OPIOID ALERT – multiple drug overdoses within 24 hours result in two fatalities

Grey Bruce Public Health is urging people who use unregulated street drugs to exercise extreme caution with every dose after receiving reports of multiple...

Pet of the Week: A happy good-natured fellow

Grey Bruce Animal Shelter offers a safe place for pets that have no choices left. “Sometimes, their owners have had no choice either. They, too, may...

Ask the Pharmacist – Rare Disease Day

Q. I heard someone mention that February 29th referred to as Rare Disease Day. Can you explain what constitutes a rare disease and what...

Register now for the Tara Trivia FUNdraising extravaganza

Put on your thinking caps and mark your calendar for a fun night of trivia. The Tara Curling Club is hosting a Trivia Night FUNdraiser...

Ask the Pharmacist – Importance of fibre

Q. Last week you mentioned that one of the ways to help prevent constipation is to have a lot of fibre in the diet....

Dire scenarios when it comes to food security in Grey Bruce

A new Grey Bruce Public Health report, posted this week to GBPH’s website, highlights the struggles many Grey-Bruce families and individuals are facing to afford...

Ask the Pharmacist – Impaction

Q. My son had diarrhea and vomiting and later was unable to urinate for more than 24 hours. I was worried he was very...

Possible rehabilitation of Walkerton Durham Street bridge may affect traffic

A recently completed Bridge Condition Survey summary presented to County Council by Triton Engineering Services Limited (Triton) regarding the Durham Street bridge in Walkerton,...

Ask the Pharmacist – Vitamins

Q. Can you review the various vitamins our body needs, the benefits they provide the body and the foods we can find them in? A....

Pet of the Week: An affectionate, gentle, giant girl

Grey Bruce Animal Shelter offers a safe place for pets that have no choices left. “Sometimes, their owners have had no choice either. They, too, may...