It's been a long time coming, but Oxford County's Mental Health workers have a new deal, and a new dental plan. The workers ratified a new 3-year agreement with 99% support. They had been working without a contract for 18-months, and so the final year of this deal will take effect in April. That's when the workers will get their dental plan, and more vacation entitlement. But OPSEU Negotiator Carol Warner says they did agree to a 2-year wage freeze. "Consistent with the government's mandate to attempt to hold wages for their budget deficit, we were put into the position of having to accept zeroes for the first 2-years. We will see a wage increase of 2% come April 1st of 2013." Warner says the deal still leaves Oxford County's CMHA workers behind some of their counterparts in other districts in southern Ontario. In a release sent to Heart FM this morning from the CMHA, it says "We'll be smiling with whiter teeth moving forward."

Charges Laid After Break-and-Enter in Norwich
OCF Announces Grant Funding
Public Information Centre for Devonshire Ave Resconstruction
UPDATE: Ottawa Denies Tax Relief Request for CAMI Employees
WFD Launches New Public Awareness Campaign
News Poll: Winter Olympic Sports 2026
PJHL Recap - Feb 6th to Feb 8th
Snowmobile Safety Tips from Oxford OPP
Seattle Seahawks Win Super Bowl LX
Extreme Cold Continues in Oxford
Norfolk OPP Briefs - February 8th, 2026
Charges Laid in Two WPS Traffic Investigations
Teen Facing Weapons Charges in Delhi
UPDATE: Oxford Braces for Extreme Cold and Blowing Snow
Woodstock Chamber Promoting Local Businesses
WPS Conduct Open Air Drug Enforcement
PJHL Preview - Feb 6th to Feb 8th
Suggestions Open for Oxford Reads 2026
One Killed in Tillsonburg Crash
Ingamo Homes Receives OTF Grant