MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, December 24th the final (of four) December Gift Card Give-a-way winners was drawn and Jackie Jung was the lucky $100 Gift Card WINNER. The draws, which occurred Saturdays from December 3rd to 24th were Owner Robert Rousselle’s early Christmas Gift to customers [Read more]
Remarkable School Children Come Through for the MCAG! Submitted by Jackie Jung MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, August 27th, 2011 the 2nd Annual Share the Care Bike Fundraiser for the Manitouwadge Cancer Assistance Group was held in Manitouwadge under a warm late summer sun. 10 Bikers took up the [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]
Photos by Jackie Jung MANITOUWADGE, ON – Turn Off the Screens week, presented by the Manitouwadge Diabetes Program, kicked off yesterday, June 5th, with 3 events. The Golfing Challenge, organized by Charles Newton, was very well attended and those who participated at the golf course had a [Read more]
Photos, Videography & Interview courtesy Natalie Labbee ANNUAL MCAG WALK RAISES OVER $3000FOR MANITOUWADGE RESIDENTS TOUCHED BY CANCER MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Manitouwadge Cancer Assistance Group (MCAG) is a non-profit organization, managed by volunteers, which helps local individuals touched [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – When Marathon business ownser Andre Paris first suggested organizing a 10-day festival, many people thought that he might have been biting off more than he could chew but Marathon Summerfest 2010 was a huge success. Since February 2011, Paris has been meeting with the [Read more]
Preventing Type 2 Diabetes In the first two articles I talked about Risks for developing Type 2 diabetes and explained the physiology of Pre-Diabetes. See: http://www.OntarioNewsNorth.com/?p=21412 http://www.OntarioNewsNorth.com/?p=19621. To review: All people destined to develop type 2 [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, December 18th the 3rd Annual Alumni Game for the Manitouwadge Cancer Assistance Group, organized by Toby Mattson was held. This year’s game including a presentation remembering the 1976-77 Manitouwadge Midget Flyers, who had won the Thunder Bay [Read more]
Preventing Diabetes Last time we talked about what Prediabetes meant, how it was diagnosed and what risk factors were for developing it. This article will continue with preventing prediabetes and diabetes. Let’s review – “Prediabetes” is a condition in which your blood glucose [Read more]
Perry Lake Trail Walk by Karina Hunter MANITOUWADGE, ON – Sunday, June 14th, a group of nearly 40 adventurous nature enthusiasts headed out on the Perry Lake Trail in Manitouwadge, part of the community’s Turn Off the Screens Week the walk was sponsored by the Manitouwadge Conservation Club [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – 34 Students returned their tracking sheets to Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) Public Health Nurse (PHN) and Turn Off the Screens Week (TOTS) Organizer Jackie Jung, for a chance to win some incredible prizes. Grand Prize winner of the $100.00+ sports pack – [Read more]
More photos & videos from the 2010 Turn Off the Screens Week in Manitouwadge, ON at the Volunteer Firefighters’ Obstacle Course Challenge. For details of the week’s evens, (more photos, videos and score were applicable) visit www.OntarioNewsNortlh.com/?p=13627 (summary) [Read more]
2010 Turn Off the Screens Continues by Karina Hunter MANITOUWADGE, ON – In spite of some inclement weather, Manitouwadge residents have come out in large numbers for the first 4 days of the TBDHU’s 2010 Turn Off the Screens Week which, now in it’s 7th year, has become a full week [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]
