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Weekly Update of April 14, 2025

The Weekly Update for April 14 - April 17 is here.

Look for a new Weekly Update each Friday!

South East Health Unit| Safety During Spring Clean-Up

Media Release - April 17

Safety During Spring Clean-Up

With the spring thaw and Earth Day happening April 22, many residents are participating in spring clean-ups in the community. Spring clean-ups are a good opportunity to get outdoors, connect with neighbours and show care for our community and for each other. The health unit would like to advise the public that it is important to watch out for discarded needles when doing spring cleaning.

Needles sometimes can be found in places like garbage...

Leeds & Grenville | Public Notice - Pesticide Use

Pesticide Use The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville intends to utilize Wagar and Corput Weed Control Inc. to control weeds along the following rural roadsides:

• Select sections on County Roads 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 25, 43 and 44.

• Selected Township Roads in the municipalities of Athens, Augusta, Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Front of Yonge, Leeds and Thousand Islands, Merrickville- Wolford and North Grenville.

• All County guide rails, except for those in Rideau Lakes.

Cataraqui Conservation Flood Watch Downgraded | April 16, 2025

Flood Watch Downgraded to Water Safety Statement for Inland Lakes & Streams

April 16, 2025
Kingston – Cataraqui Conservation has downgraded the Flood Watch to a Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety today due to improving conditions throughout the watershed.

Weather Situation:
9 to 12 mm of rain is forecast for April 18 – 19. Additional rainfall is possible April 21 – 23 in the range of about 5 – 15 mm.

Conditions:
Conditions have been improving, with gauged streamflows back down to the...

South East Health Unit Media Release| Measles Update - April 15

South East Health Unit (SEHU) is advising residents of potential measles exposure at several sites in the southeast region related to a new single positive case of measles.

If you attended the following locations at these dates and times, you may have been exposed to measles:

If you were at any of the above locations during the exposure times:

1.  Check vaccination records to ensure protection from measles.

• Immunity requires two doses of a measles vaccine or proof of immunity through a laboratory...