MANITOUWADGE, ON – Manitouwadge’s 3rd Annual Trick or Eat was a great success. 13 Adults and 22 youth participated in addition to 8 of the food bank’s regular volunteers who were on hand to help sort the food. An estimated $3000 worth of non-perishable food donations were [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – The Conservative’s can’t just legislate themselves free of the government’s primary responsibilities to First Nations says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Hughes was speaking to a Senate bill that will unilaterally impose regulations on First Nations for the [Read more]
A Celebration of Canada’s Medical Radiation Technologists MANITOUWADGE, ON — Manitouwadge General Hospital celebrates Medical Radiation Technologists (MRTs) Week, November 4-10, 2012. These nationally certified Technologists are committed to providing empathetic “high-touch” care to [Read more]
Statement from Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha on State of Emergency in Wawa ELLIOT LAKE, ON – Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha made the following statement today after the Municipality of Wawa and surrounding areas in north-western Ontario declared a state of emergency due [Read more]
Michael Ferguson, Canada’s Auditor General (AG), reported to parliament this week and his findings are enough to keep the place busy for a long time. Among them is a worrisome claim that the government’s budgets are not even analyzed by Finance Canada until months after they have been [Read more]
Cooking Up Some Fun at the Hub MANITOUWADGE, ON – October 9th, the Best Start Hub hosted “Books are for Eating”, a cooking class where twelve children, between the ages of 5 and 10, enjoyed creating their own culinary creation – pizza! While there were a variety of [Read more]
The Canada Safety Council’s National Senior Safety Week is November 6 – 12. Many older Canadians are on multiple medications to treat a wide spectrum of ailments and improve quality of life. But without taking proper precautions, these life-saving and life-improving drugs can cause [Read more]
McGuinty Government Strengthening Addiction Programs Across the Province Ontario is increasing access to treatment for people addicted to opioids, including pregnant women and mothers. The McGuinty government is making new investments in prescription narcotic addiction programs, including: Opioid [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Recently Manitouwadge Public School Junior and Intermediate students volunteered to take part in a very important learning venture. The four volunteers were given hand washing technique training by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit team learning an important way to [Read more]
Community Stakeholders and Conference Delegates from Around the World Consider Francophone Health THUNDER BAY, ON – Wednesday, October 10, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) welcomed community stakeholders and Rendez-Vous 2012 conference delegates with an interest in Francophone [Read more]
Photography by Jan Latham Information courtesy Maryann Darling MARATHON, ON– October 4th, a group of more than 30 people from Marathon and neighbouring communities participated, for the 5th consecutive year, in the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s 7th Annual, SISTERS IN [Read more]
EDITOR’s NOTE: It is unfortunate that of the school boards in which the 17 PFLCs will be located there are no Northern Ontario school boards included, in addition to this, when searching the MINISTRY OF EDUCATION website for a “Centre near you” (CLICK HERE TO TRY IT YOURSELF) [Read more]
**Scroll down past article for video of interview with NDP Health Critic Nickel Belt MPP France Gelinas on her reaction to the closure of the NDHN** Last week, OntarioNewsNorth.com shared news of the closure of the Northern Diabetes Health Network (CLICK HERE for that article), at that time the [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Town of Marathon has announced new program to their Active Living passes today via their facebook page; CARDIO SCULPT. The new program is open to all adults and is FREE to those with ACTIVE LIVING PASSES, just $7.50/class ($48.50 per 10 classes) for those without the ALP. [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Just like any other flu seasons, this year’s vaccine contains the unactivated, or dead, version of three viruses. The vaccine is available to everyone over the age of 6 months. The province of Ontario has stocked enough flu vaccine for everyone and they recommend that [Read more]
