Tag: Walkerton
Crusaders are bringing home bronze from OFSAA
Sacred Heart’s perfect season held firm all the way up until the semi-finals at the OFSAA double-A boys’ volleyball championship in Muskoka Saturday. It’s there the Crusaders finally suffered a defeat at the hands of Ottawa’s École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges, dropping a fifth and deciding set 15-13. The Walkerton school rebounded in the bronze medal […]
Local health care organizations receive $3.2M in infrastructure funding
Four local hospital organizations and health care service providers will receive $3.2 million in funding from the provincial government this year to support critical infrastructure upgrades and repairs. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers made the announcement in a media release distributed Friday. As part of the infrastructure funding, Grey Bruce Health Services receives $1,808,269, Hanover […]
Sacred Heart Crusaders punch ticket to OFSAA on home court
The Sacred Heart Crusaders senior boys’ volleyball team will compete for a provincial high school championship this week. The Crusaders went unbeaten on their home floor Saturday en route to winning the Central Western Ontario Secondary School Association (CWOSSA) double-A title. Sacred Heart defeated St. David’s in straight sets in the seven-team tournament’s best-of-five final […]
Leaked report suggests healthcare crisis worsening; smaller hospitals faring better
“The hospitals that are doing the best right now in the province, if I recall correctly, are the very low volume hospitals.”
Brockton welcomes MZO and is anxious to get building homes
The Ontario government has granted a Minister’s Zoning Order that Brockton requested to allow residential development in Walkerton’s business park. The municipality asked for the MZO to expedite development of up to 500 housing units and allow expansion of Walkerton’s boundaries to accommodate future business and industrial development. The lands subject to the MZO that […]
Brockton welcomes MZO and is anxious to get building homes
The Ontario government has granted a Minister’s Zoning Order that Brockton requested to allow residential development in Walkerton’s business park. The municipality asked for the MZO to expedite development of up to 500 housing units and allow expansion of Walkerton’s boundaries to accommodate future business and industrial development. The lands subject to the MZO that […]
Hanover police officer acquitted on sexual assault allegation
Hanover police Const. Ryan Cabral was acquitted this week in Walkerton’s Ontario Court of Justice on a charge of sexual assault for something alleged to have taken place in 2017. A breach of trust charge was withdrawn before the trial began Monday. Visiting Crown attorney Ian Bulmer requested a sexual exploitation charge be stayed during […]
Brockton looking ahead to development after ‘low-key’ election
It was a “low-key” municipal election in Brockton this time, with the mayor and new deputy mayor acclaimed and only six candidates ran for five available councillor seats. Mayor Chris Peabody will be joined by a new deputy mayor, James Lang, who sat as a Brockton councillor for the past term. As a result of […]
Chesley’s ER closed for eight weeks due to nurse shortage
Chesley hospital’s emergency room is closed for eight weeks starting today due to a “critical shortage of nurses.” The rest of the hospital remains open, the hospital announced in a news release. Chesley’s ER is scheduled to reopen Dec. 2. Persistent nursing shortages have forced the emergency room to close multiple times this summer. The […]
Public Meeting to be held for replacement of Walkerton bridge
A public meeting has been scheduled to inform residents on plans to replace the Durham Street Bridge in Walkerton.