Grey Bruce Public Health has issued its 24^th Opioid Alert of 2024 after receiving notification of a suspected fatal opioid-related poisoning.

Grey Bruce Public Health and Bruce County are collaborating to raise awareness about the critical link between oral health and overall health as well as available government-funded programs to help eligible seniors cover the cost of dental care.

Grey Bruce Public Health’s latest report on food affordability and food insecurity, released this week, calls attention to the struggles many Grey-Bruce households face to afford basic living expenses – such as adequate food and monthly rent – as incomes and social assistance rates fail to keep pace with rising costs.

One fatal and seven non-fatal suspected opioid-related drug poisonings have been reported to Grey Bruce Public Health over the past seven days, prompting the organization to issue an Opioid Overdose Alert to community partners on Monday, Sept. 9.

Grey Bruce Public Health has ended the no-swimming advisory for Southampton Beach after receiving the results of a new series of beach water samples – tested over the Labour Day long weekend – that show bacterial levels have returned to within Ministry of Health guidelines for safe swimming/bathing.