SCHREIBER, ON – The Superior-North Catholic District School Board’s Holy Angels School in Schreiber is hosting a presentation by Dr. Patrick Carney tomorrow evening, Thursday, September 24th, see poster below for full details. [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON—The North of Superior Counselling Programs (NOSP) hosted the first District-wide Annual General Meeting engaging over 60 community members, partners, staff and Board of Directors on Monday September 21, 2015. The event included an Open House that welcomed visitors at NOSP site offices [Read more]
The Manitouwadge General Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. Suzanne Shoush to the community as a permanent physician to work with Dr. Cote while recruitment for a third physician continues. As many know, Dr. James MacTavish and Dr. Karin Petersen are leaving our community on October 1st, after 10 [Read more]
I have had an excellent summer touring Algoma-Manitoulin and attending many community events. Many of our communities continue to out-do themselves with fun music festivals, Pow-Wow’s, fishing derbies, parades and wonderful farmers markets. My family and I always enjoy spending our [Read more]
Source: Canada Food Inspection Agency Food Recall Warning – Field cucumbers and any in-store produced products that contain field cucumbers purchased from various retail locations recalled due to Salmonella OTTAWA, ON – Industry is recalling field cucumbers and any in-store produced [Read more]
MARATHON ON – August 14, 2015 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon held the “26th Annual Marathon OPP Sick Kids Golf Tournament” fundraiser to help raise money for the Marathon Sick Kids Fund. The Marathon OPP Detachment and the Marathon Sick Children’s Fund would like to thank all [Read more]
At Tbaytel, we believe in taking care of the neighbourhood. We do this in a variety of ways including investing in the people and organizations that make communities strong and healthy through our sponsorship program, or working to continually improve the services we offer through innovation and [Read more]
Beach Advisory Issued: Poplar Lodge Beach The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) has issued a swimming advisory for the following beaches based on water samples taken on August 13, 2015: high levels of E. coli Poplar Lodge Beach near the bridge and raft (Beardmore) Swimming advisories do not [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – As of September 2015, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) will no longer be providing school-based immunization clinics for Senior Kindergarten to Grade 6 students in the City of Thunder Bay and the surrounding rural areas. School-based immunization clinics for [Read more]
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and the NOSM faculty Union (Unit 1 of Ontario Public Service Employees Union Local 677) are pleased to announce the ratification of their fourth collective agreement, covering full-time faculty, professional librarians, and professional staff at the [Read more]
Young and old come together at Seattle seniors home Below, from CBC’s The National’s YouTube Channel a clip about how a Providence Mount St. Vincent in Seattle is changing what a seniors home can be. Full story airs Tuesday on The National on CBC (check local listings for details). [Read more]
Last week (Click to read last week’s column) we touched on an important Bill that New Democrats introduced titled Empowering Homecare Patients Act, 2015. This bill speaks to homecare recipients and their families across Ontario. New Democrats also introduced Bill 87 Long-Term Care Homes [Read more]
Ontarians Reminded to Reduce the Risk of Catching Lyme Disease and West Nile Virus Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health is reminding all Ontarians to protect themselves and their families against Lyme disease and West Nile virus this summer. Dr. David Williams is asking people to take [Read more]
Shelter House receives $8,960 donation from Thunder Bay’s The Home Depot store as part of The Orange Door Project THUNDER BAY, ON – By purchasing a paper door for $2, Thunder Bay’s The Home Depot customers generously supported Shelter House to raise $8,960 in 36 days, with the goal of putting [Read more]
News from the Park Last week I was proud to participate in many Canada Day celebrations across Algoma-Manitoulin. New Democrats across the country partook in festivities and citizenship ceremonies from coast to coast to celebrate the 148th anniversary of the founding of our country. Canada Day [Read more]
