Board of Health approves 2026 budget with a focus on leveraging technology to achieve sustainability within a precarious fiscal environment

At its meeting today, the Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts approved the cost-shared operating budget for Public Health in the amount of $32,029,390. The budget, with the smallest growth in three years, maintains services through 2026, while making a robust $2,413,088 investment in technology to realize long-term efficiency and sustainability of services. Keep reading

Elevated arsenic levels in the west part of House Lake

On October 20, 2025, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) advised Public Health Sudbury & Districts that water samples collected by MECP from the west section of House Lake on August 8, 2024, had concentrations of arsenic that exceeded the Ontario Drinking Water Standards (ODWS). Keep reading