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Niagara Region Public Health prepares for rollout of large-scale vaccination later this month

With vaccination supply increasing later this month and the AstraZeneca vaccine now approved as a third vaccine in Canada, Public Health has plans ready to deliver vaccine on a large scale to protect the Niagara community as soon as vaccine has arrived.

Some parts of Ontario received initial COVID-19 vaccine shipments in December, a month earlier than Niagara. Some of these regions have begun limited vaccination of persons 80 years of age or older, while Niagara finishes vaccination of our highest...

Port Cares puts its annual event on the road with Drive Thru Soupfest 2021 on Tuesday, March 30th

After a one year hiatus due to the pandemic, Port Cares is thrilled to bring back its much loved Soupfest but in a COVID safe manner. On Tuesday, March 30th from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Port Cares’ Reach Out Centre will host its first ever take-out soup fundraiser with the 2021 Drive-Thru Soupfest. This drive-thru take out event will provide purchasers two different scrumptious home-made soups, biscuits and cookies – enough for 4 individual servings.

“For more than a decade, Soupfest is a popular...

Port Colborne outlines Red-Control restrictions

Effective today, March 1, 2021, the City of Port Colborne along with Niagara region will move to the Red-Control category under the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework.

“This is a step in the right direction,” said Mayor Bill Steele. “We wish to thank everyone for doing their part to keep Port Colborne safe. Please continue to follow Public Health guidelines as we move forward. Remember, we’re all in this together.”

Under the Red-Control Framework, the following community changes...

Bridge 19 Closure- March 2 to 4

Bridge 19, the Main Street Bridge, will be closed to all traffic from Tuesday, March 2 to Thursday, March 4, 2021 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Please visit the Bridge Status page for more information.

Port Colborne bridge closure updates from the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System site.

Niagara region moves to Red in the COVID-19 Response Framework

The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, is moving nine public health regions to new levels in the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework (the "Framework"). This includes activating an "emergency brake" in Thunder Bay District Health Unit and Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit to move the regions to Grey-Lockdown to immediately interrupt transmission and contain community spread. Decisions were made in consultation with the local medical officers...