THUNDER BAY, ON – HAGI Community Services for Independence will be holding its39th Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at the Italian Cultural Centre at 132 Algoma Street South beginning at 11:30 a.m. Bill Adair, Chief Executive Officer of Spinal Cord Injury Ontario will [Read more]
Take Five to Prevent Falls As the Canadian population ages, injury and death from falls are on the rise. This National Senior Safety Week, November 6 to 12, the Canada Safety Council challenges all Canadians to commit to “take five to prevent falls.” With these easy steps, we can all reduce [Read more]
Elderly Persons Centres Keeping Seniors Connected to Their Communities Ontario is helping seniors stay healthy, active and connected to their communities by supporting Elderly Persons Centres. The province is providing $11.5 million to support 265 centres across the province. Elderly Persons [Read more]
Spring is here! Spring is here! Spring is definitely here and I do so hope it is here to stay! That vaunted patience is just about all gone. Friday, June 6th, take care of yourself (or bring a loved one) for our Blood Pressure Clinic with Norma Kauk. We’re also expecting Renee Mellish, the [Read more]
Spring is here! Spring is here! Spring is definitely here! I am pretty sure its arrival did not coincide with the Spring Tea and Bake Sale on March 21 when you did get out to enjoy cake and refreshments or add to your goody cabinet with something fabulous from the bake table. But patience is [Read more]
Ontario Helping More Patients in Northwestern Ontario Receive the Right Care at the Right Time and at the Right Place Ontario is improving access to local doctors, nurses and other health care providers to help patients in Thunder Bay get the care they need, when and where they need it. The [Read more]
My father always looked for a January thaw. He seldom ever got it in the Ottawa Valley. Being further north maybe a February thaw is more appropriate and probably just as elusive, especially in a winter like this one. And last Friday, February 14, 2014 wasn’t quite there although many of you [Read more]
Thank you all!! You, who placed your order for one (or many more than one) of those 199 large pies and/or the 326 small ones, the club thanks. We do appreciate your support which will help us pay the rent. Thanks also goes to all those who devoted the many hours over the three weeks [Read more]
We hear a lot about the disappearing middle class these days and we should be hearing as much, or perhaps even more, about the plight of seniors mired in poverty. Whether it is because of pensions that underperform or vanish altogether, more seniors are requiring assistance from the [Read more]
Ontario Government Increasing Sport and Recreation Opportunities for Ontario Families Ontario is helping people of all ages in communities across the province get active, stay fit and live healthier lives. Through the Ontario Sport and Recreation Communities Fund, the province is supporting over [Read more]
“National Dream Renewed” Initiative Pushes for Return of Passenger Rail to Thunder Bay THUNDER BAY, ON – Thunder Bay–Superior North MP Bruce Hyer and Greg Gormick, Project Facilitator for Transport Action’s National Dream Renewed campaign, released Hyer’s Independent Members’ [Read more]
RED ROCK, ON – May 1st St. Hilary hosted its Annual Grandparents/Seniors Tea organized by members of the St. Hilary School Council. This event is a wonderful time to honour our grandparents and seniors for the wonderful people they are. St. Hilary students from Junior Kindergarten to [Read more]
Kim Inglis, CIM, PFP, FCSI, AIFP is an Investment Advisor & Portfolio Manager with Canaccord Wealth Management, a division of Canaccord Genuity Corp., Member – Canadian Investor Protection Fund. www.reynoldsinglis.ca. Read her column “Money’$ Worth” every other week here on [Read more]
ALGOMA-MANITOULIN-KAPUSKASING – Sometimes it can be difficult to see that parliament can work in a non-partisan way. Scandals heat up, rhetoric becomes entrenched, and significant differences in viewpoints often lead to heated sittings that make for great news broadcasts, but isn’t really [Read more]
