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Participants of the Healthy Communities Conference in Owen Sound will be looking to the future as this year’s event focuses on the theme of “Fostering Sustainable Communities in Grey-Bruce.” Leith Deacon, associate professor in Rural Planning and Development at the University of Guelph’s School of Environmental Design & Rural Development, will be the keynote speaker at the conference, set for Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre.

he Grey Bruce Health Unit has been notified of the first local, laboratory-confirmed case of influenza of the 2022-23 flu season. A Bruce County resident has tested positive for Influenza A, the highly contagious virus that circulates in Ontario in the fall and winter months.

The Grey Bruce Health Unit, along with federal and provincial partners, is investigating after birds located at the Harrison Park bird sanctuary in Owen Sound tested positive for avian influenza (H5N1).

The Grey Bruce Health Unit has received notification that an individual in their 20s died Friday of a suspected drug overdose in Owen Sound.

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is pleased to announce that the Moderna Spikevax bivalent COVID-19 booster – shown to provide greater protection against Omicron – will be available to eligible individuals at Public Health vaccination clinics and via community partners starting this week.