Ontario and Indigenous partners are working together to improve access to care and increase the involvement of Indigenous communities in developing and delivering their health services. This includes direct funding for communities to enhance access to care, funding for services as well as training [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Public Appointments Secretariat of the Province of Ontario, through Order-in-Council, has appointed a new member to the North West Local Health Integration Network’s (North West LHIN’s) Board of Directors. Appointed on December 7, 2016 for a three-year term, the North [Read more]
Province Supporting Indigenous Health Care Ontario is investing nearly $222 million over the next three years to ensure Indigenous people have access to more culturally appropriate care and improved outcomes, focusing on the North where there are significant gaps in health services. This investment [Read more]
Improving Access for Northern Households and Businesses Canada and Ontario are helping the Greenstone region better connect to the information highway. An investment in telecommunications infrastructure will bring modern, high‑speed broadband technology to residents, businesses and community [Read more]
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – The challenges faced by families and communities dealing with individuals affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) mean that the implications extend well beyond the limits of health services and budgets, according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, MP Carol Hughes. [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The North West Local Health Integration Network (LHiN)’s March 2014 issue of LHINfo Minute includes details of how partner organizations have worked together to create the first Health Link within the North West LHIN. CLICK HERE to learn more about how the Health [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – On the final day for residential school survivors to apply for compensation, Carol Hughes is worried that mounting cuts to First Nations organizational bodies will only hamper the ability to focus at the local level and deliver appropriate health services. “The Conservatives like [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – This week is Health Information Professionals (HIM) Week in Canada. At Manitouwadge General Hospital, our HIM is really a she named Teresa Malakoff who leads a small team including Shannon Martin and Alyson Corriveau in providing Health Information and Reception [Read more]
COMMUNITY MEMBERS CELEBRATE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL EDUCATION ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH (REACH) AT CONFEDERATION COLLEGE THUNDER BAY, ON — The Honourable Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry, MPP Thunder Bay-Superior North and Bill Mauro, MPP for Thunder Bay [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bay District Board of Health is pleased to announce that Dr. David Williams has been appointed as the Medical Officer of Health effective the beginning October 2011, and will be joined by Dr. Janet DeMille in the position of Associate Medical Officer of Health as [Read more]
Rates Increased and Accommodation Included In New Northern Health Travel Grant The government is making it easier for northerners to access health care by raising the reimbursement mileage rate and providing support for accommodation costs under the Northern Health Travel Grant Program, Ontario [Read more]
May 11, 2010 9:15 AM McGuinty Government Celebrates National Nursing Week Nurses play a key role in delivering health care and are now using more of their skills to take on diverse roles within the system, benefiting all Ontarians. Since 2003 the government has created more than 10,000 nursing [Read more]
