{"id":62539,"date":"2019-02-25T06:59:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T11:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=62539"},"modified":"2019-02-25T07:00:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T12:00:59","slug":"our-town-with-grant-nickalls-fighting-for-our-hospital-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/our-town-with-grant-nickalls-fighting-for-our-hospital-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Town with Grant Nickalls REPLAY: Don&#8217;t become complacent about our hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<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, a replay from almost a year ago when Huntsville was fighting to keep its hospital. 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