Tag: South Bruce
Public Health ‘ deeply concerned’ as latest opioid alert issued
Grey Bruce Public Health has issued its seventh opioid alert in a little over a month following another string of drug poisonings, including one that was fatal. The latest alert to community partners was issued by public health on Monday, after receiving notification of one fatal and three non-fatal drug poisonings in the areas over […]
South Bruce OPP ask for help in locating missing man
The South Bruce OPP is asking for help locating a 60-year-old Bruce County man missing since Monday. Tim was last seen on Goderich Street in Saugeen Shores at noon on Canada Day. He’s described as 5’9″ tall with a thin build. He wears eyeglasses and has a white mustache. Police say Tim is possibly driving […]
What happened to Lois Hanna? Police renew call for answers in 1988 mystery
Thursday will mark 36 years since the July 4, 1988, disappearance of Lois Hanna
South Bruce OPP lay more than 200 charges during traffic campaign
Police in southern Bruce County laid more than 200 traffic-related charges during a recent initiative on local roadways. South Bruce OPP took part in the Canada Road Safety Week campaign from June 21 to July 1 where officers focused on the “big 4” factors associated with serious collisions on the roadways – impaired driving, distracted […]
Swimmers helped to shore at Kincardine
One person was taken to hospital as a precaution after the OPP responded to a report of swimmers in distress in the waters off Kincardine on Canada Day. Just after 7 p.m. on Monday, South Bruce OPP and the South Bruce OPP marine unit responded after receiving a report of swimmers yelling for help from […]
Police investigate intimate partner violence in Chesley
South Bruce OPP investigated two reports of intimate partner violence in Chesley this long weekend. On Sunday police charged a 23-year-old Chesley resident with assault, assault with a weapon and uttering threats. In an unrelated investigation Saturday, police charged a 70-year-old with breaching firearms regulations and unauthorized possession of firearms. Police provided no other details […]
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 […]
The Kincardine Independent
Two members of Bruce County council – the mayors of Saugeen Shores and South Bruce – are asking the province to take a more wholistic approach when it comes to … Continue reading County urges province to pause health-care service cuts until wider impact on economic growth can be studied
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Most hospitals in Grey-Bruce reducing or ending chaplain services
Hospital spiritual care — provided by chaplains who listen and help people deal with anxieties and concerns when facing life’s difficult moments — has undergone an “upheaval” in Grey-Bruce. Brightshores Health System is taking the service in-house, by hiring a full-time spiritual care leader and two part-time spiritual care providers to cover its seven sites. […]
LETTER: Negative aspects of DGR project being glossed over
South Bruce residents, and others, have you read the hosting agreement signed by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) and Municipality of South Bruce? Why not? Mayor (Mark) Goetz has asked you to read it over. You have had over a month to read it and try to understand all that legal wording! At the […]