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To align with the updated forecast issued by Environment Canada, Southwestern Public Health is extending the heat alert issued earlier this week to include Saturday, July 4. Daytime highs will be in the low thirties, with humidex values in the high thirties to low forties. Overnight low temperatures are expected to be near twenty. This heat event is expected to last until Saturday but may last longer.

Public Health wants to confirm the vaccination status of the dog to allow the victim and their health care provider to determine next steps related to rabies post-exposure prophylaxis.

Water quality testing has resumed for local public beaches in Elgin County, Oxford County, and the City of St. Thomas.

Public Health wants to confirm the vaccination status of the dog to allow the victim and their health care provider to determine next steps related to rabies post-exposure prophylaxis.

Four-part Vital Perspectives series drew on local data and lived experience to examine key public health issues spanning opioids, climate change, youth belonging, and income-related food insecurity 

Environment Canada is forecasting the first heat event of the season starting Monday afternoon and continuing into Tuesday. Daytime highs will be near 30 degrees Celsius, and humidex values near 36. Overnight low temperatures are expected to be near 20 degrees Celsius. This heat event is expected to end Tuesday night.

Southwestern Public Health is seeking the public’s help to identify a dog involved in a bite incident in St. Thomas on May 12, 2026, at approximately 4:00am.