News and Alerts

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.

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.

PORT HOPE, ON (January 9, 2022) – An opioid overdose alert is being issued for the City of Kawartha Lakes, County of Haliburton and Northumberland County after a noticeable increase in overdoses over the past 30 days, warns the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit).

PORT HOPE, ON (December 14, 2022) – The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) is launching a Tobacco Enforcement Campaign, in collaboration with public health units across Central East Ontario, beginning January 2023 to ensure compliance with the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017 (SFOA).

PORT HOPE, ON (December 1, 2022) –  The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) is resuming its enforcement of the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA), after postponing enforcement in March 2020 due to its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PORT HOPE, ON (November 29, 2022) – An opioid overdose alert is being issued for the City of Kawartha Lakes, County of Haliburton and Northumberland County after a noticeable increase in overdoses over the past 30 days, warns the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit).