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WALKERTON: How a town lives in a fear as killer bacteria takes over
WALKERTON – Frightened residents of this southwestern Ontario town demanded answers yesterday as the death toll in Canada’s worst ever E. coli outbreak climbed to five.
So far, a 2-year-old girl and four adults have died in the past two days. The fifth victim, an elderly patient, died late Wednesday night. As of last night, more than 329 patients had visited the Walkerton hospital, and...
Romana King is a Toronto-based writer, editor and blogger for business and lifestyle publications and a licensed realtor with Century21. Romana currently writes a regular column and blog for MoneySense magazine that focuses on home owner and real estate issues. She has regularly contributed to Business Edge, CI Top Broker, Advisor.ca, Advisor's Edge, Check UP!, CBC.ca, Toronto Sun and the Toronto Star.