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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 […]
Mildmay country music star excited for local long weekend shows
While the whirlwind of a ride of the past couple of years has taken Owen Riegling across North America, the rising country music star from Mildmay always looks forward to coming back to where it all began. “I look forward to shows at home more than anything,” Riegling said Friday morning, hours before he was […]
Grey County, lower tiers to hold joint all councils meeting
Grey County and its nine lower tier municipalities will take part in a joint all councils meeting on Aug. 8. The purpose of the meeting, which will be held electronically, is to discuss shared service delivery and service efficiencies, the City of Owen Sound said in a news release. The meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. […]
Suspected drug poisonings lead to opioid alert in Grey-Bruce
Another opioid alert has been issued in Grey-Bruce after the local health unit was notified of two fatal and two-non-fatal suspected drug poisonings. The suspected drug poisonings occurred in Owen Sound and Meaford over the past seven days, with fentanyl suspected in three of the cases, including one fatality, Grey Bruce Public Health said in […]
Meaford man arrested, property seized
A Meaford man faces several charges in relation to a rash of property crimes in the Municipality of Meaford. Grey Bruce OPP announced on Wednesday that members of the Grey Bruce OPP Community Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant at a residence on Marshall Street in Meaford just before 3:30 p.m. on July 25. […]