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Collingwood Today article published March 14, 2021 By Erika Engel, Collingwood Today While the term drive-thru usually refers to a coffee run, in Collingwood and Wasaga Beach, it's also the method of delivery for vaccines against COVID-19.  Just like the coffee chains, you arrive to
Guelph Today article published March 11, 2021 By Kenneth Armstrong, Village Media A pair of new large vaccination clinics are set to join the Guelph landscape within the next week, one on the University of Guelph campus and the other at SkyJack  in the city’s north end. The clinic at
The Recorder and Times article published March 2, 2021 By Pembroke Observer and News Renfrew County residents often face a long wait time when they need to access mental health and addiction counselling. In response, the Renfrew County Collaborative E-Walk-In Counselling Clinic (WICC) has
Nunavut  News article published March 1, 2021 By Trevor Wright The Akausivik Inuit Family Health Team (AIFHT) is hosting ongoing clinics that started Feb. 17 to deliver Covid-19 vaccines to Inuit in Ottawa, one of Canada’s southern cities with the largest population of Inuit. About 200
Guelph Today article published February 18, 2021 By Guelph Today Staff When your opportunity comes to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, take it. That’s the message from nearly 100 doctors with the Guelph Family Health Team who signed an open letter to the community. “It’s to protect yourself and
Collingwood Today article published January 29, 2021 By Collingwood Today To better support residents in South Georgian Bay who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and are recovering at home, the South Georgian Bay Ontario Health Team (SGB OHT) has launched a Home Monitoring Program to care
Collingwood Today article published January 6, 2021 By Erika Engel, Collingwood Today Since March Maureen Sullivan’s work as a nurse practitioner has centred around testing for COVID-19.  She is a member of the Georgian Bay Family Health Team and has been overseeing the Collingwood and
The Sudbury Star article published December 22, 2020 By Colleen Romaniuk Elliot Lake city councillors voted to extend the community’s Age Friendly Delivers program into the new year at a regular city council meeting on Monday. Council last approved an extension of the program to the end of
The Sudbury Star article published January 1, 2021 It has been more than 10 months since Ontario first had evidence of community spread of COVID-19 and the first person tested positive in northeastern Ontario. Since that time, the nightly news has tended to focus on the impact of COVID-19 in
The Sun Times article published December 15, 2020 By the Sun Times The application for the Grey-Bruce Ontario Health Team has been submitted to the Ministry of Health. The application, submitted by the health team planning committee, is supported by signatures from 20 health service
This year's champions are recognized for going the extra mile to help the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Algoma Public Health has officially named this year's Public Health Champions. Nominations for the awards closed on Nov. 20.  This year, APH wanted its award to recognize those