Blackburnnews.com stock photo.New mental health funding is coming to hospitals in Mount Forest, Palmerston, Fergus and Guelph.
The province has announced $326,000 for North Wellington Health Care, which operates hospitals in Mount Forest and Palmerston, and an equal amount for Fergus. It will pay for mental health assessments being available on evenings, weekends and holidays.
Guelph General Hospital will get $2,416,300 to pay for a mental health nurse to be available 24 hours a day, and for new addiction councillors.
In hopes of raising awareness of the help available to sexual violence survivors, a local crisis centre has handed out stickers to over 200 businesses.
Three people are facing charges after separate incidents took place over the long weekend.
Conor Allin is officially running again, this time in Ward 8, which covers people in the southern part of Chatham.
The Toronto Blue Jays snapped the Astros' six-game winning streak with a 3-1 win in Houston Monday night.
The Toronto Blue Jays lost 5-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals in MLB action on Sunday.
A multi-million dollar Chatham fraud trial begins this week.
