Port Perry News

After a recent fundraiser was a howling success, the new Uxbridge-Scugog Animal Shelter is inching its way to reality after approximately $30,000 was raised.

The Durham version of the popular prostate cancer fundraiser will start at the Scugog Community Centre on June 9. Hundreds of riders are expected to motor their way throughout the region, in search of the best poker hand at various stops and raising funds for prostate cancer research and awareness.

Scugog is pushing for an off-leash dog park to be included in any plans for a new Uxbridge-Scugog animal shelter.

The CEO of Lakeridge Health Corporation says there is plenty of good news at the local hospitals -- but none of it can be found in data that set off a firestorm of controversy last month.

Moms banking on Port Perry's pennies. PORT PERRY -- The G-Moms of Port Perry, from left, Dini Page, Joyce Eull and Tinie Evans, are hoping folks will fill jars with Pennies for Africa.

Scugog Animal Hospital was purchased by Dr. Jessica Sherwin in January and recently opened in a new plaza on Old Simcoe Road, near the Reach Street intersection.

At 25, Emily VanCamp already felt typecast as The Girl Next Door. After working non-stop in television for nine years, the upbeat blond Canadian actress was having nightmares about playing the good girl forever.

The Township will host a celebration in late May to officially unveil the prestigious heritage award it picked up from the Province earlier this year.

Durham Region Transit has earmarked almost $20,000 for the creation of concrete bus pads at 15 bus stops across the township.

We will be calling people who didn't get a dog the first time around to let them know others are coming.

Well, if all goes according to plan Saturday, I'll be sitting with some of my fave folk and a couple of score more enjoying an intimate gig with the immense talent that is Ron Sexsmith.

Both Lakeridge Health, which includes hospitals in Bowmanville, Oshawa, Whitby and Port Perry, along with Rouge Valley Health System, with hospitals in Ajax and Scarborough, scored within the national average when compared to facilities across the country, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

One of Canada's leading TV shows travelled to Northern Ireland last week for a special broadcast from Carrickfergus Castle.

A fundraising dinner will be held at Skyloft Ski Resort in early May to help raise funds for the construction of a new animal shelter for Scugog and Uxbridge.