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Caressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes is joining a group of national seniors’ care providers in implementing a mandatory vaccination policy for staff at the Woodstock-based company’s 25 long-term care and assisted living facilities.

I’m sure it was the same for many if not everyone, but 2020 seemed to drag on forever. The primary reason why goes without saying at this point.

We are tired of COVID-19 – not just the illness and fear that has accompanied it, and not just the measures aimed at preventing its spread. We are also tired of the way this ongoing health emergency has become politicized, and weaponized.

One person was charged after a victim was stabbed in the Municipality of North Perth last week.

This coming weekend will mark the last opportunity to nominate North Perth businesses for their outstanding achievements and commitments to local commerce over the past year.

Vesna Stojcic learned some valuable life lessons growing up in her native Croatia. One of the principle things she was taught was to help others, regardless if they are friend or stranger.

Local candidates had two all-candidates meetings in Perth County – Stratford on Sept. 7 and Listowel on Sept. 9 – to let residents know how they plan to represent the riding if they are elected on Sept. 20.

COVID-19 has been attributed to the deaths of four residents of Milverton’s Knollcrest Lodge long-term care home, according to Huron-Perth Public Health (HPPH) Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Miriam Klassen.