News from around St. Marys.
The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA) – St Marys Memorial Hospital is recruiting new volunteers! If you want to contribute to your community, are looking for a new challenge, want to lend a helping hand, or are looking to develop new skills and expertise, then consider joining our team of dedicated volunteers! “Volunteers are one…
By Stephanie Martin We are entering another new season as the clocks spring ahead and we hit the ground running! (Of course after the initial shock/adjustment of the hour change). Hockey is still going strong for many, (the seemingly never ending season) and St Paddys Day has come and gone and on a Friday this…
Atoms, Bantams seek OHMA titles on the road Saturday By Stewart Grant Way up in the Canadian Shield tomorrow, two Rock teams hope to dig their way to OMHA Gold. At 2:45 pm, the McDonald’s Independent Grocer Atoms take on the Midland Centennials in game 5 of their best-of-five series. Thirty minutes later and 100…
Limited tickets still available for public event Preparations are underway for the St. Marys Lincolns Annual Awards Banquet, scheduled for Friday, March 31st at the Pyramid Recreation Centre Hall. There will be 10 individual player awards, plus two league-wide winners to be recognized. Doors open at 6:30 pm, followed by the 7 pm roast beef…
By Stewart Grant “I love you, St. Marys!” Though family matriarch Warda Ajjan Al Hadid may not speak English as easily as her children and grandchildren, these four words nicely encapsulate how this Syrian family feels about their new home in the Stonetown. Fourteen months ago, thanks to the efforts of the St. Marys Refugee…
In the photo above, Dr. Jon Schiedel holds a new, state-of-the-art cardiac probe that was purchased recently for our hospital thanks to a donation from the St. Marys Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. This probe, which works with the hospital’s portable bedside unit also shown above, allows doctors to more easily visualize patients’ heart and lungs, thus providing…
By Spencer Seymour Last night, the students in DCVI’s senior drama club took their play “Curious” to the Sears Student Theatre Festival in Listowel. The play is written and directed by grade 11 student Izzy Morrison and is an Alice in Wonderland spinoff. In the play, Alice is portrayed as a bratty, unwise child who…
A calf located on a farm in Elma Ward has tested positive for rabies. This is not surprising since a rabid animal was already found on the same farm in November of 2016. This puts the total number of rabid cows in Perth County to five since 2015. “This positive result continues to remind us…
By Andrew Hodges In the original version of this article from 2005, I reviewed the types of services that funeral homes provide. What has changed since then? Primarily, the provincial government has added a few more types of funeral homes to the legislation governing funeral homes and cemeteries. I will explain these in a future…
Fire Department will hand out information on smoke alarms, fire escape plans and carbon monoxide If you hear a knock on your door the evening of March 29 between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m., it may be one of the Town’s local firefighters with information about smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detection and home escape plans. The…