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Year: 2021

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Reopening schools safe with precautions says EOHU

January 29, 2021 Phillip Blancher

nnCORNWALL – Returning to school at this point is safe, with appropriate precautions. Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, Medical Officer of Health for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit said that the four main factors for deciding schools […]

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January 29, 2021 Phillip Blancher

January 29th, 2021 map showing active and total cases of COVID-19 in the region. (Supplied/Eastern Ontario Health Unit)

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Province announces back-to-school for students in EOHU region

January 28, 2021 Phillip Blancher

SOUTH DUNDAS – Students living within the Eastern Ontario Health Unit region can begin to return to in-class learning starting February 1st. Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced via a press release Thursday morning that students […]

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Three outdoor rinks to open by January 30th at the latest

January 28, 2021 Phillip Blancher

nnSOUTH DUNDAS – Weather permitting, skaters will be able to hit the ice at three South Dundas outdoor skating rinks by January 30th.nnWork began last week at the outdoor rinks in Brinston, Morrisburg, and Iroquois.nnMunicipality […]

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January 28, 2021 Phillip Blancher
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Wanderings – Watching a game about nothing…

January 27, 2021 Phillip Blancher

Maybe I am showing my age a bit here, but I just don’t get it. What is it with kids watching videos of people playing video games? I really don’t get it. Three teenage sons […]

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COVID-19 cases trending downward again

January 22, 2021 Phillip Blancher

CORNWALL – COVID-19 infection numbers are continuing to slowly decline in the region as provincial lock-down and Stay-at-Home measures remain in place. Since Monday, the active case count has decreased by nearly 100 people.nnThe province […]

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SDG rejects over-budget roundabout project bids

January 21, 2021 Phillip Blancher

nnSDG – The $4.2 million infrastructure plan to build a roundabout and street-scape in Morrisburg ended up in the ditch when SDG Counties council voted to reject all four tender bids because all were significantly […]

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Remote learning to continue for students in the EOHU

January 20, 2021 Phillip Blancher

TORONTO – Students in some regions of Ontario will return to in-class learning on Monday, January 25th, but not those who live in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit region.nnThe province announced that select health units, […]

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First COVID-19 vaccines arrive in EOHU region

January 15, 2021 Phillip Blancher

nnnnCORNWALL – The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in the region. Eastern Ontario Health Unit staff along with medical staff and paramedics have begun to deliver the first of two doses […]

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