Tag: pandemic
Pearson: Volunteering act of defiance against darkening age
This city’s volunteers and the organizations they assist define London’s endless search for fairness, opportunity, prosperity, and inclusion
Conservatives, London doctor spar over safe supply comments
The federal Conservatives are calling for a London doctor’s medical licence to be revoked and have accused her of lying about safer opioid supply.
In Michigan, cases of whooping cough hint at post-pandemic comeback | Bridge Michigan
The infection, known for causing a canât-catch-your-breath, whoop-like cough, usually causes only a mild illness, but can be deadly to infants….
Fog lifting on hefty income increases for London-area school board brass
Some answers are in, but questions are still swirling about hefty increases in income paid out by the two big London-area school boards â both, running budget deficits â to some senior brass last year. At the Thames Valley District school board, payments to 17 senior leaders and superintendents rose by double-digit percentage amounts in […]
Local kids’ choir composed songs, while researcher observed
Members of the Georgian Bay Children’s Choir sang their own compositions Saturday afternoon, after having been studied composing them as part of a doctoral research project. Their post-pandemic effort was shared at a concert at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Owen Sound for family and friends. The youngsters, four to 14 years old, were observed […]
World Health Organization ends COVID-19 global health emergency
The global health emergency was declared 1,122 days ago.
Masks optional now at Grey Bruce Health Services, with exceptions
Masks are now mostly optional in Grey Bruce Health Services sites. They remain mandatory in emergency departments, for people visiting patient rooms and anywhere in the hospital for people who have COVID-19 symptoms. The new policy reflects updated recommendations from Public Health Ontario regarding the COVID-19 virus and hospital practice in the province, a GBHS […]
Man who confronted maskless teens in store gets conditional discharge
A Saugeen Shores man pleaded guilty to mischief and uttering a threat to cause bodily harm from when he confronted two maskless teens in a store more than a year ago when pandemic restrictions required masks. Pier Donnini, 57, entered his pleas Monday on what was to be the first day of a three-day trial […]
With the pandemic waning, life should return to normal for most: Arra
Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health said the waning impact of COVID-19 locally means most people may resume their normal lives. “We are in the tail end of the pandemic. There is going to be transmission of COVID, it’s going to be with us,” Dr. Ian Arra said Friday in an interview to check in on […]
Change ‘can be a good thing’ Southgate’s new mayor says
Brian Milne will move up to the mayor’s chair in Southgate Township in the coming council term with determination to manage the community’s “supercharged” growth. Milne, currently deputy-mayor, said the pandemic was the supercharger that accelerated new home construction in Dundalk, which has strained local abilities to keep up. “Everybody’s scared of change and that’s […]