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Include the shots this school year
As you are getting your children ready for school, Peel Public Health is asking you to add one more thing to your to-do list- check your child's immunizations. Before school starts, parents should ensure that they have reported their children's most up-to-date immunization records to Peel Public Health. This coming school year, Peel Public Health will be reviewing student immunization records to verify that all students meet the immunization requirements. All children attending school in Ontario must be fully immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps and rubella. It can be a concern for parents- and their children- if they are singled out to receive a warning letter from Peel Public Health noting their child is missing the required immunizations or the records have not been updated. Students with incomplete immunization records can be suspended from school, which is definitely upsetting for the entire family.All required immunizations are... |
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Child safety starts in the home
Friday August 15 2008 All parents want to keep their children safe. But often the largest threat to children resides...
Danger is out there
Thursday August 14 2008 This record wet summer may lead to an increased risk of West Nile Virus.Peel residents learned...
Time to get a handle on youth crime
Tuesday August 12 2008 News of a 16-year-old boy gunned down outside a Brampton townhouse complex over the weekend has us... | |
COLUMNS
Renewable energy still a long way off
British researchers released a detailed map recently outlining how the resource-rich Arctic may be divided up between countries in the future. ?Five nations, among them Canada, dispute ownership of vast swaths of this ice-covered territory, and the newly drafted map is an attempt to give a clear picture of who feels entitled to what. ?And while I fully support Ottawa’s efforts to stand up for our territorial sovereignty, I think this story highlights a very important lesson on the future...
No easy fix for global warming
Thursday August 14 2008 Ontario is a charmed land. We are seldom subject to hurricanes and even though we are close to a...
Brampton highlights at Toronto Film Fest
Tuesday August 12 2008 The last week of August is always an exciting one for my husband and I. For the past seven years or...
Just how much media is too much for children?
Thursday August 7 2008 I'm reading magazines on the porch at my parents' house on Manitoulin when I stumble across... | |
LETTERS
Brampton has great roads
Tuesday August 19 2008 Re: Brampton spends too much on roads, letters. In response to Greg Scruton's letter...
Time to put the freeze on ice cream truck sales
Sunday August 17 2008 Further to the complaints you received by Brampton citizens over the ice cream trucks, I have one...
Stop wasting taxpayers cash
Thursday August 14 2008 I live in Bramalea and do a lot of walking around the area. I'm continually shocked to see the...
Rose for the rich
Tuesday August 12 2008 I read with interest the article on the Rose Theatre indicating that tickets were now available for...
It's time to enforce Brampton's bylaws
Thursday August 7 2008 Re: City bylaws a sham, Letters, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008.With reference to the letter, I would...
Bylaws not the answer
Wednesday August 6 2008 While I have sympathy for the issues raised in Linda Pearson's recent letter to the editor, I... | |
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