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Dental Implants lt feels great to smile with confidence! Available here... The IFP - Halton Hills | Thursday, June 24,2021 | 10 HOURS: Monday & Wednesday 8:00am - 8:00pm ¢ Tuesday & Thursday 8:00am - ROOTS SS EET TOWN OF Cultural Heritage Master Plan Steering Committee Call for Applicants HALTON HILLS The Town of Halton Hills is seeking up to six (6} volunteers interested in serving on the Steering Committee for the Cultural Heritage Master Plan. The Town is undertaking this process to provide the tools to identify, protect, and celebrate the Town’s rich and diverse cultural heritage resources, and to provide comprehensive guidance for the management of identified cultural heritage resources. The review will be a community-integrated process shaped by input from the public and key stakeholders and will be conducted over 24 months. More information to come on the Cultural Heritage Master Plan project page on letstalkhaltonhills.ca. Duties The role of the Steering Committee will be to: « Monitor the progress of the study; * Provide comments during the study process; Assist with issue identification and resolution; Liaise with respective organizations or communities; and, Increase awareness of the project and seek broader community input. Eligibility Criteria To be eligible to serve on the Steering Committee, applicants must: « Bea resident, business owner, or land owner in the Town of Halton Hills; * Be over the age of 18 years; * Demonstrate a strong interest in the Town’s cultural heritage; and, * Not be employed by the Town of Halton Hills. How To Apply By the deadline of 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 8, 2021, applicants must: * Complete the ‘Application for Volunteer Committee Members’ form for the Cultural Heritage Master Plan Steering Committee on the Town’s website at haltonhills.ca/JoinCommittees; and, * Submit the volunteer application to Melissa Lawr, Deputy Clerk-Legislation, by email at melissal@haltonhills.ca, or by mail at 1 Halton Hills Drive, Halton Hills, ON, L7G 5G2. For more information, contact 905-873-2600, ext. 2358. theifp.ca Halton Hil IBNEWS SOME VACCINATED RESIDENTS HAVE STILL CONTRACTED COVID-19: MOH MELANIE HENNESSEY mhennessey@ metroland.com Halton health officials are reporting that a small number of the region's resi- dents who are either par- tially or fully vaccinated have been infected with OVID-19. According to Halton medical officer Dr. Hami- Meghani, of the 404,323 tlalton residents who were ccinated with at least one dose between Jan. 1and June 13, 421 peo- ple (0.1 per cent) developed symptomatic cases of CO- VID- There were also 37 "breakthrough" cases with symptoms in local resi- dents who were fully vacci- nated with both doses, she said. "No vaccine is perfect, so we expect to see some post- Waccination cases, are cases of CO- VID- 7 where symptoms began after the person has been vaccinated," she told regional council during its June 16 session. "As expec- ted, hospitalization has been very rare amongst post-vaccination She noted that unvacci- nated peopleand those who were only recently vacci- nated and have yet to build junity "still account for the vast majority of new cases being reported and new hospitalizations.” A recent report on the topic from Public Health Ontario (PHO) reveals that there have also been asymptomatic cases of CO- VID-19 in Halton among residents who've received either one or both vaccine loses. The document indicates that between Dec. 14, 2020 and May 29, 2021, there were 79 asymptomatic cases in partially vaccinat- ed Halton residents, and 26 : Evelyn Harford/Metroland Halton health officials say the vast majority of new COVID-19 cases being reported are amongst unvaccinated people. breakthrough cases. Across the province, 12,544 (0.15 per cent) out of the 8.3 million individuals who received at least one dose of the vaccine by May 29 became infected with COVID-19, while 1,521 peo- ple (0.02 per cent) who were fully vaccinated contract- ed the virus. “The increasing trends in partially vaccinated and breakthrough cases are a reflection of both trends in vaccine administration (in- creasing number of doses administered over time) and trends in COVID-19 in- cidence," states the PHO report. The document notes that vaccine effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 in- fection is estimated to be 60 to 80 per cent within three to four weeks of receiving one dose of Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca vaccines — anumber that increases to le vaccines provide ahigh degree of protection from COVID-19 infection, it is expected that il proportion of ‘vaccinated individuals may become fected as no vaccine is 00 -per- cent offective,” says report. co- Vib- 19 cases occur r follow. ing vaccination, there is ev- idence that tion, the severity of illness, as well as transmission." Back at council, Me; ni said that public health staff is also tracking how many people are overdue for their second vaccine leaning they re- ceived their first dose four ionths ago and still 1 haven't returned for their next shot — a figure she said was sitting at 113 resident ss monitot those who have not re- ceived their vaccine series and exploring ways to en- courage them to receive their second dose," she said. For further details on vaccinations in Halton vis- it halton.ca/COVIDvac- cines.