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Lyme disease risk rising in Ontario as ticks spread farther in province

[CanLyme Note: Ticks are not only spreading aross southern Ontario, they are spreading in all regions of the province. If you have robins, finches, wrens, etc. you have ticks carrying Lyme and other diseases coming to your area.] March 21st, 2017 by Laura Bradley, St Thomas Times-Journal They’re small, hard to see, but they come with…

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Global TV, Winnipeg, Canada: Winnipeggers cautioned to watch out for ticks [Lyme on increase]

May 24th, 2016 WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg mom is warning people to be on the lookout for black legged ticks inside the city. Marnie Le Page’s daughter Brooke contracted Lyme disease in December, 2014. “She came home with a headache, a severe head ache and a fever, went to bed, and since that day she’s never…

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CBC News: Lyme disease patients hope conference fixes ‘woefully inadequate’ healthcare

Conference part of bill to create national framework for prevention, treatment and awareness   Andrew Foote May 15th, 2016 CBC News Canadians living with Lyme disease say they hope a national conference in Ottawa helps fix the many issues they see with the way Canada diagnoses and treats the disease. The three-day conference with politicians,…

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Global News: Manitoba warns of Lyme risk

May 14th, 2015 WINNIPEG – Winnipeg City Hall will be lit in green Thursday to help raise awareness of Lyme disease among Manitobans. The symbolic gesture will come in the middle of Lyme Disease Awareness Month and a day after Manitoba Health issued a news release urging people in the province to protect themselves from…

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Ontario: Chatham – Kent area health units seeing increase in tick submissions

By Ellwood Shreve, Chatham Daily News                 Thursday, October 17, 2013 6:38:48 EDT PM Chatham-Kent has seen an increase in reported human cases of Lyme disease, compared to other areas in the region. There has been four confirmed cases of Lyme disease in Chatham-Kent so far this year with another case still under investigation. This is up…