Category Archives: Shelburne News
Dufferin Board Of Trade Introduces Tourism Trails For Local Businesses
A new tourism project is being launched by the Dufferin Board of Trade. The project, called Dufferin Tourism Trails, will give local businesses the opportunity to identify in certain categories that a...
Aug 06, 2022 Dufferin Board of Trade logo
Infectious Disease Expert Says Canada Should Declare Health Emergency For Monkeypox
An infectious diseases expert at McGill University Health Centre says that he believes Canada, being a member state of the World Health Organization, has an obligation to declare a health emergency fo...
Aug 06, 2022 Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regnery/CDC/Handout via REUTERS
Midland SPCA Welcomes 32 New Cats And Kittens
The Midland SPCA and Humane Society has welcomed 32 cats and kittens from Northern Ontario. On July 27th, the cats arrived from Dryden, which is about 1300 km north of Sudbury. The local animal...
Aug 01, 2022 (image via humanesociety.org)
Pope Apologizes for Church's Role In Residential Schools
Pope Francis says that what happened at residential schools amounted to genocide. The pontiff made the remarks while on his flight from Iqaluit back to Rome yesterday. There were several times through...
Jul 31, 2022 Pope Francis during his return to Rome after a six-day visit to Canada (image via Reuters)
Long COVID May Not Affect As Many Patients: WHO
Health experts are saying that thanks to vaccination, what's referred to as Long COVID may not end up affecting as many people as previously thought. Post-COVID-19 condition, as it's being called by t...
Jul 30, 2022
Three Youth Charged With Mischief
Three youth in New Tecumseth have been charged with mischief. Police laid charges after multiple complaints of vandalism across the township. All three are charged with mischief under $5000.
Jul 30, 2022
Experts Warn of "Grandparent" Scams On The Rise
Fraud prevention experts are warning Canadians to be vigilant with the reports of "grandparent scams" on the rise. Last year, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre received reports of 379 cases of scams that...
Jul 30, 2022 Smartphone in the hand (image via istockphoto)
OPP Marine Unit Patrolling Waterways This Long Weekend
OPP Marine Unit officers are hoping boaters follow the safety rules this long weekend. Wearing your lifejacket, having proper safety equipment on board your boat and leaving the alcohol behind, and ne...
Jul 30, 2022
WHO Says Monkeypox Qualifies As "Global Emergency"
The World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that qualifies as a global emergency. A global emergency is the WHO's high...
Jul 24, 2022 Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regnery/CDC/Handout via REUTERS
Rogers Blames Network Update For Country-Wide Outage
Rogers says it was a network update that caused a country-wide outage two weeks ago. The telecommunications giant said in a letter posted on the CRTC website that an update in their core internet prot...
Jul 23, 2022