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Patients in Kincardine now have access to a Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) clinic thanks to a partnership between two regional healthcare organizations. Brightshores Health System and South Bruce Grey Health Centre recently announced a collaboration to enhance access to the RAAM clinics for individuals facing urgent addiction and substance use-related challenges. Brightshores will operate […]

Grey Bruce Public Health is asking the province whether merging with another health unit is merely a suggestion or a requirement. At the same time, it’s going to send out three letters to neighbouring health units to see if there would be a willing partner, local health board chair Sue Carleton said in an interview […]

Grey Bruce Public Health is asking the province whether merging with another health unit is merely a suggestion or a requirement. At the same time, it’s going to send out three letters to neighbouring health units to see if there would be a willing partner, local health board chair Sue Carleton said in an interview […]

Public health units are shrinking budgets and cutting jobs across the province as government funding increases are outpaced by inflation and COVID-era balance sheet boosts come to an end this year. Grey Bruce Public Health (GBPH) navigated a proposed $1.3 million budget cut in 2024 without laying off any permanent union employees or reducing “frontline” […]

Public health units are shrinking budgets and cutting jobs across the province as government funding increases are outpaced by inflation and COVID-era balance sheet boosts come to an end this year. Grey Bruce Public Health (GBPH) navigated a proposed $1.3 million budget cut in 2024 without laying off any permanent union employees or reducing “frontline” […]

The United Way of Grey Bruce announced the recipients of $200,000 in local grants April 15. Every year, the United Way of Grey Bruce provides grant funding in three priority areas – Healthy People, Strong Community; From Poverty to Possibility; and All That Kids Can Be. Community Connection 211 received $45,000. The Local 211 initiative […]

Former superintendent of education Karyn Bruneel is taking over as the director of education for the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board. Bruneel will prepare for the position as the board’s new director, effective early August, while the board readies to announce its new 2024-2027 strategic plan next month. “We are thrilled to welcome Karyn to […]

Grey-Bruce hospital administrators welcomed $8.566 million in new permanent base funding, but some said it’s not enough. The money will be distributed $5,962,500 to Brightshores Health System, $1,808,100 to South Bruce Grey Health Centre and $795,400 to Hanover & District Hospital. Brightshores will see permanent base funding go up by 3.1 per cent. It’s not […]

After dropping for five consecutive months the region’s unemployment rate rose 0.4 percentage points in July to 2.8 per cent. According to a report by the Four County Labour Market Planning Board, which covers the area of Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth counties, the region’s overall population grew by 400 in July while the labour […]

Home sales ticked up in August and showed year-over-year improvement in the region. According to figures released by the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound (RAGBOS), 236 homes were sold through the MLS system last month, which is a 7.8 per cent increase from August 2023. The late-summer surge hasn’t made up for a […]