News Releases

News Releases

31

Oct

2024

GBPH issues Opioid Alert in response to suspected fatal drug poisoning

Grey Bruce Public Health has issued its 24th Opioid Alert of 2024 after receiving notification of a suspected fatal opioid-related poisoning.

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25

Oct

2024

Public Assistance Request – Possible Dog Bite – Arran-Elderslie

Grey Bruce Public Health is seeking the public’s help in identifying the owner of a dog involved in an incident on Oct. 22, 2024, in Arran-Elderslie

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21

Oct

2024

Federal, provincial programs available to help seniors with cost of dental care

Grey Bruce Public Health and Bruce County are collaborating to raise awareness about the critical link between oral health and overall health as well as available government-funded programs to help eligible seniors cover the cost of dental care.

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18

Oct

2024

GBPH encourages residents to get latest COVID-19 and flu vaccines to safeguard health this fall

The cooler, shorter days and changing leaves are hallmarks of autumn, but they also signal the beginning of the annual fall respiratory illness season in Ontario.

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17

Oct

2024

GBPH releases 2024 report on food affordability

Grey Bruce Public Health’s latest report on food affordability and food insecurity, released this week, calls attention to the struggles many Grey-Bruce households face to afford basic living expenses – such as adequate food and monthly rent – as incomes and social assistance rates fail to keep pace with rising costs.

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11

Oct

2024

Opioid Alert issued following reports of 3 suspected drug poisonings, including one fatality, over 3 days

Grey Bruce Public Health issued an Opioid Alert to community and health partners Friday after receiving reports of one fatal and two non-fatal suspected drug poisonings that occurred in the area over the past three days.

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9

Sep

2024

GBPH issues Opioid Alert following reports of eight drug poisonings over seven days

One fatal and seven non-fatal suspected opioid-related drug poisonings have been reported to Grey Bruce Public Health over the past seven days, prompting the organization to issue an Opioid Overdose Alert to community partners on Monday, Sept. 9.

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5

Sep

2024

New GBPH dental clinic set to open in southern Bruce County

Grey Bruce Public Health will soon welcome patients to its new, brick-and-mortar dental clinic in Brockton; a state-of-the-art facility that will provide oral health services to qualifying seniors, children, and youth from low-income households in southern Grey-Bruce.

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3

Sep

2024

No-swim advisory lifted for Southampton Beach

Grey Bruce Public Health has ended the no-swimming advisory for Southampton Beach after receiving the results of a new series of beach water samples – tested over the Labour Day long weekend – that show bacterial levels have returned to within Ministry of Health guidelines for safe swimming/bathing.

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29

Aug

2024

Southampton Beach posted unsafe for swimming

Grey Bruce Public Health, in consultation with the Town of Saugeen Shores, has posted the Southampton Beach as unsafe for swimming after water-sampling results showed bacterial levels exceeding Ontario Ministry of Health standards.

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