• The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit is helping tobacco users
  turn their willpower into horsepower!
• Influenza has arrived in Leeds Grenville and Lanark
• Health Unit to Close Almonte Office on February 11th, 2009
• January 19-25 is Environmental Public Health Week
• More Active Seniors Activities
• Health Unit reminds you to be cautious during cold weather
• Is your child ready for Kindergarten?

2008

• The 2008 Nutritious Food Basket Survey
• Prevention is the Key to Reducing the Spread of Norovirus
• Smiths Falls FOCUS Community Coalition advocating to renew funding
• Discontinuation of BOIL WATER ADVISORY: Businesses, Facilities and Households on the Municipal Water Supply for the Town of Gananoque
• Local Breastfeeding Mothers invited to join the Quintessence Challenge next
  weekend in support World Breastfeeding Week
• Positive Blue Jay for West Nile Virus - Smith Falls
• Over 1/3 of women do not take enough folic acid
• Pap Tests Save Lives!
• HPV Update for September - Second Year HPV vaccine available to Grade 8 girls
• Children who eat breakfast learn better
• Dead Crow Found in The Perth Area is Positive for West Nile Virus
• Local Youth Continue to Take Action to Prevent Tobacco Use
• Health Unit raises awareness about bats
• Health Unit warns residents of Blue-Green Algae
• Health Unit more targeted about tick submissions
• "I Didn't Know" campaign designed to educate parents about ATVs and the risks to children
• HEALTH UNIT LIFTS HEAT ALERT
• HEALTH UNIT ISSUES HEAT ALERT
• Racing Against Drugs
• Contract Ratified by Local Health Unit Cupe Employees and Board Of Health
• Lyme Disease
• 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
• Raize the Truth Launches - Raize Your Voice - Open Mic Event
• Trade in your Cigarettes for a New Car!
• Prevention is the key to reducing the spread of Norovirus

• 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
• 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
• 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
• HPV Vaccine
• Bat Awareness
• Heat Alert Over
• Barbecuing, Picnicking, Hiking & Camping - Food Safety Tips: Preventing foodborne illness
• 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
• Bird Surveillance
• Roadsafety (ATV)
• No Cases of Mumps Reported in Leeds, Grenville & Lanark
• Lyme Disease
• 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
• 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
• 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

• Prevention is the key to reducing the spread of NOROVIRUS
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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?

• 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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