Wash and cook fiddleheads to prevent illness
Release Date: May 10, 2012
Grey Bruce residents are being reminded to thoroughly
wash and cook fiddleheads before they are consumed to avoid illness. Fiddleheads
are curled, edible shoots of the ostrich fern.
Grey Bruce Health Unit Celebrates Nursing Week
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Nursing Week offers an opportunity to acknowledge and
celebrate Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) Best Practice
Guidelines underway at the Health Unit.
Health Unit nurses welcome politicians into their workplace during
Nursing Week 2012 (May 7-13)
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Health Unit nurses welcome politicians into their workplace during
Nursing Week 2012 (May 7-13)
Dog in Biting Incident Identified
Release Date: April 20, 2012
An appeal for assistance has been successful to identify a dog in a biting
incident last week in Meaford. The owner of the dog came forward.
Public Assistance Request
Release Date: April 18, 2012
The Grey Bruce Health Unit is seeking assistance from
the public in finding the owner of a dog involved in a biting incident in
Meaford.
Baby Teeth Count!
Release Date: April 11, 2012
Baby teeth count. That’s the message from the Grey Bruce Health Unit for
April - Oral Health Month. Baby teeth need to be brushed twice a day.
For some parents, brushing teeth can be a battle they don’t feel is
worth fighting. However, these early teeth are vital for the child
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Ontario Early Years Centres celebrate 10 years!
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Bruce and Grey Counties mark the success of Ontario Early Years Centres (OEYC)
delivering free locally accessible early childhood development and parenting
programs to families in their community.
Tobacco vendor compliance with youth access legislation
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Tobacco Enforcement Officers
and youth working at the Grey Bruce Health Unit have visited over half of the
tobacco retail vendors in Grey Bruce to verify youth access under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act.
Youth enter retail stores, such as convenience stores and grocery
stores, and attempt to purchase a tobacco product.