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Enabling Breastfeeding Contest 2023

SWPH holding contest for National Breastfeeding Week 2023

Posted on Friday, September 29, 2023 09:22 AM

Tell Southwestern Public Health how you are ‘Enabling Breastfeeding’ for a chance to win one of two $250 self care prize packs

Contest for National Breastfeeding Week will award one winner each in Elgin-St. Thomas, and Oxford County.

September 29, 2023

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Southwestern Public Health ‘Enabling Breastfeeding’ Contest

This National Breastfeeding Week, share your stories of how you make breastfeeding work for you and your child for a chance to win!

Tell us your breastfeeding story for a chance to win...

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Honouring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2023 03:56 PM


September 30
marks the third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day that coincides with Orange Shirt Day. We observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in honour of the children who never returned home, the survivors of the residential schools, the missing children, and the families and communities who continue to be affected by the ongoing and intergenerational traumas of the residential school system.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission ran from 2008 to 2015. The...

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SWPH Preparing for Upcoming Covid-19 Vaccine Clinics

Posted on Friday, September 15, 2023 01:37 PM

Media Release

September 15, 2023

Southwestern Public Health Preparing for Upcoming Covid-19 Vaccine Clinics

A new Covid-19 vaccine offering enhanced protection will soon arrive in our region.

With the arrival of cooler weather and the “cold and flu” season, Southwestern Public Health wants the community to know that the newest Covid-19 vaccine is on its way to the region.

“We’ve started to get questions and we want you to know that it’s coming!” says Jaime Fletcher, Program Manager of Vaccine...

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Home-based Food Businesses Encouraged to Reach Out

Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 11:56 AM

MEDIA RELEASE

September 12, 2023

Public Health Unit Encourages Home-Based Food Businesses to Reach Out about Legislative Compliance

The Ontario Food Premises Regulation (O.Reg 493) requires that anyone planning to operate a food premises contact their local public health unit at least 14 days prior to opening.

Southwestern Public Health’s Public Health Inspectors would like to hear from home-based food businesses operating in Oxford County, Elgin County and the City of St. Thomas who have not yet...

dog bite alert - woodstock

Dog bite incident in Woodstock

Posted on Friday, September 08, 2023 02:40 PM

Southwestern Public Health wants to identify a dog that bit someone on September 7th at approximately 11:30 a.m. near the corner of Landsdowne and Sprucedale in Woodstock. A woman was working as a Crossing Guard when two women crossed the street with a dog on a pink leash. When the dog reached the curb, after crossing, it turned suddenly and bit the Crossing Guard in her leg.

The dog is described as mostly a German Shepherd, but could be a mixed breed, light brown in colour.

Identifying the dog...

Algae Alert

Blue- Green Algae Found in Wildwood Reservoir Near St. Marys

Posted on Wednesday, September 06, 2023 12:32 PM

Blue-green algae found in Wildwood Reservoir

Wildwood Reservoir posted as unsafe for swimming.

Huron Perth Public Health and Southwestern Public Health are advising people that a bloom of blue-green algae has been detected in Wildwood Reservoir. The reservoir is located at Wildwood Conservation Area, near St. Marys. Blue-green algae can produce toxins that may be harmful to the health of humans and animals when there is direct contact with or consumption of the water. Algal blooms most commonly...







































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