The Clinton Public Hospital's Emergency Department will be temporarily closed because of nursing and physician staffing shortages. Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance officials say the department will be closed from Saturday to Monday. It will reopen at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. Anyone requiring immediate medical attention should call 9-1-1 and paramedics will transport...

Not many details are known after police say human remains were discovered in Zorra Township. Oxford County OPP say they were called out to the discovery of the remains just before 5 o'clock Monday afternoon. The Oxford OPP Major Crime Unit and Forensic Identification Service, in partnership with the Office of...

Some visitors to Stratford will eventually have to pay an municipal accommodation tax. Stratford City Council voted at their meeting Monday night to approve the 4 per cent tax as of July 1st, 2023. It was first introduced by the province in 2017 and is charged on overnight and short-term stays...

Staffing shortages are expected to continue at hospitals in our region over the summer. Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance officials say despite the efforts of all staff and physicians, and after a very challenging two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, it's becoming increasingly difficult to staff all programs and services. They point...

The Perth County OPP has a new Detachment Commander. Inspector Wendy Burrow officially took over command on June 1st after serving in the position on an interim basis for several months. Burrow has been a member of the OPP since 1998 and has served in several different detachments as well as...

A former doctor, surgeon, and Canadian Senator is being remembered in Stratford. Heritage Stratford will recognize the Honorable Dr. James Palmer Rankin with a Blue Plaque presentation at his former home at 198 Church Street on Tuesday afternoon. Rankin lived in the city for 53 years and moved here in 1880,...