Government Passed Nine of Its Bills During Current Session The current sitting of the Ontario legislature wrapped up today, with the government making significant progress on implementing its four-part plan for Ontario. Since the session began in July, the government passed nine bills to improve [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – The McCausland Hospital is very close to its goal of a new x-ray machine and is holding a special holiday fundraiser to push them over the top. X-Ray technicians Britney Trichilo and Kaylyn Tenkula are super excited to be closing in on the 1st Commitment to Care fundraising [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – Minimal interaction between the Aboriginal health research community and senior leadership at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is undermining a decade of achievement and future advancement in aboriginal health research, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, [Read more]
Premier Kathleen Wynne Announces Initiatives to Raise Awareness, Enhance Prevention and Support Victims of Sexual Violence and Harassment Premier Kathleen Wynne today announced a package of initiatives to raise awareness of sexual violence and harassment, enhance prevention initiatives to combat [Read more]
Members Hear Medical Student Experiences and Say Farewell to Ken Adams, Departing CAO SUDBURY, ON – The Board of Directors of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held a face-to-face meeting in Sudbury on November 28 and 29, 2014. On the first day of the two-day meeting, Board [Read more]
FORT FRANCES, ON – Officers of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are working in conjunction with officers of the Grenville County OPP Detachment as they investigate the report of a missing 16 year old female. Adrianna Copenace was last seen at [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – Saturday November 29, 2014 members from the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment in conjunction with the Superior North Emergency Medical Service (EMS) hosted their annual “Stuff-a-Cruiser” event in the Geraldton and Longlac communities. The 6th annual event [Read more]
Ontario Supports Program to Encourage Children and Youth to Get More Daily Physical Activity Premier Kathleen Wynne announced today a partnership with ACTIVE AT SCHOOL and the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (Ophea) to get children more active every day. ACTIVE AT SCHOOL will be [Read more]
Thursday, November 27th, at Queen’s Park, I was joined by the Ontario Lyme Alliance and their national and regional counterparts to bring attention — and to deliver a call to action — on a serious public health policy matter. The issue is the alarming increase in Lyme disease. As [Read more]
#PrideHouseTO Inclusion and Diversity to be a Centrepiece of Games Ontario is continuing to make inclusion and diversity a priority for the TORONTO 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games. With provincial support, PrideHouse Toronto (PrideHouseTO) is committed to making the 2015 Games a [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Manitouwadge Public School seemed to be filled with a ‘hairy’ looking lot on the last school day in November! MPS’s ever busy Student Council organized a Movember Day at MPS which became the cause of some well meaning, and well received, giggles. The goals, [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – HAGI Community Services for Independence will be holding its39th Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at the Italian Cultural Centre at 132 Algoma Street South beginning at 11:30 a.m. Bill Adair, Chief Executive Officer of Spinal Cord Injury Ontario will [Read more]
Ontario is supporting medical research that will lead to improved care for patients while creating jobs in Thunder Bay. With nearly $900,000 in support from the province’s Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation(NOHFC), two projects are enhancing health care research and boosting the [Read more]
This week in the legislature Ontario New Democrats were successful in passing a motion calling on Ontario to support a universal plan for $15 per day childcare. The leadership of Ontario New Democrats has ensured that Ontario officially endorses the $15 a day child care plan put forward by Tom [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – Student Council chose October 21st for Pink Day to demonstrate their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. The students were encouraged to wear pink and to make a small donation towards Breast Cancer [Read more]
