Salmonella Oranienberg Outbreak In Ontario August 14, 2010 3:00 PM 25 Cases Reported Since Late July Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Arlene King, is advising the public that there is an outbreak of Salmonella Oranienberg in the province. Salmonella Oranienberg is a rare form of [Read more]
Ontario Proposes Evidenced-Based Changes To Vitamin D Testing August 13, 2010 11:00 AM McGuinty Government Moves Forward On Excellent Care for All Act Ontario is listening to expert medical advice and proposing to curb unnecessary Vitamin D testing for otherwise healthy people. In June, [Read more]
Premier McGuinty Cuts Ribbon On New Sudbury Hospital August 12, 2010 10:30 AM Open Ontario Plan Improving Health Care, Creating Jobs Families in the Sudbury area have better access to health care with the new Sudbury Regional Hospital that officially opens today. Ontario invested $174.6 million in [Read more]
August 12, 2010 4:35 PM McGuinty Government Steps Up Donation To Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies In response to worsening conditions in the flood-affected regions of Pakistan, Ontario is donating an additional $800,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, [Read more]
Payments Offered To Victims Of Flawed Pediatric Forensic Pathology August 10, 2010 Ontario is offering recognition payments to individuals whose lives have been significantly impacted as a result of flawed pediatric forensic pathology. The potentially eligible individuals were involved in the 19 [Read more]
A CAPSULAR MOMENT YOU WANT TO QUIT SMOKING? By David Bodunde, Rph The decision to quit smoking is not one that is usually made quickly. It requires a lot of thought and quitting requires a lot of planning. Why is it difficult to quit smoking? Ask anyone who has quit smoking and they will [Read more]
The Mobile Breast Screening Van is Coming…. The Northwestern Ontario Breast Screening Program will be coming to the Northshore, for dates/locations, click on the link to the town nearest you… Marathon www.OntarioNewsNorth.com/?p=11613 Pic River www.OntarioNewsNorth.com/?p=11618 Terrace Bay [Read more]
MGH receives grant from SNCFDC for display equipment The hospital was fortunate to receive a grant from Superior North Community Futures Development Corporation in the amount of $4,922.87 to design and purchase display equipment that will used to recruit medical professionals at job fairs. It will [Read more]
The Mobile Breast Screening Van is Coming…. The Northwestern Ontario Breast Screening Program will be coming to Terrace Bay from August 15th – 19th, 2010 and will be located at the Terrace Bay Ambulance Base Did you Know? Ø 7800 Ontario women will develop breast [Read more]
The Mobile Breast Screening Van is Coming…. The Northwestern Ontario Breast Screening Program will be coming to Pic River First Nation, August 10th, 2010 and will be located at the Pic River Health Centre Did you Know? Ø 7800 Ontario women will develop breast cancer [Read more]
The Mobile Breast Screening Van is Coming…. The Northwestern Ontario Breast Screening Program will be coming to Marathon from August 9th to 12th , 2010 and will be located at the Wilson Memorial Hospital and to Manitouwadge from August 12th & 14th, 2010 and will be located at [Read more]
August 6, 2010 8:58 AM McGuinty Government Makes Donation To Red Cross And Red Crescent The McGuinty government today announced that it is donating $200,000 to the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to aid victims of the flooding in Pakistan. The United Nations reports that this is [Read more]
Ensuring Outdoor Safety NIPIGON, ON –On August 5, 2010 at approximately 4:50 p.m. Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance of the Emergency Response Team and Canine Unit, responded to a missing person complaint East of Nipigon. An 80 year old male of Thunder Bay, Ontario [Read more]
PIC MOBERT CAMPGROUND, ON – Saturday, July 30th festivities continued at the 24th Annual Pic Mobert Pow Wow (CLICK HERE FOR DIGNITARY INFORMATION) with 2 Grand Entries, in afternoon and evening (Though the drumming, signing, dancing and the beautiful regalia of Grand Entry are incredible to [Read more]
Grand Entry slow to start but well worth the wait PIC MOBERT CAMPGROUNDS, ON – The 24th Annual Pic Mobert Pow Wow began last night with Grand Entry somewhat delayed, finally taking place at around 8:30pm, the colourful regalia of those involved worn with pride. The dignitaries for the Pow Wow [Read more]
