Covid-19

Step 1 of reopening begins Friday

June 8, 2021

Ontario has announced that it will enter Step 1 of its economic reopening plan June 11 at 12:01 a.m.—three days earlier than planned. The list...

Stay-at-home orders expire, public safety measures to stay

June 2, 2021

The province's stay-at-home orders are set to expire June 2 but most public and workplace measures will stay in place until the province enters...

Stay-at-home orders here to stay until “at least” June 2

May 14, 2021

Ford confirmed Thursday that Ontario stay-at-home orders will continue until "at least" June 2 in a bid to save the summer. "My goal is to...

Stay-at-home orders likely extended past May 20

May 11, 2021

With the number of new COVID-19 cases trending downward many Ontarians were anticipating the lifting of the stay-at-home orders but with nine days to...

Province hoping all adults eligible for vaccination by end of May

April 29, 2021

Ontario announced at a press conference Thursday that due to an increased number of doses expected to arrive from both Pfizer and Moderna, it...

Ontario reverses pandemic police powers after sweeping backlash

April 18, 2021

In a written statement released Saturday, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said police will no longer have the authority to stop people or vehicles and...

Stricter COVID-19 measures, police given authority to stop vehicles, people

April 16, 2021

Ford announced harsher restrictions Friday in an effort to curb the continuing rise in COVID-19 cases in Ontario. Residents are only permitted to leave their...

Delay of 4,000 Moderna doses, appointments postponed

April 12, 2021

Lambton Public Health announced today that all COVID-19 vaccination appointments for April 14 at its Brooke-Alvinston and Forest clinics, which were set to administer...

Ford to announce possible lock down as COVID cases rise

April 1, 2021

As cases of CID-19 continue to rise steadily throughout the province Premiere Ford is set to make an announcement on Thursday to confirm whether...

Anyone who used taxi service urged to call public health immediately

March 18, 2021

A taxi driver with Greg's Taxi Service tested positive for Covid-19. Lambton Public Health is asking that anyone who used the taxi company's services March...

Lambton back in lockdown as cases continue to rise

March 14, 2021

The provincial government announced Friday that Lambton County will move back into grey-lockdown on March 15. The announcement comes just weeks after the region...

Variant of concern emerges in county

March 4, 2021

In his briefing Wednesday, Lambton Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ranade confirmed that a variant of concern has been detected in one of the...

County moves from orange to red after outbreak declared

February 21, 2021

Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Lambton County will move from orange-restrict into red-control zone due to an outbreak in the General Medicine/Acute Medicine unit in...

Lambton Public Health to enter orange zone as stay-at-home orders lifted

February 13, 2021

On Friday the Ontario government reported 1, 076 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 deaths. The province announced that the emergency stay-at-home orders imposed on...