Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Family spurred Sylvie Cormier-Rivard to press for the return of blood donor clinics to Temiskaming Shores.Her father had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell known as a plasma cell.“He was
ENGLEHART (Special/Staff) – The search for a new chief executive officer to head hospitals in Englehart and Kirkland Lake has ended.Gary Sims has been named CEO of Englehart and District Hospital, Kirkland and District Hospital and their partnership, the Blanche River Health Partners.In a news release, the
Englehart woman needs wheelchair accessible vanSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter ENGLEHART — Englehart resident and community activist Lisa Buck has begun a Facebook crowdfunding page to raise funds to purchase a new wheelchair accessible van so she can attend medical appointments and have independence in her life.“It’s going
STATO TRAILIt was encouraging to hear news that the City of Temiskaming Shores is applying for funding to complete the 19 kilometre South Temiskaming Active Travel Organization (STATO) trail sometime in the near future.This funding must have a cycling component to it. The
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Testing has confirmed an algae bloom recently spotted at the New Liskeard beach was toxic blue-green algae.The Timiskaming Health Unit advises that contact can irritate the skin and eyes.Consuming the contaminated water can cause headaches, fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain and
Community Cancer Care program works from endowment interestSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — The Temiskaming based Community Cancer Care (CCC) program is the beneficiary of over one million dollars in total funding from the past twelve years of the July long weekend Bikers Reunion directed back into
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – For more than a decade, some local patients have been able to consult distant specialists without leaving Temiskaming Hospital.The hospital has been part of the Ontario Telemedicine Network since 2002.The network uses live, two-way videoconferencing to enable patients to be
Million-dollar milestone reached for Community Cancer Care programSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter NEW LISKEARD — How many people put forth the hard work needed to raise a million dollars… then give it all away?Bikers Reunion lead organizer Barry Phippen turned over $128,000 to the Community Cancer Care program
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special/Staff) – The New Liskeard CIBC branch is in the pink as it raises money for breast cancer research.It’s supporting the CIBC Run for the Cure. The event is being staged October 4 at more than 60 locations across Canada, including North Bay, Sudbury and Timmins.
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – The property slated for a new medical clinic in New Liskeard may also house a hotel.Pro-Nor Developments of North Bay has proposed building a new clinic for the Great Northern Family Health Team on a five-acre parcel of land on Shepherdson
