MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Township of Manitouwadge is advising residents that, effective September 19, 2018 at 3:30 p.m., the boil water advisory has been lifted as per testing and directive from the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. Regular use of water can now be resumed. [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Helping Elders stay healthy and well. That’s the goal of a new exercise program being delivered in North Caribou Lake First Nation and Eabemetoong First Nation. Exercise Leaders in the community, with training from the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), deliver twice weekly [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – During question period Thursday, NDP MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell demanded answers from Doug Ford for local participants of the Basic Income Pilot Project cancelled by the Ford government this summer. “When did the government inform participants of the Basic Income [Read more]
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is continuing to manage an outbreak of tuberculosis in the city of Thunder Bay. The outbreak was declared at the beginning of March. To date, TBDHU has identified eleven cases of active tuberculosis in Thunder Bay associated with this outbreak. Most cases [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – The NDP is demanding the Ford government reverse its deep cut to Ontario’s already threadbare mental health services. NDP MPP for Scarborough Southwest Doly Begum made the demand Tuesday during question period at Queen’s Park. “Last year, Toronto Police [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Ontario government recently announced its intention to begin public consultation on a new Health and Physical Education Curriculum. The Minister of Education, Lisa Thompson has stated her expectation that beginning in September school boards are to utilize the 1998 version of [Read more]
Thunder Bay won first place in Ontario in this year’s Commuter Challenge! With 82 workplaces and 938 individuals registered, and a whopping 738 individuals participating, Thunder Bay took the lead in the province and placed fourth in the nation behind Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver. This year [Read more]
Dr. Paul Miron appointed as Program Director for NOSM Family Medicine program The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Paul Miron as Program Director of the School’s Family Medicine Residency Program, effective June 30, 2018. Miron—an alumnus [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Tuesday, May 29th, families took to the baseball diamond behind the Recreation Centre for another initiative from the Healthy Kids Challenge: the Pop-Up Adventure Play for families. The event was described by organizers as “An evening where children are in charge. [Read more]
(Version française ci-dessous) It’s no secret that suicide is a top ten leading cause of death in Canada but more people should be aware that it rates second among young people. In some First Nations communities those numbers rise especially in remote, rural, and isolated areas. Despite [Read more]
![Citoyen de Dubreuilville célébrer au parlement [English version included]](https://i0.wp.com/www.karinahunter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/letsroll.jpg?fit=152%2C200&ssl=1 "Citoyen de Dubreuilville célébrer au parlement [English version included]")
Scroll down for English version La Députée Hughes fait l’éloge au parlement d’un citoyen de Dubreuilville faisant de la sensibilisation à la SLA OTTAWA, ON – Juin sera le mois de la sensibilisation à la sclérose latérale amyotrophique (SLA); pour l’occasion, [Read more]
Are you getting “ticked”? The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has been receiving an increasing number of tick submissions. Most ticks in the Thunder Bay district are wood (dog) ticks and do not carry Lyme disease. However, blacklegged (deer) ticks have the potential to carry the disease and [Read more]
Platform builds on progress Liberals are delivering for Northern communities THUNDER BAY, ON – Today the Ontario Liberal Party released its plan to build Northern Ontario up by continuing to grow the economy, lowering costs for people and businesses and making sure everyone has every opportunity [Read more]
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba (U of M) have signed a collaboration agreement which will allow the two parties to collaborate on developing medical education programs that are socially accountable and responsive to [Read more]
Ontario Supporting Seniors, Caregivers and Families with 5,000 New Beds Across the Province by 2022 Premier Kathleen Wynne was at Kensington Gardens in Toronto today to announce that Ontario has allocated 5,000 new long-term care (LTC) beds in communities across the province. This is part of the [Read more]
