Guelph General Hospital is one of four hospitals in the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration network receiving funding as part of Ontario's emergency department "Pay of Results" initiative. Guelph General is getting funding for the first time and will receive $776,000. This is the third year the program has been in effect to meet specific targets and reduce wait times in emergency departments. 71 hospitals across Ontario are getting some cash.
Two women and one man, all from Guelph, face drug charges after being stopped by the Bicycle Unit. Police say they witnessed three suspicious individuals in the downtown area last night just after 8:00 pm. After a brief investigation a quantity of marijuana, a scale, and glass pipe were discovered. One of the women has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, and the other woman and the man have been charged with possession of a controlled substance.
By one estimate, Ottawa is in the midst of a bed bug “epidemic.” David Saunders, who has been working in pest control for the last 20 years, says he thinks it's out of control. Saunders says he used to get about two calls a day about bed bugs, but that has jumped to between 15 and 20 calls a day in the last month. He says the calls come from homes across the city and he suspects many cases involve people bringing the bugs back with them from vacation.
Guelph police have arrested a 50-year-old man following a search on Yarmouth Street. As part of a drug investigation the Coordinated Enforcement Team executed a search Wednesday afternoon and seized 90 grams of marijuana and $1,400. The suspect faces two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance and one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking.
A Guelph man and a Cambridge man face a number of charges following an altercation at an establishment on Silvercreek Parkway North. Guelph Police say the two men made some death threats to staff and one of the suspects brandished a knife after they were removed from the business. The pair were stopped by police shortly after leaving the area in a black Mazda. The 49-year-old man from Guelph has been charged with weapons offences, possession of a controlled substance, uttering a death threat, and mischief under $5,000. The 50-year-old Cambridge man faces one count of uttering a death threat and driving under the influence.
A 21-year-old Kitchener man is facing charges after border inspectors found illegal weapons in a package at a Greater Toronto Area mail centre. Knives and brass knuckles were among items seized after police arrested the man at his Kitchener home. A border agency spokesperson says all packages that come into mail centres are inspected and this particular package was shipped from North Carolina. David Charles Plummer is to appear in court on October 1st on two counts of possession of prohibited weapons.