HALDIMAND—Grand Erie Public Health is reporting the first laboratory-confirmed case of influenza A (“flu”) of the 2026-27 respiratory illness season, an early indication that flu is already circulating in the community. During the 2025-26 respiratory season, there were 1,499 laboratory-confirmed flu cases across the City of Brantford, the County of Brant, Haldimand County, and Norfolk County. While flu season in…




