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Bob Murray

Bob Murray is retired from the graphic communication (printing) industry and has been living in Seaforth since 2015. Murray was diagnosed with Dementia in 2013 and works hard to stop the progress of the disease. Follow him on his blog entitled Voyage with Dementia – https://myvoyage553264702.wordpress.com.

2023, 2024 and 2025 in review

Bob Murray January 9, 2025Columns, Wingham Advance Times

I’m sorry that I missed wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

Artificial intelligence offers applications for health industry

Bob Murray December 5, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

I first started writing columns about “My Voyage with Dementia” about 84 months ago.

Frustrations with the medical system

Bob Murray October 24, 2024Columns

I try to remember back to December, 2017. It was on this year that I had a SPECT brain scan and was…

A feeding tube journey

Bob Murray October 10, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

I have been researching the medications and vitamins that are available to me and fed to me, while I was fed through my stomach.

Confusion – my name is Bob and I have dementia

Bob Murray September 26, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

Writing these columns helps to keep my cognitive brain active but sometimes confusion takes over.

Medications and vitamins – knowledge is good

Bob Murray September 12, 2024Columns

The following medications and vitamins or typical to someone with a number of diseases. Not only…

My vitamins and medications

Bob Murray August 29, 2024Columns, Opinion, Wingham Advance Times

Like it or not I’m not in control of the medications that are prescribed by my doctors – the specialists. However, I am in control of the vitamins that I take on a regular basis.

Living life in the fast lane

Bob Murray July 25, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

A few weeks ago, I started to urinate blood – not steady, just intermittently. 

Microbiome and my garden

Bob Murray June 27, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

The gut microbiome are the trillions of microorganisms – primarily bacteria, but also fungi, viruses and protists – that live inside the digestive system. 

Today, I lost a good friend

Bob Murray June 13, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

No, no one had died. However, a good friend of the last nine years has moved away.

Natural remedies for a natural life

Bob Murray May 30, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

My television, through its advertising, continually recommends special pills, creams, etc., to cure all remedies. I don’t believe these advertisements.

The mind does run the body

Bob Murray May 16, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

What a week this has been! I go from a “Feeling Good” to an accident victim (of my own stupidity).

The mind runs the body and the body feeds the mind

Bob Murray May 2, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

You had better believe it. It is seldom that the body and the mind do not work together, but not with me. It is not just ‘old age’ that causes my body and my mind to cease operating together. But that is what has happened to me. A disease called dermatomyositis (DM) has taken over my total body. Thi

Good feeling continues into spring of 2024

Bob Murray April 18, 2024Columns, Listowel Banner, Walkerton Herald-Times, Wingham Advance Times

Finally, the snow has stopped and melted. It is time to get the garden planted. I estimate that we have had our last frost.

I am feeling good

Bob Murray April 4, 2024Columns, Wingham Advance Times

I am feeling good. Especially good for an almost 85-year-old senior guy (me) with a number of maladies. 

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Perth County OPP puts funding towards strangulation, IPV training

Detective Sergeant Tara Bolstad informed the Perth County OPP detachment board at their meeting on Nov. 12 of funds used from provincial grants this year – the focus of all mentioned on the local issue of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). 

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Donations to Walkerton Fire Association go towards training equipment

The Walkerton Fire Association has received donations.

Donations for ‘Buy-A-Bone’ X-Ray campaign

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Two arrested after break-in; impaired drivers in Howick

Huron County OPP has charged two individuals following a break-in at a business property on Londesboro Road on Nov. 17. 

Recruiting new volunteer tax-filers for the upcoming season

United Way Perth-Huron (UWPH) is looking for community members to volunteer in local tax clinics for the 2026 tax season.

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What do we do with all the dark?

Happy new year! Yup. You heard me. The family of Jesus’ followers around the world is celebrating…

World Diabetes Day: Myths, facts, why it matters

Every year on Nov. 14, people around the world recognize World Diabetes Day (WDD) – a day that honours Canadian scientist Sir Frederick Banting (on his birthday), who co-discovered insulin alongside Charles Best in 1922.

The meaning behind Diabetes Awareness Month

November marks Diabetes Awareness Month, a time to shine a light on a disease that affects millions of people worldwide – including right here in North Perth.

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Two arrested after break-in; impaired drivers in Howick

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Huron County OPP has charged two individuals following a break-in at a business property on Londesboro Road on Nov. 17. 

Recruiting new volunteer tax-filers for the upcoming season

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United Way Perth-Huron (UWPH) is looking for community members to volunteer in local tax clinics for the 2026 tax season.

30-year-old fire truck rides off into sunset

By Cory Bilyea

Rescue 7 rolled into service when the Spice Girls topped the charts and dial‑up internet was still a novelty.

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