A newly renovated mammography suite with upgraded equipment and technology is now open at South Bruce Grey Health Centre’s (SBGHC) Walkerton hospital site.
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Province officially launches Verify Ontario app
The Ontario government has released its long-awaited COVID-19 vaccination verification app.
Poll: Three-in-five Canadians would have preferred outcome of federal election held using proportional distribution
In a federal election where little changed, Canadians have been left searching for value from the…
Survivor’s Flag unveiled at Parliament ceremony
The first legislated federal holiday on Sept. 30 was meant to commemorate and honour the people who endured the residential school system and their families.
Bruce County CAO resigns
Bruce County council will begin recruitment for a new chief administrative officer (CAO) as current CAO Sandra Datars Bere has announced her departure.
NWMO, University of Guelph launch research partnership
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) and the University of Guelph have partnered to launch a joint environmental DNA (eDNA) research program to further understand biodiversity conditions around potential repository sites in the South Bruce and Ignace areas.
Walkerton Hawks claim their first win of the season
A chippy game against the Goderich Flyers gave the Walkerton Hawks their first win of the season – a 9-4 victory on home ice on Oct. 8.
South Bruce CLC receives willingness survey results
The Community Liaison Committee (CLC) received the results of a recent survey conducted to answer the question, “how the community will determine willingness for allowing the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) to build a Deep Geological Repository (DGR) in South Bruce.”
Animal rights activists hold peaceful vigil outside Hanover turkey plant
“Turkeys are sentient beings,” said Jenn Deighan-Schenk, one of a group of animal rights activists who held a vigil on Oct. 8 outside the Hanover turkey processing plant for the turkeys killed for Thanksgiving.
More opportunities coming for Georgian College students
Dr. MaryLynn West-Moynes, president of Georgian College, and Steve Lowe, of the college’s board of governors, updated Bruce County council on changes that will benefit Georgian College students, and the college’s substantial economic benefit to the community.
80 per cent of Grey-Bruce residents are fully vaccinated from COVID
The Grey Bruce Heath Unit announced Tuesday that more than 80 per cent of the eligible population in Grey and Bruce counties have been immunized with at least two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 84.5 per cent have received one dose.
GBHU: Rapid antigen test no substitute for testing at assessment centre
Grey Bruce Public Health continues to report low numbers of new cases of COVID-19 – averaging fewer than five per day.
Hanover hospital board of governors endorses mandatory vaccination for health-care workers
The safety of patients and staff is of the highest priority at Hanover and District Hospital (HDH), and ensuring that staff and physicians are vaccinated is very much a part of upholding this notion. Further, as a health care organization, HDH has a responsibility to provide the safest environment p
Immaculate Conception School students learn fire safety
Immaculate Conception School in Formosa thanks the South Bruce Fire Department for the wonderful…
A big donation and a little park history
The Formosa Lions Club purchased the old Butcher Shop property on the main drag in 1987, followed by the Weiler Sawmill property on Council Road.
