{"id":46421,"date":"2018-03-26T05:17:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T09:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=46421"},"modified":"2018-03-25T17:22:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T21:22:06","slug":"our-town-with-grant-nickalls-fighting-for-our-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/our-town-with-grant-nickalls-fighting-for-our-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Town with Grant Nickalls: Fighting for our hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each week, Huntsville&#8217;s own Grant Nickalls will inspire us, entertain us, make us laugh or perhaps cry, but always he will remind us why Huntsville is the best place on earth to call home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This week in Our Town with Grant Nickalls, kudos to those stepping up and asking the hard questions about the future of our hospital.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zJfGlnZYtZI?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Want more of Our Town with Grant Nickalls? <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/category\/ourtown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to check out past videos<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t miss out on Doppler! 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