over […]
Police shut down unlicensed London pot shop, again
An Indigenous-run marijuana shop in London shop has been shuttered for a second time after reopening following a summertime crackdown by the Ontario Provincial Police. In August, Spirit River, an unlicensed cannabis dispensary in a trailer at 72 Wellington St., and the Spirit River downtown storefront at 685 Richmond St. were closed down by the […]
Views on safety of nuclear fuel DGRs
NWMO DGR safety statements irresponsible I am writing about the Deep Geological Registry (DGR) proposed for Teeswater by the NWMO as a way of managing all of Canada’s high-energy nuclear waste. I can no longer remain silent as I have witnessed the reckless way that the NWMO has [dealt with] the public and municipal leaders […]
LETTER: NWMO misrepresents the safety profile of DGRs
I am writing about the Deep Geological Registry (DGR) proposed for Teeswater by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) as a way of managing all of Canada’s high-energy nuclear waste. I can no longer remain silent as I have witnessed the reckless way the NWMO has misinformed the public and municipal leaders on the real […]
Police probing death at London drug consumption site
The agency that operates the site, where users can legally consume drugs under medical supervision, is expected to say more later Thursday.
Investigators eye cellphone charger as source of $500,000 house fire
A fire that did an estimated $500,000 damage to a rural Southwestern Ontario home was possibly started due to a cellphone charger and “associated wiring,” a local fire official said.