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Excellent Tick Bite Prevention video from Lunenburg Lyme Association, Nova Scotia

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Produced for the Lunenburg Lyme Association in collaboration with and support from CanLyme (Rob Murray, a CanLyme board member) and the District of Lunenburg, the Province of Nova Scotia, the Town of Bridgewater, the Lunenburg Board of Trade, the East Coast Naturopathic Clinic, South Shore Regional Hospital Auxillary, the Town of Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, the South Shore Wildlife Association, Clearwater Seafood, Fisherman’s Memorial Hospital Auxillary, Adams & Knickle, Nutramedix Stelia, MacDonald Chisholm Trask, Laughing Whales, Richard Rachals, Peter and Caroline Matthews, Atlantic Electronics (Wayne Morash), IgeneX Inc., AtlanTick, Hike Nova Scotia, Heritage Landscape Services, Lunenburg Hardware, Heather Robertson, Nancy and David Schandall, and generous cash donors.

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