This will be the final column featured on OntarioNewsNorth.com under the title of Hospital Happenings, as the column is going through a transformation to better reflect healthcare services in the community, watch for the new column in the coming weeks, it will be titled Health Happenings. [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Clothesline® has been a national movement in Canada since 1985. Every year, Canadians are asked to keep Clothesline® in mind when they’re cleaning and getting rid of gently used clothing, electronics and small household items. In Manitouwadge, residents have been [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The CNIB Eye Van is a welcome site to residents when it visits Manitouwadge annually to provide specialized eye screening and care services. As it rolls 6,000 km across Northern Ontario it visits more than 30 remote communities. Staffed by a rotating team of visiting [Read more]
PSA courtesy Manitouwadge Diabetes Health & Wellness Program As part of its 40th Anniversary Tour, the CNIB EYE VAN is coming to MANITOUWADGE, sponsored by the Manitouwadge General Hospital & Family Health Team. Are you experiencing problems with your vision? Do you have diabetes, glaucoma, [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – In April 2010 OntarioNewsNorth.com reported of a formal partnership being announced between the Canadian National Institue for the Blind Eye Van (CNIB) and the Northern Diabetes Health Network (NDHN) in an initiative funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to [Read more]
Diabetes: In the Aboriginal Community by Karina Hunter Pic River residents living with diabetes have a new tool at their disposal, the ‘Diabetes: In the Aboriginal Community’ information pamphlet. Since January 2010, the Pic River Health Centre, has conducted extensive research to [Read more]
Pic River recognizes National Aboriginal Diabetes Day by Karina Hunter PIC RIVER FIRST NATION,– 05.07.10, National Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness Day was recognized in Pic River with a Diabetes Health Fair and Annual Diabetes Poker Walk last Friday, organized by Community Health Nurse [Read more]
