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Terry Fox Run
■ Goderich's Terry Fox
Run raised $2,900 for can-
cer research. Local schools
are also going the distc4zfe
this week • pg 1
Honouring our heroes
• The weekend saw to cere-
monies in Goderich honour-
ing Canadian soldiers and
veterans: the Salute Ride and
Decoration Day P9. 4
• Sports pg 30
• Editorial
pg 6
■ Entertainment ... pg 36
• Classifieds
pg 23
Photo by Gerard Creces
Mapping health and harvest
Volunteers Justin Johnston, Courtney Ristow and Jeannie Lierman help visitors to the Health and Harvest Festival find the best places
to buy local, buy fresh Sept. 19 at Courthouse Park. For more photos from the event, see page 2.
Local LHIN tackles medical concerns
Gerard Creces
signal -star staff
Goderich residents had a chance
to air their medical concerns to
representatives of the Local Health
Integration Network (LHIN) Sep-
tember 16 at Knights of Columbus
Hall.
Southwest LHIN staff gave a
broad overview of their funding,
programs and mandate and asked
the public what needed to be done,
and what could be done better, as
the first of their three-year plans
comes to term.
Topping the list of concerns was
doctor availability, and during the
question and answer portion of the
night, the topic was approached a
number of times to hopeful, if not
helpful answers.
"We're certainly not worse off
than we were two years ago," said
Trish Dwyer, planning, integra-
tion and community engagement
lead for the LHIN. "We have some
drastic challenges ahead of us"
One couple, who drive to Fergus
to see their doctor, said at the meet-
ing they felt trapped. The catch-22
to their situation was they would
have to cancel their registration
with their current doctor in order
to be put on a local list for a family
physician.
Speaking on behalf of the LHIN,
senior director of planning, inte-
gration and community engage-
ment Kelly Gillis said different of -
See LHIN, Page 2
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