Health unit cuts $1.3 million from 2024 budget, avoids group layoffs

Lucknow Sentinel

Public health units are shrinking budgets and cutting jobs across the province as government funding increases are outpaced by inflation and COVID-era balance sheet boosts come to an end this year. Grey Bruce Public Health (GBPH) navigated a proposed $1.3 million budget cut in 2024 without laying off any permanent union employees or reducing “frontline” […]

Health unit slashing $1.3 million from 2024 budget, avoids group layoffs

Owen Sound Sun Times

Public health units are shrinking budgets and cutting jobs across the province as government funding paces behind inflation and COVID-era balance sheet boosts are ending this year. Grey Bruce Public Health (GBPH) navigated a proposed $1.3 million budget cut in 2024 without laying off any permanent union employees or reducing “frontline” services according to a […]

How to safely watch the solar eclipse  

Lucknow Sentinel

Grey Bruce Public Health urges residents to resist the temptation to look directly at the sun during the April 8 solar eclipse and to safeguard their eyes during the relatively rare celestial event. Parts of southern and eastern Ontario will experience a total solar eclipse for the first time since 1925. Grey-Bruce will be outside […]

Grey Bruce Public Health receives draft 2024 budget as merger discussion continues

Kincardine Independent

The highlight of the Feb. 23 meeting of the Grey- Bruce board of health was the draft 2024 budget. The budget presentation came as the board moves forward with the … Continue reading Grey Bruce Public Health receives draft 2024 budget as merger discussion continues →

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Fentanyl suspected in Grey-Bruce overdoses, including two fatalities

Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey Bruce Public Health has issued an opioid alert after receiving reports of multiple suspected overdoses and poisonings in a 24-hour period, including two that were fatal.  The suspected opioid overdoses happened on Monday and Tuesday and were primarily in the Owen Sound area. The individuals who died as a result were in their 30s […]