BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 29, 2019
Free Event Showcasing Italian City’s Tragedy and Triumph over a Serious Occupational Health Hazard Peterborough Public Health invites local residents to hear the powerful story of one community’s experience tackling a major occupational health hazard in a free event called “The Complex Legacy of Asbestos” taking place on Monday, April 8 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 […]
BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 29, 2019
Local Residents Learn How Their Health Is Affected by Climate Disruption More than 80 residents attended “Your Health & Climate Change: Up Close & Personal” at Peterborough Public Health this evening to hear from national and local experts about the effect of climate change on their health, and how community action can address it. “We’re […]
BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 29, 2019
St. Paul Lakefield Catholic Elementary Students Celebrate Healthy Eating Today, 200 St. Paul Lakefield Catholic Elementary school students and staff crunched down on Ontario Empire apples in synch with hundreds of thousands of students across the nation. The Great Big Crunch celebrates healthy eating with a synchronized bite into locally grown apples. “It’s a fun […]
BY outbreaks | PUBLISHED: Mar 27, 2019
This table is updated when a new outbreak is declared, when a causative agent is identified and/or when an outbreak is declared over. If you have questions about these outbreaks, please contact the facility. For further information, call Infectious Diseases program staff at 705-743-1000. Alert Date: 2019-03-27 Time: 9:15 am (Alert #028)
BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 27, 2019
In compliance with the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, a full listing of Peterborough Public Health’s salaries and benefits exceeding $100,000 for 2018 is available at the link below: https://www.ontario.ca/page/public-sector-salary-disclosure
BY outbreaks | PUBLISHED: Mar 26, 2019
This table is updated when a new outbreak is declared, when a causative agent is identified and/or when an outbreak is declared over. If you have questions about these outbreaks, please contact the facility. For further information, call Infectious Diseases program staff at 705-743-1000. Alert Date: 2019-03-26 Time: 3:05 pm (Alert #027)
BY outbreaks | PUBLISHED: Mar 22, 2019
This table is updated when a new outbreak is declared, when a causative agent is identified and/or when an outbreak is declared over. If you have questions about these outbreaks, please contact the facility. For further information, call Infectious Diseases program staff at 705-743-1000. Alert Date: 2019-03-22 Time: 4:30 pm (Alert #026)
BY outbreaks | PUBLISHED: Mar 21, 2019
This table is updated when a new outbreak is declared, when a causative agent is identified and/or when an outbreak is declared over. If you have questions about these outbreaks, please contact the facility. For further information, call Infectious Diseases program staff at 705-743-1000. Alert Date: 2019-03-21 Time: 3:20 pm (Alert #025)
BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 21, 2019
Julie Ingram Receives “2019 Volunteer of the Year” Award Julie Ingram, a Public Health Inspector with Peterborough Public Health, earned the 2019 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Ontario Onsite Wastewater Association (OOWA) on Monday, March 18, 2019. Ingram was recognized for her work on the OOWA Membership Committee, along with important work alongside […]
BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 18, 2019
Weekly Influenza Report – An Example of Public Health Surveillance Epidemiologist Mohamed Kharbouch presented his work developing a weekly influenza report for health care providers. It provides a snapshot of the influenza season by comparing the weekly variation in three local indicators. These indicators include the number of laboratory-confirmed influenza cases, the number of institutions […]
BY outbreaks | PUBLISHED: Mar 15, 2019
This table is updated when a new outbreak is declared, when a causative agent is identified and/or when an outbreak is declared over. If you have questions about these outbreaks, please contact the facility. For further information, call Infectious Diseases program staff at 705-743-1000. Alert Date: 2019-03-15 Time: 12:00 pm (Alert #024)
BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 13, 2019
March 28 Event Explores How Climate Change is Affecting Public Health Everyone is invited to learn how climate change is affecting our collective health at a free public event called “Your Health & Climate Change: Up Close & Personal” on Thursday, March 28 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Peterborough Public Health. “Climate change is […]
BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 12, 2019
Who was Bradley John Chapman and why should we care? At the time of his death in Toronto in 2015, Chapman was 43 years old and homeless. He was the father of three children and was found in an alley suffering from an opioid overdose. He died in hospital eight days later. A Coroner’s inquest […]
BY outbreaks | PUBLISHED: Mar 11, 2019
This table is updated when a new outbreak is declared, when a causative agent is identified and/or when an outbreak is declared over. If you have questions about these outbreaks, please contact the facility. For further information, call Infectious Diseases program staff at 705-743-1000. Alert Date: 2019-03-11 Time: 11:00 am (Alert #023)
BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 08, 2019
Location: J.K. Edwards Board Room, Peterborough Public Health, Jackson Square, 185 King St., Third Floor Media and the community are advised that the next Board of Health meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. To download the agenda and the online board package, please visit: http://www.peterboroughpublichealth.ca/about-us/meetings/ This meeting is open […]
BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 07, 2019
This table is updated when a new outbreak is declared, when a causative agent is identified and/or when an outbreak is declared over. If you have questions about these outbreaks, please contact the facility. For further information, call Infectious Diseases program staff at 705-743-1000. The following facilities in Peterborough County and City are experiencing an […]
BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 07, 2019
Frostbite Alert: forecasted wind chill values of -27 or lower from the evening of March 7 to the morning of March 8.
BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 05, 2019
This table is updated when a new outbreak is declared, when a causative agent is identified and/or when an outbreak is declared over. If you have questions about these outbreaks, please contact the facility. For further information, call Infectious Diseases program staff at 705-743-1000. The following facilities in Peterborough County and City are experiencing an […]
BY Communications | PUBLISHED: Mar 04, 2019
This table is updated when a new outbreak is declared, when a causative agent is identified and/or when an outbreak is declared over. If you have questions about these outbreaks, please contact the facility. For further information, call Infectious Diseases program staff at 705-743-1000. The following facilities in Peterborough County and City are experiencing an […]
