CAUTION STILL NEEDED THOUGH SNOWMOBILE SAFETY WEEK HAS ENDED With the OPP reporting one death and 4 injuries since November due to snowmobile collisions in the Northwest region, and several incidents of property damage, Thunder Bay’s SAVE (Snowmobile ATV Vessel Education) is urging sledders of [Read more]
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre Piloting Cafeteria Program THUNDER BAY, ON – Starting today, employees, patients and visitors to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) will be seeing more healthy options in their cafeteria and the cafeteria vending machine [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Thursday, January 27th, Public Health Nurse Shirley Saasto-Stopyra, accompanied by Community Health Promotion Resource Person Reene Warren, from the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) Manitouwadge Office, attended Our Lady of Lourdes School to instruct 4 students, [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – January 19th, OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor/Publisher Karina Hunter spoke with Mayor John MacEachern about his recent travels and attendance at meetings including those for the Thunder Bay Muncipal League, Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU), Northern Ontario [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Wednesday, December 8th, OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor Karina Hunter sat down with Mayor John MacEachern for an update of his recent travels; this is part of Mayor MacEachern’s ongoing efforts to keep Manitouwadge residents better informed about what he is doing to [Read more]
The final pair of Flu Clinics being offered by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit through their 2010 Fall Campaign will be held this week in Red Rock and Nipigon. Who needs the Influenza Vaccination (flu shot)? This year, there is only one flu shot for protection against seasonal flu. Just [Read more]
Second Deer Tick Tests Positive for Lyme Disease For the second time this year, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) has received laboratory confirmation that a deer tick found locally has tested positive for Lyme disease. While the first positive deer tick was found on a dog, this latest [Read more]
Nitam Giigidowin Project Officially Launched FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION, ON – June 18th, 2010 – The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and Dilico Anishinabek Family Care (Dilico) are pleased to announce that for the first time, preschool aboriginal children living on First Nations in [Read more]
Nitam Giigidowin Project Will Have Kids Talking by Karina Hunter An innovative initiative aiming to improve the speech and language health outcomes of preschool First Nation children living in the communities of Ginoogaming, Fort William, and Long Lake #58 First Nations will be officially launched [Read more]
**Un GROS Merci à Chantal Mantha pour avoir traduit cet article! MANITOUWADGE ON, – Le mardi 9 juin, les résidents de Manitouwadge sont rejoint au Centre de Récréation pour participer à la: SEMAINE DE FERMER LES ÉCRANS – COURSE DE PLAISIR POUR LE CŒUR 2010 . Les [Read more]
Local Angler Wants Boaters to ‘Get it On” THUNDER BAY – This week, professional angler, Gord Ellis, urged boaters to “Get it On!” in a new campaign aimed at encouraging people to wear a personal flotation device (PFD), also known as a life jacket. Ellis is the logical choice to promote [Read more]
Below is the original post of the Northshore Teens – Contraband series on www.OntarioNewsNorth.com. Courtney Godin, a grade 10 student from White River, ON shares her feelings about the prevalance of contraband in Northshore High Schools, how the school she attends may be contributing [Read more]
Triple P winds up by Karina Hunter Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) Public Health Nurse (PHN) Jackie Jung and Kristie Nicholas, Mental Health and Addictions Counselor with North of Superior Programs (NOSP) wrapped up their three session Triple P Parenting Program seminar in [Read more]
Parents’ programs progressing positively by Karina Hunter Practitioners with Manitouwadge’s Triple P Program Team, Jackie Jung, Public Health Nurse (PHN) Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) Kristie Nicholas, Mental Health and Addictions Counselor with North of Superior Programs (NOSP) [Read more]
Parenting program begins Wednesday by Karina Hunter The Ontario Early Years Centre (OEYC) – Manitouwadge Best Start HUB’s Triple P Program or Positive Parenting Program, begins Wednesday, January 20th, at the Family Place on Oshweeken at 7pm. Many parents have registered for the series [Read more]
