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Weekly Update of March 17, 2025

The Weekly Update for March 17 - March 21 is here.

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South East Health Unit Media Release |MMR/MMRV Vaccine Clinic

March 18, 2025

For immediate release

MMR/MMRV Vaccine Clinic Happening in Brockville

South East Health Unit (formerly Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit) is offering a Measles Mumps Rubella /Measles Mumps Rubella Varicella (MMR/MMRV) immunization clinic in Brockville for eligible individuals who are not up-to-date with their measles immunizations.

This clinic will focus on the following groups:

• Children 1 to 4 years of age needing MMR
• Children over 4 years of age who have not received...

Cataraqui Conservation News Release| Flood Watch Inland Lakes & Streams

News release March 17, 2025

Kingston – Cataraqui Conservation has issued a Flood Watch today due to snowmelt and rainfall runoff, resulting in elevated flows and water levels and increased likelihood of flooding in certain portions of the region.

Weather Situation:
We had above normal temperatures over the weekend and about 15-25 mm+ of rain March 16.
More seasonal temperatures are expected today and tomorrow before temperatures rise again briefly March 19 and 20. An additional 5 – 10 mm+ of...

South East Health Unit Media Release | March 13, 2025

Vaccines remain the best protection during ongoing measles outbreak

The South East Health Unit (SEHU, formerly Hastings Prince Edward Public Health; Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health; and the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit) is urging residents to make sure their immunizations are up to date amid the largest measles outbreak in the province in 30 years. As of March 12, 2025, Ontario has reported a total of 372 measles cases (277 confirmed, 95 probable)...

Cataraqui Conservation Issues Watershed Conditions Statement | March 13, 2025

Cataraqui Conservation Issues Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety for Inland Lakes and Streams

Kingston – Cataraqui Conservation is advising residents regarding water safety during this period of increasing water levels and flows.

Weather Situation:
Temperatures have generally been fluctuating above and below the freezing mark for several days now. This will change March 13 or 14 when persistent above zero temperatures, forecast to exceed 10 degrees, are expected through Sunday, March 16...