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SIMCOE, ON, MAY 1, 2009 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit’s youth group, Fresh Heir, is inviting Norfolk County high school students to a free music concert May 7 to expose the tobacco industry’s marketing practices towards youth. The concert, entitled “Face the Music,” runs from 7 to 11 p.m. at Simcoe Composite School and features […]

SIMCOE, ON, APRIL 28, 2009 – There are no confirmed cases of swine flu locally, but the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit has ramped up its influenza surveillance in response to the outbreak. “Like all Health Units in Ontario, we are now in a state of heightened alert in response to the appearance of swine flu in […]

SIMCOE, ON, APRIL 27, 2009 – Delhi resident Carole Kuchar-Farkas has won a $2,000 Canadian Tire gift card in Ontario’s Driven to Quit Challenge that helps people quit smoking. A total of 22,365 Ontarians participated in the challenge, which required them to quit smoking for the month of March. All participants had their names entered […]

SIMCOE, ON, APRIL 9, 2009- On April 20 2009, the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is launching its new stroke prevention program, Step up to a Healthier you, with a Stroke Awareness Evening at the Greens at Renton, located at 969 Concession 14. “I encourage anyone interested in attending the event to register by contacting me at […]

SIMCOE, ON, MARCH 27, 2009 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit mailed out 749 suspension notices today to Haldimand and Norfolk secondary school students who failed to get booster-shot vaccinations required by Ontario law. “We’ve held free clinics at all of the schools and we’ve given ample advance warning through the schools and through the media […]