COVID-19

Paint Ontario Art Show and Sale Postponed

Grand Bend, ON – Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic public health restrictions and the ongoing closure of Lambton Heritage Museum, the Paint Ontario Art Show & Sale is being postponed until September 3 - 26, 2021. The 25th anniversary show will be a live, in-person show - not a virtual show - operating with similar COVID protocols to the successful show that took place in September 2020.

Paint Ontario is the largest show and sale of representational art in Ontario, typically featuring...

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Lambton COVID-19 Immunization Task Force Update – April 20, 2021

Point Edward, ON – The Lambton COVID-19 Immunization Task Force met Tuesday, April 20 to discuss updates to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan in Lambton County. Here are some highlights from the meeting:

A total of 40,103 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date. That represents 34 percent of the eligible population in Lambton County who have received one or more doses (37,763 first dose, 2,340 second dose).

The Task Force is pleased to report the majority of people included in Phase...

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Emergency Child Care Program for School-Aged Children of Frontline Workers

Sarnia, ON - On Monday April 12, the Premier of Ontario announced that, in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, all schools in the province will revert to Remote Learning following the April break. At this time, there is no indication of how long schools will remain closed to in-person learning.

To support health care and frontline workers, the Ministry of Education has implemented a targeted emergency child care program for school-aged children only (ages 4 -12 years), at no cost...

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