Petrolia doctor wins national award for family medicine
Three stabbed, shots fired in Walpole Island fight
January 7, 2021
Lambton OPP have arrested a Chatham teen after a fight on Walpole Island left three people with stab wounds.
We’re just learning now about the New Year’s Day fight on Austin Road. Police were called to the First Nation around 1:30 am. Police say a fight broke out and three people were stabbed. Officials say the victims were transported to hospital with “minor injuries.”
A teen fled the scene and went to a neighbouring home. Someone followed him in and fired a shot. The teen fled.
A 16 year-old Chatham teen has been arrested and charged with three counts of assault with a weapon and breaching bail conditions.
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Petrolia doctor wins national award for family medicine
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The Independent A Petrolia doctor has won a prestigious Canadian award. Dr. John Butler has won the Ian McWhinney Family Medicine Education Award from the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine. It is named in memory of Dr. Ian McWhinney, the first professor and chair of a Canadian university department of family medicine at the University of Western Ontario, now Western University.
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Wyoming fire benefits from Clark Family fund
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