The Wingham hospital has received more than $2 million in financial support through the Wingham and District Hospital Foundation. “Thanks to the remarkable generosity of local families, businesses, and community partners, the Wingham & District Hospital Foundation is proud to announce it has provided $2.3 million in critical support to the Wingham & District Hospital […]

Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is investigating a workplace mishap after a 23-year-old worker from West Grey was transported by Air Ornge to a trauma centre in London with serious injuries Tuesday.  A ministry spokeswoman said in a brief statement that the worker, who was employed by JT Excavating, was injured by a piece of machinery […]

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) Kincardine Hospital Auxiliary was excited to receive a cheque for $5,217.98 from our Art Easel fundraising consultant Adam Kooistra at Sobeys on April 17. Jeanne Lindsay, our auxiliary president, accepted the cheque which represents our portion of the proceeds from the sale of the prints for the year […]

Oxford OPP were searching on Friday for a suspect after a hit-and-run crash northeast of Woodstock left a cyclist with serious injuries. Police and paramedics were called to a fail-to-remain collision on Blandford Street in Innerkip at about 11 p.m. Thursday. A vehicle struck a cyclist and fled the scene before officers arrived, Oxford OPP […]

Fundraising for the expansion of Kincardine’s hospital and the addition of an MRI machine at the site has officially passed the halfway mark. “We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to this campaign so far,” said Becky Fair, president of the Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation, in an April 16 news release. […]

WOODSTOCK – A Woodstock bar owner says she won’t fight a proposal by Ontario’s alcohol regulator to ban the sale of booze at the bar for two months after the agency investigated the death of a patron who allegedly was served 17 beers. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario said Thursday it had issued […]

A health unit near London at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak continues to see an increase in cases of the highly infectious disease. Here is the latest on the outbreak that has spread throughout Southwestern Ontario, including Middlesex-London. THE EPICENTRE Measles cases continue to climb in Oxford and Elgin counties that accounted for […]