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Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 1 July 2021, p. 17

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HB NEWS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ONTARIO'S NEW CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH DR. KIERAN MOORE WILL REPLACE OUTGOING DR. DAVID WILLIAMS MEGAN DELAIRE mdelaire@toronto.com There's anew chief med- ical officer of health, and he'll soon be a household name across Ontario. Dr. Kieran Moore has of- ficially replaced a now re- tired Dr. David Williams as Ontario's top doctor (doing so on June 26), taking the lead on the province's pan- de: iblic health re- government on all public health matters. The i al nounced the details on May 30. Moore's transition into the role began on June 7, when he started working alongside Williams. HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PERSON WHO is NOW DELIVERING ONTARIO'S COVID-19 He's already a house- hold name in parts of the provinceMoore has served. as chief medical officer of health for Kingston, Fron- tenac, Lennox and Adding- Health since 2017. During the pandemic, Moore became known in the region for YouTube vid- ising markers and flip chart pap- Before he became the ar- ea's top doctor, he was Kingston, Frontenac, Len- nox and Addington's asso- ciate medical officer of health going back to 2011. Moore also works at Queen's University, where he serves as the medical of- ficer of health of the de- partment of emergency and family medicine, the program director of public top doct health. and preventive med- a professor of emergency HE'S A SCIENTIST Moore has experience researching surveillan« systems for bioterrorism and outbreak detection, public health and pre-hos- pital care, among other projec He ‘has also conducted extensiie research on the ion, detection and surveillance of Lyme dis- ease, which is transmitted by ticks, and advocated for a national fat surveillance response, the ‘federal ernment created a national framework on Lyme dis- ease. HE WAS AN EARLY ADOPTER OF COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES Moore's public health unit was one of the first to sks mandatory in retail settings and most public indoor spaces las! dune. The order took effect on June 27, 2020, following similar bylaws in Windsor- Essex County Health Unit and Wellington-! ferin- Guelph Public Health. ly days of the pandemic 1 last P april, short- ly after restaurants in the region closed, Moore also- Dr. Mieran Moore has replaced Dr. | Desmond Devoy/| Metroland David Williams as Ontario's reassigned public health cI mall; they were complying coviD: 8 9 precautions. praise fro: rom otters in Ontario's public health community [saac Bogoch, an epidemi- ologist, infectious diseases e "He has skilfully ted navigal Kingston through the pandemic (and) is a valuable member of me vaccine distribution task a ie a COVID- 19 update on its website on June 29, the Registered Nurses Associ- ation of Ontaric by CEO Doris Grinspun, laud- ed Moore's COVID-19 track record. “Dr. Moore has been a stellar performer during the entire pandem- ic and will no doubt do a errific job in this new post," the update reads. Tyler Watt, an acute care registel nurse and the Ontario Liberal Party's candidate for the Ottawa- area riding of Nepean, wrote in a Twitter post, "Dr. Kieran Moore has done a phenomenal job in Kingston during this pan- demi ic." New Patients Welcome Family and Cosmetic Dentistry Marketplace pa leone TOWN OF Notice of Intention to Designate 12438 Kirkpatrick Lane, Esquesing HALTON HILLS In the matter of the Ontario Heritage Act and in the matter of the lands in the Town of Halton Hills known municipally as 12438 Kirkpatrick Lane, Town of Halton Hills and known as the the Ford House and Kirkpatrick Blacksmith Shop, notice is hereby given that the Town of Halton Hills intends to designate this property under Section 29(1), Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.18. Statement of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest: The property at 12438 Kirkpatrick Lane has physical and design value for the nineteenth-century Ford House, a representative example of a Regency residential building, and the Kirkpatrick Blacksmith Shop as a representative example of a nineteenth-century blacksmith shop. The property is significant for its association with Sidney Kirkpatrick, a local blacksmith in Limehouse with significant connections and involvement within the community. The Ford House and Kirkpatrick Shop are valued contextually as early and prominent structures within the community of Limehouse and support the character of the surrounding area in their original locations. For more information on the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value, interest and proposed designation of this property, contact Laura Loney, Senior Heritage Planner at 905-873-2600, ext. 2358, or by email at lloney@ haltonhills.ca. Any person may, within 30 days after the date of the publication of this notice, serve written notice of objection to the proposed designation to Laura Loney, together with a statement for the objection and all relevant facts. Dated at the Town of Halton Hills, July 1, 2021. IH UOWEH - dl OUL | ZL ‘Ainp ‘Kepsunu | be07 ‘1 eordyouy

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