Queen’s Park Update
by MPP Jim McDonell
Over the past week, the last of our eligible Long Term Care (LTC) residents received their first dose of the COVID...
Local students are back in school
Following an announcement by Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, elementary and secondary schools in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit have been allowed back to...
Local business essential to the local economy
by Eric Duncan, M.P.
Now more than ever, this past year has showed us the need to support our local businesses, especially during these trying...
Queen’s Park Update
by MPP Jim McDonell
This past week, municipal leaders met virtually with Premier Ford, cabinet ministers, MPPs, and Ontario's ministry officials at the annual Rural...
Ontario expands workplace enforcement campaigns
The Ontario government is expanding the current workplace inspection campaign to further protect workers and customers at essential businesses. Following the big box store...
In person learning return dates for UCDSB Students
by Stephen Sliwa, Director of Education, UCDSB
This school year has been about balancing our students’ academic needs and the obligation to keep them, and...
Queen’s Park Update
by MPP Jim McDonell
As we complete the fourth week of our provincial lockdown, we see our local caseload numbers levelling off and our seven...
Dr Paul Roumeliotis, the EOHU, Virus Mutations, and the One Third
According to Dr Paul Roumeliotis, the Chief Medical Officer of Health for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU), a full twenty-five to thirty three...
County council makes call for businesses to reopen
Councillors with the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry on Monday urged the provincial government to reopen small businesses in the province.
Councillors adopted...
Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout SDG
Eastern Ontario has received their first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19. They arrived at the Eastern Ontario Health Unit the week of...