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Peterborough Public Health reported there were five drug poisonings on April 3 that led to paramedics callsand visits to an emergency department.

Peterborough Public Health says the substance that led to multiple drug overdoes on March 3 is not yet known.

Peterborough Public Health and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit advise residents to review immunization records and get updated with the measles vaccine.

Peterborough Public Health reports another five drug overdoses on Feb. 13, following 14 on the weekend.

Peterborough Public Health says the suspected drug is orange and green with sedative effects. Naloxone is unable to reverse the effects of sedatives.

Dr. Lynn Mikula, who began as the president and CEO of the Peterborough Regional Health Centre in 2023, was the highest-paid top public-sector employee in Peterborough in 2023.

Ontario's Ministry of Health has offered to provide one-time transition funding and three-year merger support for public health units that combined resources by Jan. 1, 2025.

Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit alerted community partners and first responders about a spike in suspected opioid drug poisonings.

A street drug containing fentanyl and a sedative called bromazolam — which is in the benzodiazepine family — linked to nine deaths in Eastern Canada is showing up in Alberta.

The City of Peterborough notes curbside collection of garbage and green bins and recyling collection on Good Friday all will move to Monday, April 1.

Led by campaign cabinet chair Jim Hendry, the 2023 Community Campaign raised $1.4 million, up eight per cent of last year's efforts. The United Way supports 20 community agencies.

According to Peterborough Public Health's, the month of December 2023 saw nine reported deaths from drug poisonings, putting the final year-end total at 78 — up from 59 in 2022.

Entitled "The Gap: Income (In)Adequacy," the report reviews the past 34 years and shows how Ontario's minimum wage rate and social safety net have both changed.

OPSEU says the proposed closures would close labs in Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie, Orillia, Hamilton, Kingston, and Peterborough.

The Ontario government is looking for ways to bring clinics led by nurse practitioners into the public health system. It also wants Ottawa to create cross-Canada rules.

Wounded Warriors Canada provides additional mental health services and supports to police officers and staff, other emergency service personnel, military members and veterans.

According to officials at Kaawaate East City Public School around 3 p.m., the school was placed in a hold and secure as a result of a mental health call on nearby Hunter Street.

Peterborough police say the incident involved a large group of youth, leading to a 15-year-old girl being arrested and charged.

Around noontime, officers responded to a disturbance at a parking lot where they found one person had been stabbed. The victim was transported to hospital.

A number of services and businesses in Peterborough will be closed on Family Day, Feb. 19. The city will be hosting Snofest events on the weekend.