Lockdown should include vaccines for essential workers, paid sick days, support for local business and more QUEEN’S PARK, ON — Andrea Horwath, Leader of the Official Opposition New Democrats, issued the following statement in response to new lockdown orders from the Doug Ford government: [Read more]
Starting Thursday April 8, 2021, the Government of Ontario has announced a Provincewide Stay Home Order to control the spread of COVID-19, that applies to the entire Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) catchment area. Individuals are being asked to stay home, unless it is for essential [Read more]
Submitted by Jim Gordon, Ken Boshcoff, and Angele Brunelle, Gravely concerned about the future sustainability of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) was established as a solution to the doctor shortage in the North. It was set up as a stand-alone [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Marathon Town Council wants to see it’s residents protected, preparing a resolution to send a letter to the Medical Officer of Health for the Thunder Bay District Dr. Janet DeMille, Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Michael Gravelle, Ontario Minister of Health Christine [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – The letter quoted below has been issued to parents from the SNCDSB Director of Education and Chair of the Board. In their letter, SNCDSB Director of Education Maria Vasanelli and Chair of the Board Judy Wawia, acknowledge other regions (Northeast) and areas (City of Thunder [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The letter quoted below has been issued to parents from the SGDSB Director of Education. In her letter, SGDSB Director of Education Nicole Morder-Cormier reminds everyone of the travel advisory and lockdown for Northwestern Ontario while also advising that students will be [Read more]
From the Manitouwadge Family Health Team MANITOUWADGE, ON – Santé Manitouwadge Health (SMH) has been using our Health Care Record data base to reach out and offer the vaccine to all our residents in order of priority as established by the Ministry of Health and in coordination with the [Read more]
From Northshore Family Health Team TERRACE BAY, ON – Nosh/North Shore Family Health Team Update. Shots provided to: Everyone associated with LTC and Chronic Care the 80+ population other health care workers If you are in any of the above priorities have submitted your consent and have not [Read more]
Version française ci-dessous GREENSTONE, ON – The Greenstone Family Health Team and NorWest Community Health Centres are planning upcoming COVID-19 vaccine clinics. These clinics are for any Greenstone resident over the age of 79 and any urban indigenous resident over the age of 16. If you [Read more]
Alors que la fête de Pâque et la semaine de relâche approchent, les médecins-hygiénistes du Nord demandent à tous les résidents de la région de prévenir une autre augmentation du nombre de cas de COVID-19. Dans bien des parties du Nord de l’Ontario, les taux d’infection au virus de la [Read more]
As we approach the Easter holiday and Spring Break, the northern Medical Officers of Health are asking all community members in northern Ontario to work together to prevent another surge in COVID-19. In many parts of northern Ontario, COVID-19 infection rates have been at some of the highest levels [Read more]
From Marathon Family Health Team MARATHON, ON –The Marathon Family Health Team (MFHT) is pleased to announce that 150 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were efficiently, safely and successfully administered to members of our community on March 25th, 2021. The MFHT, in collaboration [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – March 28, 2021; update on the status of COVID-19 in the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 21 (twenty-one) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 216. Additional information on the [Read more]
Version française ci-dessous The pandemic has shown Canadians there is a cost for underinvestment in our health care system. Just ask families who lost their loved ones in long-term care (LTC) facilities across the country. Despite the health-related needs these centres cater to, they are [Read more]
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and the Superior North Catholic District School Board confirm that an outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at Saint Joseph Catholic School in Geraldton. Consistent with provincial guidelines, an outbreak is declared in a school when there are two or [Read more]
