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]
McGuinty Government’s Strong Actions Protect Drinking Water The new state-of-the-art Walkerton Clean Water Centre officially opens today. The facility trains drinking water system operators from across Ontario and includes a demonstration water distribution system to offer more courses and [Read more]
Turn off the Screens Fun Run for Heart by Karina Hunter MANITOUWADGE, ON – Tuesday, June 9th, Manitouwadge residents came out to the Recreation Centre en masse to participate in the 2010 Annual Turn off the Screens Week Fun Run for Heart. Registration took place in the lobby where participants [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Turn off the Screen Week 2010 began yesterday evening with the Manitouwadge Public Library’s Book Detectives Challenge and Manitouwadge High School’s Lob Ball Game of teachers and parents vs. students. Participants at the library picked up clue sheets which [Read more]
McGuinty Government Finalizes Reforms To Lower Generic Drug Prices Ontario is lowering generic drug prices and making improvements to the province’s drug system to benefit all Ontarians.These improvements include: Lowering the price of most generic drugs by at least 50 percent. Eliminating [Read more]
Recognizing International Trail Day, Algoma-Manitoulin MP Mike Brown Encourages Constituents to Enjoy Riding Trails Today Today (June 5th) is International Trails Day, in recognition of this annual celebration encouraging people in communities worldwide to get outdoors, be active and enjoy their [Read more]
Regular Readers may have noticed a new publication available for download on OntarioNewsNorth.com; Northwestern Ontario Prevention News is a monthly publication provided by Kiri Butter of the Northwestern Region Office of the Canadian Cancer Society . The June 2010 newsletter includes [Read more]
McGuinty’s Government Improving Quality And Accountability In Health Care Ontario is putting patients first by improving the quality and accountability of the province’s health care system through new legislation. The Excellent Care for All Act was passed by the legislature today and [Read more]
McGuinty Government Works to Strengthen Economy, Health Care And Education As Ontarians have worked hard to emerge from the global recession, the McGuinty government has been doing its part, moving forward on the Open Ontario Plan to create jobs and strengthen the economy in order to support the [Read more]
New report says that changes needed to improve future responses to public health emergencies Ontario responded well to the H1N1 pandemic but greater coordination and standardization is needed for future health emergencies, according to a new report from Dr. Arlene King, Ontario’s Chief [Read more]
May 31, 2010 1:00 PM McGuinty Government Breaking Down Barriers While Supporting Business Ontario is celebrating National Access Awareness Week and marking the fifth anniversary of the province’s groundbreaking Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. The first standard to be [Read more]
May 31, 2010 9:30 AM McGuinty Government Targets Youth To Create Smoke-Free Ontario As part of World No Tobacco Day, Ontario is creating new tobacco control programs to target the 650,000 young people most at risk of starting smoking. Tobacco kills more than 13,000 people in Ontario every year, is [Read more]
A CAPSULAR MOMENT Question and Answer with Your Pharmacist Lactose intolerance, Generic vs. Name Brand Meds and Fertility Questions are answered this week By David Bodunde Rph Q – I usually suffer from diarrhoea and pass smelly gas when I drink milk. My doctor says I am lactose intolerant. [Read more]
Dressing Room Project visits Northshore Schools by Karina Hunter Janice L Piper, Public Health Nutritionist TBDHU and Karen DeGagne, Regional Resource Clinician with the Eating Disorders Program from St. Joseph’s Care Group visited Northshore Elementary Schools this week with the “Dressing Room [Read more]
Deer Tick Found Locally Tests Positive For Lyme Disease The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has received laboratory confirmation that a deer tick, found on a dog within the city limits, has tested positive for Lyme disease. This is the first positive test for Lyme disease in a tick since the [Read more]
