The long awaited update to the Canada Food Guide has arrived and it bears little resemblance to its predecessor. In many ways the guide is catching up to the leaps in research that have increasingly singled out highly processed food and sugar as drivers of the obesity epidemic and the growth in [Read more]
Students cut and prepare the fruit. Photo MPS MANITOUWADGE, ON – MPS has always promoted healthy eating and this week our kindergarten class got a lesson with Kristie Lachance from the Best Start program. Our little chefs enthusiastically cut fruit, poured juice, yogurt, and all kinds of [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – In the true spirit of scariness, the students and staff at MPS were doing a great job on Halloween day. Our Primary classrooms were filled with monsters, princesses, super heroes, and fairy tale figures. It was nice to see that not all of the ‘out of the ordinary’ [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON – The Hornepayne Community Garden Project is looking for local recipes to go into an end of the season cookbook (From the Garden to the Table). The recipes must promote healthy eating and nutrition & be made up of fresh produce that can come from the garden or be purchased [Read more]
McGuinty Government Supporting Health and Wellness Ontario is helping promote physical activity and healthy living in the riding of Thunder Bay – Superior North. Through the Healthy Communities Fund, the province is helping local community partners deliver programs that promote physical [Read more]
When you challenge yourself through exercise, you receive a real sense of accomplishment and control, additionally, working out triggers a release of endorphins, brain chemicals that make you feel great. Endorphins are small, protein molecules that are produced by cells in your nervous system and [Read more]
NUTRITIOUS IS DELICIOUS! THUNDER BAY, ON (March 7, 2012) –March is Nutrition Month and the Canadian Diabetes Association is taking the opportunity this month to bring awareness about healthy living for people with diabetes. Healthy eating and regular physical activity are needed all year [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The evening of Thursday, February 23rd families of students of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School attended an education session titled “Making Healthy Connections” offered by the OLOL Parent Council thanks to an annual grant from the Superior North Catholic [Read more]
