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May 22, 2012

Room Dedicated To Patient

Officials at Windsor Regional Hospital will dedicate a room at its Paediatric Inpatient Unit in honour of a former patient.

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February 21, 2012

Lauren’s Locks of Love

Lauren Cunningham turns ten this Saturday and when she does, she’ll both raise money for Hospice of Windsor and Essex County and honour a grandmother she’s never met.

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February 17, 2012

Relay For Life Kickoff

Filed under: News — Tags: , , , , — Blackburn News @ 6:22 am

Organizers of the Relay for Life started preparing for the event with a flag raising at the Civic Centre yesterday.

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January 28, 2012

Gold Medalist Visits School

Filed under: News — Tags: , , , , , — Blackburn News @ 6:58 am

Students at Central Public School in Windsor have a better understanding of the environment, thanks to a visit by a paralympic gold medalist.
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January 7, 2012

Masse Continues Asbestos Fight

Filed under: News — Tags: , , , , , — Blackburn News @ 6:50 am

Windsor West M-P Brian Masse says a Canadian asbestos company filing for bankruptcy isn’t as good as it seems for his fight against the sector.

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December 23, 2011

Hotel-Dieu Gets Chemo Relief

Filed under: News — Tags: , , , , — Blackburn News @ 1:46 pm

Thanks to an area charity, Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital’s budget for chemotherapy services is getting some relief.

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December 17, 2011

Tree Lot Benefits Boy

A Windsor businessman, himself coping with a family tragedy, has decided to reach out and help the family of a young boy diagnosed with bone cancer by raising money through his tree lot.

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December 7, 2011

Paediatric Oncology Unit Celebrates

The paediatric oncology unit at Windsor Regional Hospital figures it’s saved local families 550 trips to hospitals in London over the past year and to celebrate they’ve unveiled a sign at the third floor unit.

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November 26, 2011

Movember Winds Down

Filed under: News — Tags: , , , — Blackburn News @ 5:48 am

Local men participating in the Movember movement are showing off their upper lip achievements this evening.

The finale is being held at the Chatham Armoury including moustache prizes, dinner and dancing.

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October 26, 2011

CKHA Breast Assessment Program

Filed under: News — Tags: , , , , — Blackburn News @ 3:13 pm

Several dozen staff and volunteers at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance wore Pink and formed into the shape of an anti-cancer ribbon over the noon hour.

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