• 'Tradition is important’: Prince Township tractor cruise motors on

    'Tradition is important’: Prince Township tractor cruise motors on
    There’s something irresistible about Prince Township’s annual tractor cruise, which completed its 15th tour Saturday. For many rural families, the 20-kilometrre jaunt along the back roads and down to Gros Cap is the highlight of the August Civic Holiday weekend, and they’re keen to come back each year.And the 23 drivers who lined up at the township’s pavilion, some with hay wagons in tow, seemed not at all troubled by the moody skies overhead. Among the stalwarts were Ch
  • Sault Area Hospital not 'immune' to broader emergency medicine challenges

    Sault Area Hospital not 'immune' to broader emergency medicine challenges
    Sault Area Hospital says it is not “immune” to health-care system challenges – including those plaguing Canadian emergency departments – but insists its ER is staying strong.This is in light of a recent survey of Canadian emergency physicians suggesting doctors are feeling demoralized and defeated by a “broken” health system, with one in 10 are exiting the profession.Problems hammering emergency departments, the study says, are numerous and decades old, inclu

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