Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker put childhood cancer in the gold spotlight today at Queen's Park, garnering unanimous consent from all MPPs to wear the symbolic gold ribbon pins in support of children and families affected by this disease. Walker also delivered a statement in the Legislature earlier this afternoon to call on all members to work harder toward ending childhood cancer.
Below is his statement to the Legislature:
Fraudulent tax collection scam attempts continue to be prevalent in Owen Sound and surrounding municipalities.
Callers posing as Canada Revenue Agency collectors call unsuspecting victims claiming that they owe a stated amount of money in tax arrears. The callers are often very aggressive and threaten arrest or other consequences if payment is not received immediately.
The caller provides direction on how payment is to be made, often through electronic money transfers. Seniors and other vulnerable people are often targeted.
A consultant from a local financial management firm, indicated that they assisted about 12 clients avert this scam attempt within the last week alone.
The Canada Revenue Agency and the Canadian Anti-fraud Centre are both...
Deaths related to overdose are now the third leading cause of accidental death in Ontario. In Grey Bruce, death and injury have more than doubled from an average of 18 patients attending Owen Sound hospital from 2002-2007 to over 50 a year since 2008.
In conjunction with International Overdose Awareness Day, marked August 31, the Grey Bruce Health Unit is launching a Take-Away Naloxone or TAN Program. As part of public health's Harm Reduction Strategy, the TAN Program provides people who are at risk for opiate overdose with access to life saving education and dispensing of Naloxone, the drug that can reverse an opiate overdose.
In Grey Bruce, death and injury have more than doubled from an average of 18 patients attending Owen Sound hospital from 2002-2007 to over 50 a year since 2008. An alarming increase in the use of the opioid fentanyl and overdose deaths related to fentanyl have sparked new worries about increased risks relating to higher potency and unfamiliarity with certain substances. Fentanyl is a very powerful synthetic opioid that is 100 times more potent than morphine.
-by Anne Finlay-Stewart
United Way of Bruce Grey is appreciative and thankful for the donors, big and small, who responded after the August 10th fires in Owen Sound. "The outpouring of community support surpassed anything we could have imagined," said chair Dave Myette following a meeting of the board Wednesday evening.
Myette said it is now time to seek experienced, skilled help for the next stage – administering the donated funds. "We are not insurance adjusters. We are looking for someone with this expertise." Whether this individual is able to volunteer their time or is paid out of the administrative budget, United Way wants independent verification of the losses and expenses to assure that everyone involved in the fire and the aftermath is compensated. "This is our responsiblity to the victims, and to the donors," said Myette. "Nothing is being squandered and noone will profit; neither the victims nor the agency, and the independent administrator will ensure that."
An update on the status of the fund..
The Western Ontario Wardens' Caucus (WOWC) is ensuring that its efforts to bring ultra-high-speed internet across the region is on the Province's radar at the Association of Municipalites of Ontario conference in Niagara Falls.
WOWC updated Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure Brad Duguid about the project, which aims to address the region's long-term readiness as the demand for connectivity grows.
The Caucus delegation thanked Minister Duguid for his support thus far, as the project tries to pull together nearly $189 million in provincial and federal funding. Because of the early election call, the federal commitment could be ...
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