LGL Health Unit update on fall immunization campaign
submitted by LGLD Health Unit
The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit is asking residents not to call their Health Unit for booking adult COVID-19...
Bereavement Support and Share Group for Recent Loss
Bereavement Support and Share Group for Recent Loss Starting in September at the Beth Donovan Hospice
Grief is a natural and universal response to the...
Increase in new COVID-19 infections in workplaces
The Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit is seeing a significant increase in new COVID-19 infections in the past weeks, particularly in workplaces....
You are not alone
by Tammy Zollinger
“1 in 5 Canadians will experience a mental health problem, or illness in any given year” - The Leeds, Grenville & Lanark...
How would you treat your own mother?
It was 1949 and I was making rounds at the Massachusetts General Hospital with Professor Edward D. Churchill, an original thinker who taught medical...
Parents and experts disagree with latest school closures
by Brandon Mayer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Last month, 500 Ontario doctors authored an open letter to Doug Ford and his Progressive-Conservative government, giving their...
Health Unit promotes well water testing
The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit celebrated World Water Day on March 22. In Ontario, we are fortunate to have an abundance...
Stay with the happy people
This year, the holidays aren’t what they should be. At least the vaccine’s roll-out brings anticipation that 2021 will see a return to normal....
Is staying active enough?
by Richard Chartrand
Many people believe that, if they are active, doing things like gardening, that they do not require formal exercise. In fact, when...
Children aged 5 to 11 can be vaccinated
Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General, issued the following statement regarding Health Canada’s approval of the Pfizer...