Tag: mental health
Local health board appoints Nicholas Saunders from the Chippewas of Nawash as chair
Grey-Bruce may have appointed the first Indigenous Board of Health chair in Ontario. On Monday, the Board of Health of Grey Bruce Public Health announced the appointment of Nicholas Saunders to the role of chair with his one-year term beginning on Dec. 20, 2024. Saunders is the first Indigenous chair of the local board of […]
Mystery donor gives London hospital $2M: ‘Unique and generous gift’
An anonymous local donor is writing a $2-million cheque to a London hospital, a no-strings-attached mega-donation arriving just days before Christmas. The mystery donor is leaving how the sum will be spent up to the St. Josephâs Health Care Foundation, the fundraising arm of St. Joseph’s Health Care London, stipulating only that it supports the […]
OSHaRE’s preparing special Christmas meals
Free Christmas meals over the holidays start Monday, with a roast beef dinner with all the trimmings at Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort soup kitchen. There will be stockings for their guests and special desserts, executive director Colleen Trask Seaman said. On Christmas Eve, the SOS market will be at OSHaRE. The Grey Bruce […]
Bluewater director of education retiring in summer
After close to 40 years with the local public education system, Bluewater District School Board Director of Education Lori Wilder is retiring. The Bluewater Board of Trustees accepted Wilder’s retirement letter in an in-camera session on Tuesday, before the announcement was shared at the regular meeting of the board and board staff were informed via […]
Police watchdog investigating senior’s deadly fall from London balcony
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a 74-year-old man fell from an apartment balcony to his death on Thursday