Rebecca Chouinard March 18, 2023 at 4:01 pm The Wingham and District Hospital Emergency Departments will be closed overnight due to continued staffing shortages. Urgent care will not be available from 5:00 p.m. Saturday to 7:00 a.m. Sunday. In a medical emergency, patients can call 911, as emergency medical services will be rerouted to other hospitals in the area. The closest hospitals include Listowel, Clinton, Goderich, Palmertston, Seaforth, Kincardine and Walkerton. However, the Listowel Wingham…
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Rebecca Chouinard March 18, 2023 at 4:01 pm The Wingham and District Hospital Emergency Departments will be closed overnight due to continued staffing shortages. Urgent care will not be available from 5:00 p.m. Saturday to 7:00 a.m. Sunday. In a medical emergency, patients can call 911, as emergency medical services will be rerouted to other hospitals in the area. The closest hospitals include Listowel, Clinton, Goderich, Palmertston, Seaforth, Kincardine and Walkerton. However, the Listowel Wingham…
"Wingham emergency department closing overnight"
by Ruby Sweeney March 15, 2023 at 6:33 pm Windsor police are hoping the public can help identify two male suspects accused of causing a disturbance at a Walmart to steal a making machine. Around 11 p.m. Monday, police responded to the Supercentre location at 7100 Tecumseh Road East about a robbery with an assault weapon, according to investigators. Store clerks told police that two men entered the store, one of whom went to steal…
"Pair of suspects sought in department store robbery"
ryan drury March 15, 2023 at 9:14 am Another local emergency room will be temporarily closed due to staffing issues. St. Marys Memorial Hospital will close its emergency department at 9:00 p.m. on March 16 and reopen the department at 7:00 a.m. the following day, March 17. Normal business hours will then resume. A statement released by the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance said the closure was due to a “sudden health workforce shortage” and that…
"Local emergency department set to briefly close"
Natalia Vega March 3, 2023 at 6:00 am Enbridge Gas made another financial contribution to the local fire department to support training. On Thursday, Petrolia and the North Enniskillen Fire Station conducted check presentations. The Fire Department received $5,000 to purchase training materials. “Our department is grateful for these funds as we strive to achieve excellence in training exercises and outcomes for each member of our department,” Fire Chief Jay Arns said in a statement.…
"Enbridge makes another donation to local fire department"
Waves crash against the shores of North Carolina’s Eastern Passage on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. A “mistimed” tweet warning that it’s illegal to take a lobster that washes up on a beach was approved by no fewer than 7 people even after one person, some of whom warned it might not be safe during a hurricane will be welcome. Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan Fisheries scrambles to retract ‘inappropriate’ lobster tweet:…
"Fisheries Department scrambled to claw back ‘ill-timed’ lobster tweet: documents"
Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray has announced that the federal government will not renew licenses for 15 open Atlantic salmon farms around the Discovery Islands in British Columbia. Murray said at a news conference that the Discovery Islands region is an important migration route for wild salmon, with narrow passages that allow migrating juvenile salmon to come into close contact with farms. She said recent science has shown uncertainty about the risk farms pose to wild…
"Fisheries Department to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.’s coast to protect wild fish"
by Adele Loiselle February 6, 2023 at 5:00 am Lakeshore, which is developing a master plan for the municipal fire department, wants to know what residents think. The 10-year plan will look at how fire departments can improve services and how to provide them. The city government wants residents to online survey. Questions in the survey measure residents’ perceptions of their educational programs and core services. “Lakeshore Fire has an incredibly dedicated team of volunteer…
"Lakeshore seek public consultation on fire department master plan"
by Janice McKay January 31, 2023 at 3:35 pm Enbridge Gas Inc. donated $5,000 to the East Huron Fire Department to purchase fire training materials to help firefighters learn lifesaving techniques. The money came from Safe Communities Project Assistance, a program in partnership with the Fire Chief’s Public Fire Safety Committee to support volunteer and integrated fire departments in the communities where Enbridge Gas operates. The East Huron Fire Department has a full-time fire chief…
"Huron East Fire Department receives $5,000 donation"
by Janice McKay January 27, 2023 at 3:02 pm A sudden staff shortage has forced the emergency department at Seaforth Community Hospital to close again. The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance has announced that the Emergency Department will close at 5pm on Sunday 29 January and will reopen at 7am on Monday 30 January, returning to normal business hours. Anyone requiring immediate medical attention should call 9-1-1. Paramedics will be rerouted to the nearest available emergency…
"Seaforth Emergency Department closure announced for this weekend"