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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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  • Health Unit backs healthy foods in schools legislation

    SIMCOE, ON, DEC. 14, 2007 – The province’s proposed legislation to ban junk food in schools is welcome legislation that will target child obesity and very likely improve academic skills, says the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit. “Kids need to eat well in order to grow and develop properly, but many kids today aren’t getting the nutrition […]

  • Drug awareness campaign

    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 […]

  • West Nile virus dead bird sighting program comes to seasonal end

    SIMCOE, ON, OCT. 23, 2007 – The mosquito season is coming to an end and the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is no longer asking the public to report dead bird sightings as a way of monitoring West Nile virus. “We want to thank the public for participating in the West Nile virus surveillance program by reporting […]

  • Website offers healthy workplace ideas

    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 […]

  • Local hair stylists are also breast friends

    SIMCOE, ON, OCT. 18, 2007 – Early detection of breast cancer saves lives and local hair styling salons are sharing that message with their clients, thanks to a project co-sponsored by the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit. The “Be a Breast Friend” project, initiated jointly by health units throughout central west Ontario, provides information to local hair […]