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Temporary Relocation of Court Services Department and Service Updates
Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 12:00 PM
Sarnia, ON - The Court Services Department will be temporarily relocating to the Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park.
This move will take place in early January 2021.
Please note, the mailing address for the Court Services Department will be changing to:
1086 Modeland Road,
Bldg. 1020, Suite 200 S.
Sarnia, Ontario
N4K 3E3
All phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses will remain unchanged.
Additionally, as a result of the province-wide lockdown beginning December 26, 2020, the Court Services...
Lambton County Library suspends in-person appointments in response to Provincial Shutdown
Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 04:29 PM
Wyoming, ON – In response to the province-wide shutdown announced by the Province of Ontario, Lambton County Library will be suspending all in-person appointments for computer use, wi-fi use and academic study from Saturday, December 26, 2020 until Saturday, January 23, 2021. All appointments that have already been booked between these dates will be cancelled.
All services, including curbside pickup, will be suspended at Brigden and Grand Bend Library effective Saturday, December 26, 2020. These...
Temporary Process Changes to Local COVID-19 Response
Posted on Monday, December 21, 2020 03:54 PM
Point Edward, ON – Lambton Public Health (LPH) will be modifying the COVID-19 case and contact management process as a result of a significant increase in cases, outbreaks and identified contacts to confirmed cases. We will be reprioritizing case identification, isolation and the identification of exposures in vulnerable or critical settings.
"Shifting resources to priority areas is a critical step in our COVID-19 response," states Dr. Sudit Ranade, Medical Officer of Health for Lambton County. "Our...
COVID-19 Surveillance Reports during the Holidays
Posted on Monday, December 21, 2020 10:06 AM
Point Edward, ON – Lambton Public Health (LPH) will be modifying the COVID-19 surveillance reporting schedule during the holidays. This follows a similar approach across the province with reports from provincial health authorities and other health units.
Our plan for reporting COVID-19 epidemiology is listed in the table at the end of this news release.
"We have been operating with a variation of this model for several weeks now with the detailed COVID-19 surveillance report not provided on weekends,"...
Outbreak Declared in Long-Term Care Home
Posted on Sunday, December 20, 2020 09:36 AM
Point Edward, ON - Lambton Public health (LPH) is investigating a long-term care outbreak, declared on Saturday, December 19, 2020. Two laboratory-confirmed positive test results for COVID-19 have been linked to staff in the nursing home. In accordance with provincial guidelines, LPH has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Trillium Villa nursing home.
A long-term care or other communal living setting outbreak is declared facility wide when there is one or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 case in a staff member...