MANITOUWADGE, ON – Yesterday evening, September 25th, approximately a 1/2 dozen parents accompanied by their children attending the official opening of the Best Start Manitouwadge Hub in it’s new location in Room 18 (lower level) of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School on Flicker Street. [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON –Ontario Early Years Centre Manitouwadge Best Start Hub’s Gross Motor Family Fitness first fall sessions have wrapped up. 2010 was the first year which the program was offered in the Fall in addition to the 8 week winter session held earlier in the year and response was very [Read more]
Community Easter Party by Karina Hunter Saturday, March 27th, the Manitouwadge Best Start Hub organized a Community Easter Party at the Rec Centre Auditorium as a fundraiser for the Brass Bell High School Bursary Fund which awards bursaries to High School Graduates entering a field involving [Read more]
PHN visits Best Start Hub by Karina Hunter Shirley Saasto-Stopyra, Public Heath Nurse for the Thunder Bay District Health Unit spoke at the Manitouwadge Best Start Hub today as part of her monthly visits there. A group of approximately eight Moms, with babies and their siblings, enjoyed [Read more]
Best start school readiness extended by Karina Hunter The Manitouwadge Best Start Hub’s Annual School Readiness program is back and this year’s program is better than ever. Hub Program Supervisor Kelly Sagle and Prenatal Programmer Reene Warren welcome all children registered to [Read more]
Ladies’ night out – Why it’s important by Karina Hunter A dozen Moms and caregivers, clad in pajamas and fuzzy housecoats, gathered at the Manitouwadge Best Start Hub Wednesday, February 24th as Reene Warren hosted the Family Place’s monthly ‘Ladies’ Night Out’. These evenings [Read more]
Triple P winds up by Karina Hunter Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) Public Health Nurse (PHN) Jackie Jung and Kristie Nicholas, Mental Health and Addictions Counselor with North of Superior Programs (NOSP) wrapped up their three session Triple P Parenting Program seminar in [Read more]
Today is Family Literacy Day in Canada! by Karina Hunter Since 1999, every January 27th, Canadians have been celebrating Family Literacy Day when thousands take part in events and activities at schools, libraries and literacy organizations across the country. Literacy is more than books, there [Read more]
Parents’ programs progressing positively by Karina Hunter Practitioners with Manitouwadge’s Triple P Program Team, Jackie Jung, Public Health Nurse (PHN) Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) Kristie Nicholas, Mental Health and Addictions Counselor with North of Superior Programs (NOSP) [Read more]
Parenting program begins Wednesday by Karina Hunter The Ontario Early Years Centre (OEYC) – Manitouwadge Best Start HUB’s Triple P Program or Positive Parenting Program, begins Wednesday, January 20th, at the Family Place on Oshweeken at 7pm. Many parents have registered for the series [Read more]
Gross Motor Skills program promoting family fitness by Karina Hunter Manitouwadge Best Start Hub’s prenatal programmer Reene Warren welcomed parents, caregivers and children to the Recreation Centre Arena Wednesday for Gross Motor Family Fitness. The program, geared to children 2 – 4 years [Read more]
Craft & Gift show serves as launch to new business by Karina Hunter Northshore residents who visited the Manitouwadge Recreation Centre Saturday to shop and browse the wares of area businesses, groups and organizations, certainly had plenty to choose from. This year’s show had something [Read more]
Fire Station Open House by Karina Hunter Manitouwadge Volunteer Firefighters celebrated National Fire Prevention Week Thursday evening with an open house at the fire station. In addition to fire department presentations the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Superior North Emergency Medical [Read more]
Busy week at the Best Start Hub by Karina Hunter Wednesday evening, the Ontario Early Years Center (OEYC) Best Start Hub had a full house welcoming Mom’s and Mom’s-to-be accompanied by family and friends for their annual Community Baby Shower. Prenatal Programmer Reene Warren introduced [Read more]
Well, we survived our first official week of homeschooling… This week we had slow starts to our mornings as Emeraude still having issues sleeping through the night but I continue to try and find solutions to that and have not yet lost hope that it will be conquered (though the frustration [Read more]
