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Ontario Providing Accessible Rides to COVID-19 Vaccination Sites

 

NEWS RELEASE

Program will help people with mobility issues receive their vaccine shots

June 22, 2021
Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility

 

   

TORONTO — Building on recent success in getting millions of people vaccinated, the Ontario government is investing $3.7 million in a partnership with the Ontario Community Support Association to help people with disabilities, including seniors with mobility issues, get to and from vaccination sites so they can...

Thank you to Tay Valley Residents

A big Thank You from the Perth Rotary Club, to all the donors of beer cans, liquor bottles and wine bottles for the fundraiser in operation at the Stanleyville Waste Site. The generosity of Township residents is greatly appreciated.

Celebrate Summer Solstice 2021 with Omàmiwininì Pimàdjwowin

This is virtual event is available to view at any time.  It offers an excellent local history lesson from Pikwakanagan First Nation provided by Councillor Ron Bernard. Chief Wendy Jocko puts out important calls to action for non-Indigenous people living on unceded Algonquin territory.

As we celebrate National Indigenous Day and the Summer Solstice, please take a few minutes today and think about what you can do.  As a way to give back, I encourage all non-Indigenous people living on unceded...

Update on Availability of Vaccine in the LGL Region

MEDIA RELEASE

Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit

June 21, 2021

We are pleased to report that the Health Unit has received more Moderna vaccine over the weekend and will be adding more appointments in all of our clinics as of Tuesday, June 22.

Ontario’s Pfizer vaccine delivery that was expected on Monday, June 21 has been delayed until Wednesday, June 23. We are able to continue to offer the clinics on Monday and Tuesday by giving Moderna to Adults 18+ at our clinics. Pfizer will be...

Lanark County OPP Detachment Weekly News

(LANARK COUNTY, ON) – Between Monday, June14, 2021 and Monday, June 21, 2021 officers from the Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 359 calls for service.  The calls included:

 

Motor Vehicle Collisions

Total:      37

Car / Deer: 12

Parking Lots: 1

Single Motor Vehicle off Road (“in ditch”): 1

Vs Bear: 1

Vs ATV: 1

One fatal collision involving a motorcycle

 

Domestic Incidents

On June 14, 2021 a 42 year old resident...