Ontario Public Health

• 2 public health units in Peterborough and area to explore voluntary merger

  Peterborough Public Health and the Haliburton Kawartha PIne Ridge District Health Unit will explore the possible impacts a voluntary merger would have on their communities.

  Health

  Nov 2, 2023
  
• Monitoring mosquito season in Ontario

  Luke DeSilva is an outdoor labourer and while working in E.T. Seton park in Toronto, he says he frequently encounters swarms of mosquitoes.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2023
  
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• Several southern Ontario public health units warn whooping cough on the rise

  One public health unit, Southwestern, said it recorded 82 cases of whooping cough from January 2022 to the end of this February.

  Health

  Mar 27, 2023
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• Ontario public health units press province for more stable funding

  Ontario's public health units are calling on the government to stop using one-time funding to bridge a gap it created four years ago.

  Health

  Mar 1, 2023
• COVID-19: Ontario’s top doc suggests parts of Niagara’s back to school plan not in line with province

  Dr. Kieran Moore's letter to Dr. Mustafa Hirji this week expressd "concern" over Niagara's back to school approach.

  Health

  Jan 20, 2022
• COVID-19: Mixed reaction after Ontario lifts capacity limits on certain industries

  Restaurants Canada said it is disappointed the Ontario government has chosen to lift capacity limits in some venues, but not for the ``hardest-hit'' food service industry.

  Health

  Oct 9, 2021
• Ontario ombudsman’s report highlights lack of oversight of public health units

  Paul Dube also highlighted a lack of progress on implementing legislation that would give the ombudsman jurisdiction over all police oversight bodies.

  Health

  Jun 29, 2021
• Niagara to stay in ‘grey-lockdown’ level of province’s COVID-19 framework

  Hair salons, barbershops, gyms, and yoga studios will have to remain closed.

  Health

  Feb 19, 2021
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• Durham doctor and husband who contracted U.K. variant now facing charges

  According to Durham Health, when the couple initially tested positive in December, they told officials they had no exposure to the U.K. through travel or high-risk contacts.

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2021
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• Ontario public health examining possibility of NHL restart as COVID-19 lockdown looms

  Ontario's minister of sport says the provincial government is examining how a Canadian division in the NHL might work.

  Sports

  Dec 17, 2020