REMINDER: Due to public closures currently in place, many parks and green spaces are being cut less frequently. Be extra careful about checking for ticks after spending time outdoors.
For more information about ticks, please visit: ckphu.com/health-topics/insects/lyme-disease/
Recognizing MentalHealthWeek this year might be more important than ever.
With so many challenges affecting all of us right now, we decided to create a one-stop-shop for mental health promotion. Check it out: www.ckpublichealth.com/mental-health-covid19/ for things you can listen, read, watch, and do to take care of your mental health.
May is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance is reminding our community that the Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence (SA/DV) Treatment Centre is still open 24 hours a day, 7 days per week in the Emergency Department. Their specially trained SA/DV nurses are ready to help victims of sexual assault and domestic violence with the services they need.
The Municipality of Leamington intends to control noxious weeds by spraying along all municipal rural roads beginning May 13, weather permitting, and ending June 24. The application of pesticide will be completed for public health and safety per section 7.1(2) of the Act.
We will be using Clearview Herbicide, which contains the active ingredients, Metsulfuron-Methyl and Aminopyralid. PCP Registration Number 29752 under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada), in combination with Hasten NT Spray Adjuvant, which contains active ingredients Methyl and ethyl oleate (esterified vegetable oil). PCP Registration Number 28277 under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada).
