2021 - THE YEAR IN REVIEW - MARCH

Chatham-Kent moves back into Orange

As of Monday, March 1, Chatham-Kent Public Health was moved into the Orange-Protect status under the province’s COVID-19 framework.

This will allow residents of Chatham-Kent a few freedoms that their neighbours in Windsor-Essex won’t have.

Talking Over Pizza raises funds for The Bridge

Although the final tallies aren’t quite ready, all signs point to a very successful Talking Over Pizza event at Dominos Leamington on Saturday, February 27.

With the November postponement of Talking Over Turkey still fresh in their minds, Deanna and Mike Diab turned their attention to other ways of helping their community and have been busy pitching in with different organizations over the past months.

Saturday’s Talking Over Pizza benefited The Bridge Youth Resource Centre and the Diabs were present, nice and early, at a busy Leamington Dominos location.

Mike Diab flips pizzas at Dominos.

Vaccination clinic opening at Complex

With last week’s announcement that Ontario Health is ramping up the vaccine rollout across the province, local officials are organizing mass-vaccination sites, getting ready for the onslaught of vaccine recipients over the coming months.

In Chatham-Kent, vaccinations of the general population over 80 began on Saturday, February 27 and continue this week into next at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre in Chatham.

Local pharmacies roll out AstraZeneca program

After much speculation and confusion, the Ontario government’s pilot project for the distribution of the AstraZeneca vaccine rolled out last week.

For those in the 60-64 years age group, this pilot project came as a welcome surprise, as they didn’t expect to see a vaccination until July.

Innovative program helping seniors

While all age groups are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, no group has been hit harder than our seniors.

The Leamington and District Half-Century Centre has been at the forefront of helping area seniors for many years, and although things are being done a little differently right now, they want you to know that they still provide services for the older generation.

Province moves vaccinations to 70-plus age group

As the Province of Ontario announced last week, health regions throughout the province can begin booking appointments for the 70-74 age group as of today (March 31).

Due to the quicker-than-expected rollout for the 80-plus and 75-79 groups, the province is moving along with the next group.