2005-2008 Archives of Press Releases The most recent at the top. Most are in pdf format and will open in a new window for you to view. Most recent postings are in bold.

March 2008

• Be Safe: Be Seatbelt Savvy
• Keeping Your Child's Immunization Records Up to Date is Important
  National Immunization Awareness Week April 20-26 2008
• April is Oral Health Month
• Flooding
• March 24th is World TB Day

Feb. 2008

• Raize the Truth Launches - Raize Your Voice - Open Mic Event

Jan. 2008

• Trade in your Cigarettes for a New Car!
• Prevention is the key to reducing the spread of Norovirus

Nov. 2007

• More children in Leeds, Grenville & Lanark County
  will go hungry
• Local Youth “Raize” Awareness of Smoking in the Movies
• November 18th – 24th, 2007 - Is Drug Awareness Week

Oct. 2007

• Language Express celebrates 10 years of helping children
• Tri-County Health Unit Testing Emergency Plan with Mass Immunization Exercise
• Ontarians to Receive Free Medication to Help Them Quit Smoking
• Learn to RECOGNIZE and RESPOND to Preterm Labour
• Fall 2007 Pap Test Clinics
• Food program calendars help those in need find food

Sept. 2007

• Flu Season is Fast Approaching
• Health Unit completes infant feeding survey
• Join the Health Unit staff for a “Walkolution”
• Challenge Raises Awareness about Breastfeeding First
• Ensuring Your Protection Against Mumps

Aug. 2007

• HPV Vaccine
• Bat Awareness
• Heat Alert Over

July 2007

• Barbecuing, Picnicking, Hiking & Camping - Food Safety Tips: Preventing foodborne illness

June 2007

• It's Time Again for the Health Unit's Bathing Beach Water Quality Program
• Be Realisitic Not A Statistic" All-Terrain Vehicle (Atv) Safety Campaign
• Preventing West Nile Virus Infections
• Information for residents about lead and drinking water

May 2007

• Bird Surveillance
• Roadsafety (ATV)
• No Cases of Mumps Reported in Leeds, Grenville & Lanark
• Lyme Disease

April 2007

• New or old, vaccines remain effective and efficient weapons in Public Health's fight against infectious diseases
• Rabies Awareness Month
• Regular Pap tests can prevent cancer of the cervix

March 2007

• Postpartum Depression
  - Life with a new baby is not always what you expect
• Nutrition Month
  - Eat Well with Canada’s Food Guide
• Smoke-Free Ontario Act Withstands Challenge

Jan. 2007

• February is Heart Month
• Influenza has arrived in Leeds Grenville and Lanark
• Let’s kick butt together!
• Make no mistake - Drinking unpasteurized milk is not good for you.
• Jan 15-21 Environmental Public Health Week:
  Environmental Health – A career worth inspecting
• New Year's Resolution Planning - Movin' around the Tri-County

Dec. 2006

• Prevention is the key to reducing the spread of NOROVIRUS

Nov. 2006

• World Aids Day
• Health Unit Prenatal Classes Return to Gananoque in 2007
• Food security - increase in cost of food for the Tri-county
• November 19th - 26th, 2006 Drug Awareness Week
• Medicine Clean Out Campaign - November 2006

Oct. 2006

• Lyme Disease Facts
• Charges Laid Under Smoke-Free Ontario Act in the Gananoque area
• Local Health Unit Receives Quality Award Four Years Running
• Family night - 'Building Self-Esteem'
• Violence Film - Violence against women
• Breast Health Month

Sept. 2006

• West Nile Virus summary release
• Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge
• More Charges Laid to Private Smoking Club
• Charges Laid Under Smoke-Free Ontario Act - September 2006
• Free Meningitis-C Vaccine for College and University Students
• Dead Crow found in the South Elmsley Area of Rideau Lakes is Positive for West Nile Virus

Jan.-Aug 2006

• Hot Weather Precautions
• Bat Awareness
• Alcohol and Pregnancy Don't Mix
• Roll out Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer!! Be wise! Protect your eyes - and other parts!
• Bathing Beach Water Quality
• A hangover may be the least of your worries
• The Smoke-Free Ontario Act comes into effect in the early morning hours of May 31^st
• Racing Against Drugs: A team effort to promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle
• June 10^th is our Leeds Grenville and Lanark Trails Day
  and we are celebrating with a Trails Blitz!
• Women Recommended to Supplement with Folic Acid
• West Nile Virus – Dead Bird Surveillance Resumes May 15, 2006
• Free Meningitis-C Vaccine for High School Students
• Mumps outbreak in Iowa being followed by local Health Unit staff
• Health Unit encourages families to consider safer renovating practices 
• Take the Challenge!  Turn off your screens for the week of April 3rd-9th
• The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015
• Make Wise Food Choices Wherever You Go! 2006 National Nutrition Month 
• Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Area Attracts Medical Officer of Health
• Health Unit Offering Meningitis-C Vaccine for High Risk Groups
• What is Pandemic Influenza?

2005

• How do you measure your health?
• Health Unit wishes to recognize local pharmacies for their contribution to poison prevention.
• Will your 3-year-old be ready to start school in one year
• Seeing the light: Sun Safety and Vitamin D
• Do You Know Someone who is Pregnant? They May Be at Risk and You Can Help
• Appointment of Dr. Rani G. Tolton
• Why Use a Booster Seat?
• Dr. Charles Gardner leaves LGL Health Unit
• First Postive Crow, Merrickville Aug 18, 2005
• Staying Well-Hydrated in Extreme Heat
• Walking Chain Challenge - Summer Active
• CUPE Ratification June 2005
• Farmers Market May 2005
• Dead Bird Surveillance
• Car Seat Safety
• Clean-Up Flooded Wells Before Using
• Colorectal FOBT.
• Health before Pregnancy
• Immunization Week
• Meningitis C Vaccine
• OBSP 5th Anniversary
• Parent Conference
• Pool Safety
• Preterm Labour
• Preventing Falls
• Rabies Clinics 2005
• Rail Safety2005
• Railroad Safety Blitz 2005
• TB Week
• TV Turnoff Week

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