Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News ROCKLAND — Every resident of Ontario’s five eastern counties and the City of Cornwall who want it will most likely have been vaccinated by June 1. The prediction is…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Starting tomorrow, March 15th, residents 80 years old and above will be able to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment through a provincial website established for that purpose. The Eastern Ontario Health Unit…
41% of establishments contravening rules, says EOHU EASTERN ONTARIO — Fifty-nine percent of establishments visited as part of an early December blitz were found to be in complete compliance with COVID-19 rules, says the Eastern…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Now that long-term care and high-risk retirement home residents have all received at least their first doses, the Eastern Ontario Health Unit is offering assurances that it will “work hard” to increase…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Have you been identified as a “high-risk contact” of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19? Members of your household are now required to go into self-quarantine with you, under a new…
Natascha Wood Nation Valley News EASTERN ONTARIO — The region continues to see the numbers of new COVID-19 cases stabilizing but has sadly recorded three additional deaths — including the first two fatalities connected with…
Above, Danielle Houle (centre) was one of the first LTC residents in the EOHU region to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, at St. Jacques Nursing Home (Embrun), Jan. 13, 2021. Houle’s daughter and caregiver Melanie…
Above, see Eastern Ontario Medical Officer of Health Dr. Paul Roumeliotis’s Nov. 20 media briefing, which includes information on the return to Yellow-Protect in the region — effective today — and other pandemic statistics. EASTERN…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Martial arts dojos have been added and arenas removed from an impending new Eastern Ontario Health Unit order placing restrictions on indoor fitness facilities along with the owners and operators of banquet…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Trick-or-treating is too frightening for Halloween this pandemic year. Citing the “recent significant increase” in COVID-19 cases, the Eastern Ontario Health Unit is “strongly recommending” against the annual door-to-door candy-collection activity and…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Celebrate Thanksgiving exclusively with individuals from your own household this year. The Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) “strongly recommends” that key imposition on the impending festivities, under a reminder “to keep public…
LIMOGES — The parking lot at Calypso Water Park has temporarily transformed into a new COVID-19 testing centre, starting today, as a number of agencies pool their resources to drain demand from the region’s other…
EASTERN ONTARIO — The Ontario government has announced it is lowering the limits on unmonitored and private social gatherings across the province, including the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU). The move comes after the province imposed…
Above, Chesterville Public School, with a large stop sign on the front door alongside COVID-19 notices. EASTERN ONTARIO — Students last week began a “staggered” return to their classrooms as local health units sought to…
Above, the South Nation River, as photographed from the top of the Chesterville Dam on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. While not confirmed as a blue-green algae bloom at the time, it does resemble the official…
