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Patients and staff exposed to measles at Mackenzie Health Richmond Hill Hospital last Tuesday, York Region Public Health says
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (414+ words) Visitors are told to watch for symptoms until June 9 and may need to call the region for help. York Region Public Health said staff and visitors to the emergency room at Mackenzie Health Richmond Hill Hospital were exposed to measles…...
No surprises: Richmond Hill passes 2026 municipal budget with a 3. 46 per cent property tax rate increase
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (231+ words) City says owners of average detached home will pay $6. 29 more a month. Richmond Hill passes a 2026 municipal budget with a 3. 46 per cent property tax increase. Richmond Hill's municipal budget has been adopted for 2026 and will give city taxpayers a 3. 46 per…...
Richmond Hill Fire and Emergency Services has a new chief. Will he be the last to fill this post?
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (285+ words) Tom Raeburn named chief of city fire department that handles 6, 000 emergency calls per year and has 205 staff. Richmond Hill Fire and Emergency Services Chief Tom Raeburn stepped into his new position on Dec. 1. Tom Raeburn became Richmond Hill's latest fire…...
Command post set up in Richmond Hill as York police search for "vulnerable" missing girl, 17
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (170+ words) York police have set up a command post in Richmond Hill as officers continue to search for a 17-year-old girl who was reported missing on Monday. Shu Tong was last spotted around 9 a. m. on Oct. 27 as she was walking in the…...
Richmond Hill council wins conservation award for efforts to protect David Dunlap Observatory
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (625+ words) The city received the award from the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario for their efforts to keep the historic observatory open to the public after the land was sold to a developer in 2008." The David Dunlap Observatory was an active research…...
Man suffers fatal injuries during "unprovoked attack" in Richmond Hill on Wednesday afternoon: York police
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (127+ words) A man has died after suffering fatal injuries in an assault on Wednesday afternoon in Richmond Hill that York police have described as an "unprovoked attack." Officers found a man with serious injuries when they responded to reports of an…...
Man faces 3 charges following fatal crash through Richmond Hill daycare and school Wednesday
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (325+ words) An 18-month-old boy died in hospital and police say two children injured in the incident remain in critical condition. A woman is comforted at the scene of Wednesday's crash at the Richmond Hill child-care centre. A 70-year-old man faces three…...
Carefirst breaks ground on new Richmond Hill nursing home and "campus of care" on Leslie Street
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (298+ words) Building by Toronto-based non-profit to include medical centre, caf'and salon. Scarborough-Agincourt MPP Aris Babikian, Newmarket-Aurora MPP Dawn Gallagher Murphy, Carefirst CEO Helen Leung, Carefirst Seniors board chair Sheila Neysmith, and Richmond Hill MPP Daisy Wai break ground on a Carefirst…...
York Police appeal to public for help identifying nonverbal man found in Richmond Hill
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (206+ words) Anyone with information that could help identify the man and reunite him with his family is asked to contact the #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau at1-866-876-5423, ext. 7241. York Regional Police are appealing for help identifying a man found in Richmond Hill. York…...
Richmond Hill's Hill House Hospice gets funds for 3 more beds " and plans to build another 6
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (273+ words) York Region's first residential hospice must turn 7 of every 10 would-be patients away. The exterior of Hill House Hospice in Richmond Hill in 2018. The provincial government will double its funding for beds at Richmond Hill's Hill House Hospice, bringing the charity…...