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"
A small Yukon native says they are dealing with an “opioid emergency” that is terrorizing citizens and families with violence, crime, overdose and death. The Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation of Mayo, 400 kilometers north of Whitehorse, declared a state of emergency on Thursday and called for a meeting with the Yukon government, the RCMP and the village of Mayo to develop an action to protect its members plan. “The emergency must be addressed immediately…
"Yukon First Nation declares state of emergency over opioids ‘terrorizing’ community"
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"
Rebecca Chouinard March 12, 2023 at 8:47 pm Windsor Fire and Rescue, police and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are responding to a residential fire in the Forest Glade community. At least six fire engines and two ambulances were on the scene at 8.20pm on Sunday. The home is located at 3014 Coram Crescent. The injury is currently unknown. there are more.
"Emergency crews respond to fire in Forest Glade"
A colleague and a rescue worker lower a glazier to safety after the worker’s suspended platform got stuck on a high-rise in downtown Vancouver, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Canadian Press/Ian Young Emergency crews respond to window cleaning platform stuck in Vancouver building Two rescued after being trapped 10 floors outside high-rise building A double failure of a window cleaning platform caused a pair…
"Emergency crews respond to window cleaning platform stuck on Vancouver building"
The Port Alberni area is currently under water restrictions after a logging truck crashed into the city’s main water line. The City of Port Alberni and the Alberni-Clayoquot Region (ACRD) are asking residents to limit water use until further notice. Effective immediately, Stage 3 water restrictions have been imposed for the City of Port Alberni, Hupačasath First Nation, Tseshaht First Nation, Beaver Creek Water Local Service Area and Franklin River Road areas. These restrictions will…
"Port Alberni under emergency water restrictions after logging truck crash"
mark brown March 8, 2023 at 3:00 am A local member of the provincial council has asked the Ford government to support community mental health. NDP Windsor West MPP Lisa Gretzky joins caucus members in pleading for an emergency 8 percent increase in mental health funding. A motion was tabled at Queens Park on Tuesday. “Ontario is facing a mental health crisis,” Gretzky said at a media briefing. “With high rates of anxiety, depression and…
"Gretzky calls for emergency mental health funding"
Natalia Vega March 7, 2023 at 6:19 am Nearly a dozen people have sought warmth at the former Laurel Leigh-St Matthew Presbyterian Church in Sarnia since it opened as an emergency shelter. Lambton County and the Good Shepherd Inn began the “Get Out of the Cold” emergency shelter program on March 4. Valerie Colasanti, general manager of social services, said six people checked into the shelter on Friday and 10 people were checked in by…
"Long-term changes needed as emergency shelter takes in overflow"
Rebecca Chouinard March 4, 2023 at 4:33 pm Owen Sound Police are asking the public to avoid the area around East 4th Avenue and East 8th Street as emergency responders are responding to a “major incident.” The collision happened around 4pm on Saturday. Police tweeted an image of the scene of the crash, which appeared to involve two passenger cars, both of which rolled over on the lawn of a residence at 795 East Fourth…
"Emergency crews on scene of “major” collision in Owen Sound"