Ontario Outbreak InformationMay 31

Outbreak: "Respiratory Outbreak" (Unspecified Pathogen)

Facility: The Grand Canal
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Welland #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #NRPH0061

Date: 2026-05-29

Public Health Unit: #Niagara Region Public Health Department
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObNRPH

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Ontario Outbreak InformationMay 31

Outbreak: Human #Metapneumovirus

Facility: Rapelje Lodge
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: House 400
Location: #Welland #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #NRPH0008

Date: 2026-05-25

Public Health Unit: #Niagara Region Public Health Department
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObNRPH

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#HMPV

Ontario Outbreak InformationMay 19

Outbreak: "Respiratory Outbreak" (Unspecified Pathogen)

Facility: Foyer Richelieu
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Communautaire
Location: #Welland #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #NRPH0005

Date: 2026-05-13

Public Health Unit: #Niagara Region Public Health Department
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObNRPH

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CBC HamiltonMay 19
Niagara police charge 2nd mental health worker with assault on child in Welland
Niagara police say they have charged a second person in an investigation into allegations of mental health counsellors restraining a child in Welland, Ont.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/assault-charge-may-15-9.7204214?cmp=rss
CBC HamiltonMay 15
Grimsby, Ont., mental health worker charged with assault on child in Welland, Niagara police say
A 22-year-old Grimsby, Ont., mental health worker faces an assault charge following a Niagara Regional Police Service investigation into allegations of someone restraining a child in Welland, Ont.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/assault-charge-may-14-2026-9.7200713?cmp=rss
Ontario Outbreak InformationMay 13

Outbreak: "Respiratory Outbreak" (Unspecified Pathogen)

Facility: Rapelje Lodge
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: House 400
Location: #Welland #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #NRPH0008

Date: 2026-05-12

Public Health Unit: #Niagara Region Public Health Department
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObNRPH

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CBC HamiltonMay 11
Welland man charged with 1st-degree murder after woman found dead in home
A 36-year-old Welland man has been charged with first-degree murder after a woman was found dead inside a residence Thursday afternoon, police say.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/welland-man-arrested-charged-1st-degree-murder-woman-dead-9.7192535?cmp=rss
Ontario Outbreak InformationMay 1

*Outbreak: #Coronavirus (non COVID-19)

Facility: Foyer Richelieu
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Richelieu
Location: #Welland #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #NRPH0005

Date: 2026-04-28

Public Health Unit: #Niagara Region Public Health Department
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObNRPH

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*Outbreak type updated (was "unknown")

CBC HamiltonApr 21
Officer could have been killed without ballistic vest, SIU says after clearing officer in Welland shooting
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) cleared an officer on Saturday for shooting Daniel Tronko during a 24-hour standoff with police in Welland, Ont., on Dec. 19 that had the neighbourhood under a shelter-in-place, nearby schools under lockdown and a local hospital under a hold-and-secure.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/welland-shooting-siu-9.7170492?cmp=rss
Officer could have been killed without ballistic vest, SIU says after clearing officer in Welland, Ont. | CBC News

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) cleared an officer on Saturday for shooting Daniel Tronko during a 24-hour standoff with police in Welland, Ont., on Dec. 19 that had the neighbourhood under a shelter-in-place, nearby schools under lockdown and a local hospital under a hold-and-secure.

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CBC HamiltonApr 19
SIU finds officer did not commit criminal offence in shooting of Welland, Ont., man
The province’s police watchdog says it has found “no reasonable grounds” to believe a Niagara Regional Police Service officer committed a criminal offence after a man was shot and wounded during a gunfire exchange in Welland, Ont., in December.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/siu-verdict-welland-man-shot-gunfire-exchange-niagara-police-9.7169351?cmp=rss