LCCVI artists win at Fast Forward exhibit
COVID-19 shots now available
October 30, 2023
Starting today, you can receive a flu shot and the most recent COVID-19 vaccine.
The province is making the vaccines available at public health units, primary health care provides and some pharmacies starting today. The new COVID-19 vaccine is specifically designed to target the XBB variant and was approved by Health Canada earlier this fall.
You can receive the next COVID-19 dose if it has been six months since your last vaccine or COVID-19 infection.
Officials ad the flu shot and the COVID-19 vaccine can be administered at the same time.
Meantime, Lambton Public Health has switched up its reporting of the COVID-19 virus. It has launched the Seasonal Infectious Diseases Bulletin providing weekly updates on respiratory and enteric disease activity, including COVID-19 and influenza, along with
“We recognize that there is an overwhelming amount of information online about respiratory virus activity. In response, our aim is to offer Lambton County residents a singular, dependable resource for local data on respiratory and enteric virus activity,” said Epidemiologist Siobhan Churchill in a news release.
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LCCVI artists win at Fast Forward exhibit
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Blake Ellis/The Independent “This means so much to me,” said Brooklyn Brown. The Grade 12 student at LCCVI received one of three outstanding works awards. Brown, 18, received the award which came with a $250 prize, on Saturday during the exhibition of Lambton County secondary schools’ senior student art show, Fast Forward, hosted by Gallery in the Grove in Brights
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Port Lambton Pirates sweep Chatham
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Both Port Lambton teams topped the Chatham Diamonds on Saturday at the Western Counties Senior baseball season opened in Wallaceburg. The Pirates’ 22u team downed the Diamonds, 11-0 and the Port Lambton senior club beat Chatham, 12-2. Chatham fell to 0-3 on Sunday bowing 9-0 to Dresden. The scheduled game last Friday between the Wyoming Cattlebarons and the Wyoming Jr.
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