The Cambridge Advocate - September 2009

With great sadness we announce the passing of “Hugh Purchase”

Sep 29th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community, Obituaries

PURCHASE, Hugh - (Retired Draftsman - Rockwood Automation). Suddenly, at his residence in Loring, Ontario, on Sunday, September 27, 2009, in his 73rd year. Hugh was the beloved husband of Yvonne (Wood) of Loring and loving father of Susanne Casarin (Richard) of Cambridge and Glenn Purchase (Susan) of Guelph. He is ... Full Story

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Sarge… Please support your local Food Bank

Sep 29th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community, Editorial Cartoon

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Get On With Hespeler

Sep 28th, 2009 | By Nicholas Ermeta | Category: 2010 Municipal Candidates

The Hespeler core has so much potential but has been neglected for so long. While the proposed American Standard redevelopment is a great start, I’d like to see more done with the area. A park along the Speed River would be wonderful. It could be located on the east side of Guelph ... Full Story

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Sarge… School zone Trash

Sep 26th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community, Editorial Cartoon

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Part 2/ Poisoned patriots? Stricken Marines seek help with illnesses

Sep 26th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: About Trichloroethylene, better known as TCE.

By Abbie Boudreau and Scott Bronstein CNN Special Investigations Unit September 25, 2009 Editor's note: This report is part two of a two-part series. TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- For Rick Kelly, the first sign of cancer was a feeling of discomfort in his chest."My wife would hug me, and it became almost unbearable," he ... Full Story

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Male breast cancer patients blame water at Marine base

Sep 25th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: About Trichloroethylene, better known as TCE.

From Abbie Boudreau and Scott Bronstein CNN Special Investigations Unit September 24, 2009 Editor's note: This is part one of a two-part series. TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- The sick men are Marines, or sons of Marines. All 20 of them were based at or lived at Camp Lejeune, the U.S. Marine Corps' training base ... Full Story

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Sewage spills pollute Grand River, upset Brantford

Sep 24th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community, Environment & Health

September 23, 2009 By Jeff Outhit, Record staff WATERLOO REGION — A new report says communities spilled sewage into the Grand River 136 times in five years, most commonly when rain or melting snow overwhelmed treatment plants. This is an average of one sewage spill every two weeks, between 2002 and ... Full Story

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