PORT HOPE, ON (Mar 27, 2023) – This spring the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) is teaming up with participating veterinarians in the City of Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland County to provide Reduced-Cost Rabies Vaccination Clinics.

PORT HOPE, ON (March 20, 2023) –  An opioid overdose alert is being issued for the City of Kawartha Lakes after a noticeable increase in overdoses over the past seven days, warns the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit). 

PORT HOPE, ON (March 6, 2023) – The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit would like to congratulate Burnham Public Health School students and staff who continue to raise awareness around the importance of healthy food with their breakfast program.

Read the letter the HKPR District Health Unit’s Board of Health has issued to Premier Doug Ford, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones, and the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services Merrilee Fullerton.

PORT HOPE, ON (March 1, 2023) – In partnership with Northumberland Food for Thought the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) is pleased to announce the awarding of a $5,000 Community Impact Grant provided by Northumberland United Way.

PORT HOPE, ON (February 16, 2023) – The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) has released its 2022 Nutritious Food Basket Report ‘Addressing Food Insecurity and Poverty in the County of Haliburton, City of Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland County’. The report highlights the cost of healthy eating when compared to different household income scenarios.

PORT HOPE, ON (February 7, 2023) – An opioid overdose alert is being issued for the City of Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland County after a noticeable increase in overdoses over the past seven days, warns the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit).

PORT HOPE, ON (February 1, 2023) – The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge, District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) would like to advise residents that the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) published their Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health with updated thresholds on alcohol usage as a replacement to the 2011 Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines (LRDGs). 

PORT HOPE - January 31, 2023. Today, the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Heath Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) has launched  the Perinatal Mental Health Awareness campaign, designed to provide information and resources to assist pregnant and postpartum individuals and their families to identify and address mental health concerns during the perinatal period.

PORT HOPE, ON (January 19, 2022) – The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge, District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) has announced new members to the HKPR District Health Unit’s Board of Health effective immediately, with David Marshall being appointed Chairperson and Olena Hankivisky appointed Vice-chair for the Board of Health.