February 13, 2025 - The Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit (formerly the HKPR District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health) would like to advise media and the community of an upcoming Board of Health meeting scheduled for February 19, 2025 at 5 p.m.

February 4, 2025 – Today, the Board of Health for the Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough (HKNP) Health Unit (formerly Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health) announces Dr. Thomas Piggott as the area’s new Acting Medical Officer of Health (MOH) and Chief Executive Officer, subject to the Minister of Health’s approval, effective immediately.

February 4, 2025 – The HKPR District Health Unit has launched a new Food Insecurity Dashboard revealing the rising challenges faced by local families struggling to afford healthy food across the City of Kawartha Lakes, County of Haliburton and Northumberland County.

February 3, 2025 - The Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit (formerly the HKPR District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health) would like to advise media, and the community of an upcoming Special Board of Health meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 4, at 8:30 a.m.

January 30, 2025 – The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) is reminding parents and guardians that failure to update their child’s immunization records could result in school suspension beginning April 1, 2025. 

January 29, 2025 - The Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit (formerly the HKPR District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health) would like to advise media, and the community of an upcoming Special Board of Health meeting scheduled for Friday, January 31, at 8:30 a.m.

January 22, 2025 — The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) is advising that the Extreme Cold Warning issued on January 17, 2025 for the County of Haliburton, City of Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland County has been terminated effective today as a result of Environment Canada forecasting temperatures to rise out of the extreme cold level.

January 21, 2025 – On January 3, 2025, a Canada goose found by the Town of Cobourg By-Law Enforcement team in the Cobourg harbour was submitted for testing and has since been confirmed by the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) to be infected with avian influenza.

PORT HOPE, ON (January 17, 2025) – Extreme cold can be dangerous for everyone, so knowing how to prepare and keep warm during extreme cold conditions will help you and your loved ones stay safe and healthy.

PORT HOPE and PETERBOROUGH, ON (January 14, 2025) - The Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit (formerly the HKPR District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health) would like to advise media, and the community of an upcoming Board of Health meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 16, at 2 p.m.