Category: Grey-Bruce Health Unit
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Spring time employment gains buoy March job stats
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Jobs in the region’s culture and recreation sector nearly doubled in March as the summer tourist season nears. The Four County Labour Market and Planning Board released monthly job stats for March within the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region late last week. As is often the case, the region’s unemployment rate continues to be lower than…
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Spring time employment gains buoy March job stats
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Jobs in the region’s culture and recreation sector nearly doubled in March as the summer tourist season nears. The Four County Labour Market and Planning Board released monthly job stats for March within the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region late last week. As is often the case, the region’s unemployment rate continues to be lower than…
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Spring time employment gains buoy March job stats
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Jobs in the region’s culture and recreation sector nearly doubled in March as the summer tourist season nears. The Four County Labour Market and Planning Board released monthly job stats for March within the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region late last week. As is often the case, the region’s unemployment rate continues to be lower than…
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Grey-Bruce under special air quality statement due to wildfire smoke
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Smoke plumes from forest fires in northeastern Ontario and Quebec are expected to cause the air quality in Grey-Bruce to deteriorate for a second time this month, prompting Environment and Climate Change Canada to issue a Special Air Quality Statement for the area. The province’s Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) for Grey-Bruce is also forecasted to reach…
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Early water test results reassuring, but Meaford remains under do not consume advisory
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Meaford remains under a declared emergency and residents on the town’s water system were still being advised not to consume the water as of Wednesday afternoon. Nearly a week after a large fire and subsequent firefighting effort at Johnny B’s auto repair shop raised concern among officials about harmful chemicals washing and leeching into the…
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Early water test results reassuring, but Meaford remains under do not consume advisory
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Meaford remains under a declared emergency and residents on the town’s water system were still being advised not to consume the water as of Wednesday afternoon. Nearly a week after a large fire and subsequent firefighting effort at Johnny B’s auto repair shop raised concern among officials about harmful chemicals washing and leeching into the…
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New plan seeks to prevent and respond to home takeovers
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The Grey Bruce Health Unit is spearheading a collective response to concerns about home takeovers, where unwanted guests take over someone’s home. There are no statistics showing the scale of the problem, initially raised by Grey County public housing staff a year ago, who were seeing it happen in county housing, public health nurse Lisa…
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Health unit urges caution after third fatal overdose in area
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The Grey Bruce Health Unit is urging anyone who uses unregulated street drugs to practice harm reduction strategies such as not using alone and not mixing drugs and alcohol after another suspected fatal overdose in the area. In a media release, the health unit said it received notification of a person in their 50s died…
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Flu shots are broadly available now in Grey-Bruce
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Flu shots are now available for everyone throughout Grey-Bruce. They’re available at participating pharmacies, through health-care providers and at scheduled Grey Bruce Health Unit vaccine clinics. The health unit recommends everyone six months and older should get the shot, unless they have conditions which would indicate otherwise. “It’s much safer to get the vaccine than…
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Local COVID cases rising, outbreaks and other indicators show
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The Grey Bruce Health Unit advised people Friday to guard against the COVID-19 virus, which it said has been spreading more lately than in previous weeks locally and across the province. Indicators of increased transmission include outbreaks in long-term care and retirement homes, hospitals, COVID-related admissions, test positivity rates and new case counts, a news…