Northern College students work on healthy nutrition challenge
Northern College’s first year Early Childhood Education (ECE) students put their practical skills to the test during a two-day presentation fair in the Timmins Campus Northern College Atrium, said a…
Ontario building on plan to connect public health care system
TORONTO — MARCH 8, 2019: Today, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, moved one step closer to fulfilling the government’s commitment to a connected, sustainable…
Drug warning issued in Sudbury
Drug warning: new potent substance circulating Friday, March 8, 2019: The Community Drug Strategy has received multiple reports of a new potent substance circulating in the community of Sudbury. While…
Thunder Bay District Health Unit expands the DineWise program
DineWise provides a grade system for following food safety regulations With the success of the DineWise food safety grade program in the City of Thunder Bay, the Thunder Bay District…
Not enough food to eat for families in Nipissing and Parry Sound districts
Health unit study shows one in seven families cannot afford groceries One in seven households in the Nipissing and Parry Sound districts are food insecure, according to the North Bay…
Labelle Family donates $5 Million to HSN
Dominic Giroux, President and CEO HSN, Nicole Everest, HSN and HSNRI Board Chair, Jacques Demers, Director Marcel and Frances Labelle Foundation, Ehor Bobby, Director Marcel and Frances Labelle Foundation, Mary…
Northern nursing grads have best pass rate in Ontario
100 percent of graduates pass license exam on the first try Registered nursing students at Northern College in Timmins have reached a 100 per cent milestone in the pass rate…
New dean named for NOSM
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has appointed Dr. Sarita Verma as Dean and CEO of NOSM effective July 1, 2019. The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has…
Fertility clinic opens to help northeastern families
BY SANDY SIREN Two Sudbury physicians, Karen Splinter (left) and Jennifer Jocko (right) have recently opened northeastern Ontario’s first fertility clinic − the NEO Fertility Clinic − in the warm…
Telemedicine vital in vast northeast
Jeremy Stevenson, North East LHIN Chief Executive Officer and Gary Sims, Executive Sponsor to the ONE Initiative (also President and Chief Executive Officer of Blanche River Partnership – an integration…