November 9, 2010 McGuinty Government Improving Access To Care For 3,200 Patients People in Thunder Bay now have access to a new nurse practitioner-led clinic which will provide peace of mind to approximately 3,200 people in the community who will be able to access health care services close by. [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Grade 3 to 8 students of Manitouwadge Public School, Ecole Publique Franco-Manitou, and Our Lady of Lourdes will gather at the gymnasium of the latter school for a special performance of Roseneath Theatre’s production of Spirit Horse today. On tour through 33 [Read more]
*Scroll down for an informational video from the Family Responsibility Office which includes details of how they enforce payments. McGuinty Government Protecting Ontario Families Starting December 1st, police will have more tools to get suspended and impaired drivers off our roads. This change will [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, November 8th residents of Manitouwadge gathered at the Manitouwadge General Hospital for the Auxilliary’s Annual Tea & Bazaar. Linda Killingbeck, President of the Auxilliary was very pleased to share that it had been their most successful, in regards [Read more]
Six outstanding health care innovations from across Ontario will receive awards Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) is a finalist for an Innovations in Health Care award in the Improving Patient/Resident Centredness category for its initiative titled The Road to Excellence is Paved [Read more]
The Boards of the Manitouwadge, McCausland and Wilson Memorial hospitals have given their approval for the hospitals to proceed with a joint operational review. The review, which is being funded by the North West LHIN, will examine the hospitals’ operations looking for ways to improve the quality [Read more]
Manitouwadge Public School News Recently our students were treated to a fun trip to Marathon – compliments of Skills Canada and Williams Operating Cooperation. The students grouped themselves into two teams of four and designed a boat that was built from cardboard. This boat was [Read more]
McGuinty Government Committed to Strengthening Ontario’s Forestry Sector The Canadian Wood Council is looking to use more Ontario wood products in the framing of mid-rise buildings in the province. With support from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), the council’s Ontario [Read more]
*See video below of performance and interview with Kari, Media Rep African Chidlren’s Choir. MARATHON, ON – Wednesday evening, November 3rd Marathon residents assembled at St.John’s United Church for a very special performance which can only be described as incredibly moving and [Read more]
The 2010 forest fire season ended on October 31 and provincially, the fire statistics show 929 fires and 14, 823 hectares burned. Provincially the final cost was approximately $99.7 million compared to approx $92 million last year as the result of 60 percent more fires occurring in 2010. During the [Read more]
The 2010 forest fire season ended on October 31 and provincially, the fire statistics show 929 fires and 14, 823 hectares burned. Provincially the final cost was approximately $99.7 million compared to approx $92 million last year as the result of 60 percent more fires occurring in 2010. During the [Read more]
Says Canada falling behind other countries that already have strategies OTTAWA, ON – Megan Leslie, New Democrat Critic for Health, announced the introduction of legislation, An Act respecting a National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, that will direct the Federal government to establish a [Read more]
Longlac, ON – On October 1, 2010 the Ontario Provincial Police sent a media release which advised that police were looking for anyone who may have information about a theft from a motor vehicle in Longlac on September 22, 2010, where a camera and GPS were stolen out of an unlocked truck [Read more]
Poppy campaign gets a break from HST in time for Remembrance Day Once again, New Democrats are fighting to better support Canada’s veterans. On October 28th, these efforts paid off when the government lifted the 13 per cent HST from poppies and wreaths, meaning all donations from the [Read more]
Will Your Christmas Gifts Change The World? MARATHON, ON – The Global Christmas Market Place is scheduled to take place in Marathon again this year, thanks to the support of St.John’s United Church. It will take place at St. John’s on Friday evening November 12 and Saturday November [Read more]
