Health & Home

T.S. Giilck There appears to be no lack of interest in uses for medical marijuana locally. Nearly 50 people jammed into a meeting room at The Barn Co-op on Saturday, January 21to take in a presentation by members of Mother Earth's Natural Design (M.E.N.D.) on how to prepare various cannabis-based remedies such as tinctures and foods for their own use. The presentation was led by Fred Harris, who has been using medicinal marijuana since 2012 to help alleviate prostate problems. He's one...

Staff Grey Bruce Health Services (GBHS) is part of the South West Stroke Project, which is realigning stroke care in the South West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) area to ensure people who have a stroke or TIA (transient ischemic attack or mini-stroke) receive the best possible stroke care, with the best chance for a full recovery.GBHS’s Owen Sound Hospital has become one of seven Designated Stroke Centres in the southwest LHIN region, and staff has received specialized training in...