Herald-Times The Walkerton ESTABLISHED 1861 • Serving BrOCKTOn AnD AreA FOr 162 YeArS Thursday, August 24, 2023 $1.50 per copy (includes GST) SBGHC temporary ER closures continue this week PAULINE KERR Local Journalism Initiative Reporter...
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Herald-Times The Walkerton ESTABLISHED 1861 • Serving BrOCKTOn AnD AreA FOr 162 YeArS Thursday, August 24, 2023 $1.50 per copy (includes GST) SBGHC temporary ER closures continue this week PAULINE KERR Local Journalism Initiative Reporter pkerr@midwesternnewspapers.com GREY-BRUCE – The round of tempo- rary emergency room closures at three of the four South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) hospitals – Chesley, Walkerton and Durham – announced on Aug. 15 are continuing this week. The Chesley ER will be closed for 86 hours, from Thursday, Aug. 24 at 5 p.m. to Monday, Aug. 28 at 7 a.m. This ER has been open only weekdays, daytime hours, for the past several months. Pauline Kerr Photo The Walkerton ER will be closed over- THUMBS UP TO PIGSTOCK – This year’s Pigstock Slo-Pitch Tournament was one for the record night (14 hours) from Saturday, Aug. 26 at books, with 81 teams participating across nine ball diamonds over the weekend. It wasn’t just ball being 5 p.m. to Sunday, Aug. 27 at 7 a.m.;
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