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Below is a list of media releases sent out by the staff and programs at the Haldimand-Norfolk Unit.
Health Unit recognizes winners in student poster competition SIMCOE, ON, DEC. 3, 2007 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit teamed up with Alvy the dragon last week to honour students who scored big in a drug awareness poster competition open to Grades 4, 5 and 6 pupils in both Haldimand and Norfolk counties. Alvy, the Lung […]
SIMCOE, ON, OCT. 19, 2007 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is urging people to make use of a website with ideas and suggestions on how to increase health in the workplace. The site, www.healthyworkplaceweek.ca, has been established in connection with Canada’s Healthy Workplace Week 2007, which runs from Oct. 22 to 28. Healthy Workplace Week […]
SIMCOE, ON, OCT. 12, 2007 – Armed with rakes, paper waste bags and some startling facts, members of the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit’s Youth Action Alliance will soon be out on area lawns alerting other young people to some alarming truths about tobacco use. On Wednesday, Oct. 24, the teenage members of the alliance, also known […]
CALEDONIA, ON, OCT. 12, 2007 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit’s local youth group, Fresh Heir, is holding an all-ages “trick or truth” pumpkin carving contest to shed light on how the tobacco industry tries to trick young people into using its products. “Halloween is a time when a lot of people hide behind a mask, […]
SIMCOE, ON, AUG. 28, 2007 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Heath Unit is encouraging employees to take action if their rights to a smoke-free work environment are not being upheld. Under the Smoke-Free Ontario act, smoking is prohibited in all enclosed workplaces and the Health Unit is launching a “Breathing Free” campaign to raise awareness of the […]