NORTH BAY, ON - Parents have a key role in supporting their children’s social and emotional development. The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit), in collaboration with community partners, are reminding parents to listen, respond and connect with your child, to help your child work through their emotions, and to let your child play. In order to be there for your child, it is also important to make time to take care of yourself.
With the launch of the Parenting Campaign,... Read More...

PARRY SOUND, ON - Parents have a key role in supporting their children’s social and emotional development. The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit), in collaboration with community partners, are reminding parents to listen, respond and connect with your child, to help your child work through their emotions, and to let your child play. In order to be there for your child, it is also important to make time to take care of yourself.
With the launch of the Parenting... Read More...

The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is pleased to present West Nipissing with a community sharps bin. When used sharps are discarded improperly, such as in recycling, garbage or even in a public place, it is often the result of not having a place to properly dispose of them. Providing a place for people to safely discard sharps helps keep the community safer for everyone.
The community sharps bin, located at the corner of Main Street and Queen Street, is available... Read More...

Le Bureau de santé du district de North Bay-Parry Sound (Bureau de santé) est heureux d’offrir dans le Nipissing Ouest une boîte-dépôt communautaire pour objets pointus et tranchants. Lorsque les gens jettent les objets pointus et tranchants au mauvais endroit, par exemple dans les bacs de recyclage, les poubelles ou même les lieux publics, c’est souvent parce qu’ils n’ont pas accès à une boîte-dépôt... Read More...

Parry Sound, ON - The Sharps Buy Back campaign, launched by the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) was a success. Roughly, 11,100 sharps (e.g. needles or syringes) were returned to the Health Unit’s Parry Sound office during the campaign, which ran mid November to December 18, 2019.
The primary audience for Sharps Buy Back was individuals who use drugs. As such, the initiative also aimed to connect people with harm reduction and health services offered through... Read More...