TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – Palliative care in Temiskaming will be the subject at Pro-Vie Right to Life’s annual fall meeting.Two representatives of Timiskaming Hospice Palliative Care will speak at the October 2 meeting.Program coordinator Betty Smallwood is a registered nurse with certification in gerontology and hospice palliative
Tag Archives: Health
Drum-a-thon this weekend
Event supports children with cancerDISTRICT (STAFF) — With September being Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a local group is organizing a “Get Up And Go For POGO” Drum-a-thon to be held at the Horne Granite Club in New Liskeard this coming Saturday, September 20 from 6 a.m. to 3
“We’re starting over”
Family Health Team exploring optionsDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — The Great Northern Family Health Team will now be exploring options for its future location.The Temiskaming Hospital advised the Family Health Team that the proposed lease agreement was not acceptable in August, 2014.Family
PROJECT CANCELLED
Health team won’t be moving to hospitalGordon Brock Speaker Editor Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT – The project which would see a section of the Temiskaming Hospital renovated to allow the Great Northern Family Health Team to move in has been cancelled due to budgetary restraints at
Temagami clinic taking steps to cardiac health
TEMAGAMI (Special/Staff) – Some stress can play a positive role in maintaining good health.In Temagami, a $21,000 fundraising campaign is underway to purchase new exercise stress test equipment to help diagnose potential heart problems.It will also be used to gauge safe levels of physical activity for people
Letter of the Week
Locum Doctor Bids Farewell To Temiskaming ShoresDear Editor:I would just like to say farewell to Temiskaming Shores. For the past year I have had the pleasure of working as a locum doctor for the Haileybury Health Team. I have enjoyed the hospitality and good
Apartments proposed for NL medical centre
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The New Liskeard medical centre has a buyer.Temiskaming Shores council approved the sale of the Whitewood Avenue clinic for $225,000 to Allan Moonie and Gwen King-Moonie of Notre-Dame-du-Nord.But the sale has several conditions, including the rezoning of the property by
EAT LOCAL
The 100-mile diet was popularized as a result of a book written by a Canadian couple putting the emphasis on buying locally grown produce within 100 miles of your front door.The book chronicles one couple’s experience eating only foods grown within 100 miles of their home.
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Managing diabetes
Timiskaming program marks 20 yearsDiane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Twenty years ago, people newly diagnosed with diabetes were admitted to hospital to start insulin treatment.And now?“It’s done within an hour here,” said Joanne Potter, a registered nurse and certified diabetes educator with the
Diabetes Expo expanding
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The Timiskaming Diabetes Program was established in 1994 to teach people how to live with the chronic condition.Its staff take in conventions to remain up to date on the latest research and treatments.Information is shared with the general public at open houses every