Members' Stories
Haliburton Highlands FHT vaccination clinic provides relief to elders: ‘overwhelmed and so thankful’
Minden Times article published April 7, 2021
By Sue Tiffin
In just eight days, over about 40 hours, a team of people made up of physicians, nurses, paramedics, administrators, roads crew, volunteers and spouses of those team members vaccinated 1,946 people in Haliburton County.
“It was
Bancroft This Week article published April 6, 2021
By Nate Smelle
Since the pandemic first appeared in Ontario, Dr. Carolyn Brown of the Bancroft Community Family Health Team has been on the front-lines of the local fight to prevent the spread of COVID-19. With the third wave of the pandemic
My Bancroft Now article published March 26, 2021
By Trevor Smith-Miller, My Bancroft Now
Over one thousand people have been vaccinated in North Hastings today.
The Bancroft Family Health Team, in partnership with the Health Unit and QHC, says they have vaccinated 1040 people at their
Provincial AstraZeneca Primary Care Pilot launches amongst Dufferin County, Wellington & Guelph FHTs
Yahoo News article published March 18, 2021
By Paula Brown, Shelburne Free Press
Residents in Dufferin County, Wellington, and Guelph between the ages of 60 and 64 will now have access to the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine through their family doctor.
Wellington-Dufferin-
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