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BNW Newsbrief – May 23, 2023

May 23, 2023 Bill Kingston

Here are your latest Brockville and area headlines: The trial for two Brockville police officers charged with assault causing bodily harm is in the final […]

BNW Newsbrief – April 24, 2023

April 24, 2023 Bill Kingston

Here are your latest Brockville and area headlines: A second young person has been arrested in connection with shooting outside the Brockville Arts Center just […]

String of Brockville mental health calls

December 1, 2020 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – City police are growing concerned about a “recent trend of increased calls for service” for mental health and addiction issues. Brockville officers had […]

Man threatens police officers with knife

September 5, 2016 Bill Kingston

GANANOQUE – A 42-year-old man is facing several charges after confronting officers with a weapon in the town. Gananoque police officers were able to disarm […]

Bomb threat on Via Rail train; woman removed in Brockville

July 8, 2016 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – A middle-aged woman is being treated at Brockville General Hospital after a bomb threat on a Via Rail passenger train. City police officers […]

Man threatens to shoot people in Brockville parking lot: police

March 11, 2016 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – City police have arrested a man they say had threatened to shoot people in a department store parking lot. It took place around […]

Mental health center protest over treatment of inmate

February 11, 2016 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – A group of roughly a dozen protesters picketed outside the Brockville Mental Health Center Thursday. They were calling for the center to end […]

Mental health teams working with Brockville police

October 2, 2015 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – Addiction and mental health workers will be riding shotgun with Brockville police officers under a new program to help those with mental illness […]

Brockville CMHA workers to keep jobs

August 30, 2015 Bill Kingston

Seven employees from the Canadian Mental Health Association Leeds and Grenville office will be brought into the fold of the newly created Lanark, Leeds and […]

Mood ‘nervous’ at CMHA

August 22, 2015 Bill Kingston

These are not normal times at the Brockville offices of the Canadian Mental Health Association for Leeds and Grenville, which faces imminent closure and the […]