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Below is a list of media releases sent out by the staff and programs at the Haldimand-Norfolk Unit.
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SIMCOE, ON, AUG. 26, 2009 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is cautioning people to protect themselves from Lyme disease following a second positive test for the disease in a deer tick. The tick was located in Turkey Point Provincial Park. In June, an infected tick was found at Long Point. Both areas are known to […]
SIMCOE, ON, AUG. 26, 2009 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is warning residents to beware of people misrepresenting themselves as Health Unit staff. “We have reports that there is a water treatment company going door to door in the Port Rowan and surrounding area claiming to be from the Health Unit,” said Kris Lutzi, Senior […]
SIMCOE, ON, JULY 30, 2009 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit will be holding fun events at Port Dover and Turkey Point beaches on the weekend of Aug. 8 and 9 to highlight the dangers of watching movies with smoking scenes. “The Don’t Be a Target Campaign aims to let youth and parents know that by […]
SIMCOE, ON, JULY 20, 2009 – Building on the success of previous campaigns, the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit’s Youth Action Alliance, Fresh Heir, will be cleaning up cigarette butts in both Haldimand and Norfolk on Sunday, July 26. Fresh Heir’s teenage peer leaders and volunteers will collect as many cigarette butts off the ground as possible […]
SIMCOE, JULY 17, 2009 – There were 50 suicidal deaths and 557 emergency department visits for suicidal attempts in Haldimand and Norfolk Counties during a recent five-year period. These findings were revealed today by the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit in a report entitled, Haldimand and Norfolk Mental Health Report with a Focus on Suicide. The death […]