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Daughter despairs as COVID-19 threatens mother in Kitchener nursing home

Daughter despairs as COVID-19 threatens mother in Kitchener nursing home | TheRecord.com \n","heading":"","fullWindow":false,"fullBleed":false,"showFullBleedOnMobile":false,"headColor":"","type":"html5mobile","textColor":"","mobileImageUrl":"","bgColor":"","imageUrl":"","registeredOnly":false,"linkUrl":"","aodaTitle":"Hospitalizations still on the rise","internalScroll":false,"displayStyle":"small-up"},{"type":"textBreakPoint","insertAt":"contentMiddleBreakPoint"},{"type":"articleRelatedInlinePrimary"},{"text":"Since late June this region has suffered between eight and 14 COVID-related deaths in nursing homes, the biggest spike since January according to provincial data sets. Regional data shows eight nursing homes and 10 retirement residences currently coping with active outbreaks that have sickened 359 people. ","type":"text","isParagraph":true,"isHeading":false},{"text":"“The ministry is taking all necessary measures to protect the health, safety, and well-being of long-term care residents, staff, and all others who attend homes,” Mark Nesbitt, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Long-Term Care, said by email.","type":"text","isParagraph":true,"isHeading":false},{"text":"He...

Royal House Partners Makes New Investment in Schuler Enterprises to Continue Growing Home Services Portfolio in Oklahoma

DALLAS FORT WORTH, Texas, July 15, 2022 /CNW/ - Royal House Partners ("RHP") a leading provider of residential and commercial HVAC, plumbing and electrical services in Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma welcomes the addition of Schuler Plumbing based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to their family of businesses. RHP was founded in 2021 by CPS Capital, a Toronto-based investment firm, and 1801 Holdings, a Dallas-based group of seasoned home services professionals, who have spent a considerable amount of time developing a residential and light commercial  HVAC, plumbing and electrical roll-up strategy. As a leadership team, we have been busy the...

2 trailers, 1 boat: Docs. reveal ‘very comfortable’ lifestyle of Ont. youth home operator

Three days before his Grade 8 graduation, Liam Smith received devastating news – his mother had died in a car accident.“To have mom back and be living all the time with my brother … I would do anything to have that,” said Smith, who was just 13 when his mom died.With his father out of the picture, he attempted to live with his extended family but ran into problems. He said relatives couldn’t or didn’t want to take care of him.At 15, he entered Ontario’s child welfare system and was eventually placed in a group home run by Connor Homes....

York County home with no plumbing hit with $1,200 autopaid water bill

FAIRVIEW TWP., YORK CO., Pa. (WHTM) — He says it would be like flushing money down the toilet, if only the house even had a toilet. Mike Shreffler doesn’t know what’s most shocking: a $1,287 sewer bill after two years of bills that never topped $12 — or the fact that he got the four-figure bill for a house that has no plumbing. The bills from Pennsylvania-American Water were so routinely $11-something that Shreffler didn’t know about the big bill until his bank notified him the money was gone — drafted automatically by Pa. American, just like the $11 bills...