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First talks in three-week strike at defence supplier fruitless: Union
Talks between the union representing workers at an Ingersoll-based defence industry supplier and the company made little progress in ending a strike now in its fourth week, a union leader says.
Grey County to look at Owen Sound’s court security cost issue
The door hasn’t yet been fully opened, but Grey County council has at least agreed to take a peek at Owen Sound’s calls to have court security costs funded regionally. At its meeting on Thursday, Grey County councillors agreed to receive a staff report summarizing the issue of court security and prisoner transportation costs for […]
Protestors and police feature at hospital organization’s AGM in Walkerton
When Jana White and a few dozen other people disappointed in their local hospital organization arrived at the Best Western Plus parking lot to protest Wednesday night in Walkerton, a police officer greeted them and asked them to vacate the area. White said the Save the Durham Hospital committee protestors made it a few steps […]
Charges laid in hit-and-run crash that killed 34-year-old woman
St. Thomas police named a 34-year-old woman as the victim of a recent late-night hit-and-run crash as they detailed newly laid criminal charges in the case.
London doctors test new transplant technique in Canadian first
A team of London doctors have delivered a Canadian medical first, using a new transplant technique that may save more lives and increase the number of viable available to other patients.