Health-care professionals across Northern Ontario are invited to attend the four-part webinar series on Francophone health and culture. This series will take place on the fourth Thursday of each month, beginning January 23, 2014. This series will be conducted in English and facilitated by Health [Read more]
Partnership between key health educators will pool resources, improve student learning opportunities, and ultimately lead to better patient care THUNDER BAY, ON – A major new partnership between key health care educators in the region aims to pool resources and increase training capacity – [Read more]
Dr. Annabella Zawada was recently recognized with a Top 20 Under 40 award at the 2nd NOVA awards in Thunder Bay on January 18, 2014. The event, hosted by the SHIFT Network, Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce and NOACC, had 72 nominees for the awards as Northern Ontario Visionaries with 20 being [Read more]
Green Light For myCare MANITOUWADGE, ON – Late in 2012, the Manitouwadge General Hospital (MGH) initiated a one year pilot project with the North West Community Care Access Centre (NWCCAC) to deliver home nursing services by the nursing staff of MGH to the residents [Read more]
New Health Link to Co-ordinate Care for Seniors and Patients with Complex Conditions High needs patients in the City of Thunder Bay Integrated District Network (IDN) will soon benefit from better coordinated care from a new Health Link bringing together all health providers in the community. [Read more]
September 19, 2013 TERRACE BAY, ON – The Township of Terrace Bay and Aguasabon Medical Clinic recently attended the health recruitment fair in Thunder Bay on behalf of a partnership also including the North Shore Family Health Team, JE Stokes Medical Centre, The McCausland Hospital and the [Read more]
This week the legislature returned and the NDP welcomed two newly elected MPP’s. During the summer by elections Percy Hatfield was elected in Windsor-Tecumseh and Peggy Sattler was elected in London West. We are proud to have these two fantastic additions to our caucus and look forward to [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – Wednesday December 12th, the township held a meeting with its largest employers to discuss the ongoing economic boom in the community. The local job bank continues to be filled with available positions and municipal staff presented some of the activities they are [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – NDP Health and Long-Term Care Critic France Gélinas says yesterday’s release of the Auditor General’s report raises concerns about access to long-term care in Ontario’s North, and the use of health care dollars around the province. “Any time residents of one area [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]
OTTAWA, ON – Stable funding for health care should be a priority for the federal government so we can properly serve Canada’s growing and aging population says Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP, Carol Hughes. Despite that reality, the omnibus budget set out a formula that will lower the [Read more]
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is pleased to announce the appointments of Dr. Douglas Boreham as Division Head of Medical Sciences and Dr. Elizabeth Levin as Division Head of Human Sciences, effective September 1, 2012. Dr. Douglas Boreham comes to NOSM from McMaster University, [Read more]
On the budget – your say counts Families have been telling me in recent months that their biggest concerns are jobs, healthcare and the cost of living. The budget announced by the Liberal government does not do nearly enough to address these priorities. There are nearly 600,000 people looking for [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – This week is Health Information Professionals (HIM) Week in Canada. At Manitouwadge General Hospital, our HIM is really a she named Teresa Malakoff who leads a small team including Shannon Martin and Alyson Corriveau in providing Health Information and Reception [Read more]
Hyer tables Motion M-289 to defer medical resident debt repayment until training is completed OTTAWA, ON – MP Bruce Hyer (Thunder Bay-Superior North) is calling on the federal government to remove barriers to health care accessibility for rural and Northern residents. Health Canada estimated [Read more]
