Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Some workers at Temiskaming Hospital are trying to rally the public once again to push for more funding for hospitals.A local union and the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions are hosting a public meeting in New Liskeard next
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Raising awareness about postpartum mood disorder
DISTRICT (Staff) — Over the past two years, health agencies and community groups across Northern Ontario have been working together to develop an improved strategy to assist parents experiencing postpartum mood disorder.That work will be continuing, and the strategy which has been created is presenting recommendations for increased
CNIB eye van tests, treats and educates in Englehart
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) mobile eye van visited Englehart last week as it makes its way across Northern Ontario screening, testing and educating people about eye care.The CNIB eye van, also known as the
Finding Your Fit in Temiskaming
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – You want to be more physically active, but what is there to do?A daylong showcase of sports and clubs, both formal and informal, will provide some suggestions.Find Your Fit will be held June 6 at the Algonquin Regiment Memorial Beach
Olive David turns 104
Super-senior thanks her lucky genesSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — As Olive David sat in the cafeteria of the Extendicare Tri-Town Nursing Home in Haileybury this week, staff, friends and members of her family burst into a round of “Happy Birthday”.It was her 104th birthday on
For the love of your health
Dear Editor:I would like to commend those who had the foresight and determination to bring the CAT scan to our hospital and also commend the members of the Temiskaming Hospital CAT Scan Foundation and the many volunteers who are working diligently to raise funds to meet the ongoing
Tallying the cost of healthy eating
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – The cost to keep a family well fed in Temiskaming is going up.And while it costs more to feed a family in Temiskaming than the provincial average, local costs are rising more slowly than in Ontario as a whole.The data is found in the
CCAC nurses return to work
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter DISTRICT – A two-week strike at the North East Community Care Access Centre ended earlier this week as the labour dispute was sent to arbitration.About 280 members of the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) at the region’s Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) had been on
Hospitals proceeding with shared CEO
DISTRICT (Staff/Special) – Hospitals in Englehart and Kirkland Lake are moving ahead with plans to share a chief executive officer.The two hospitals’ proposal to share a CEO was approved by the North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) last month.In a news release, the chair of the
Aging population impacting EMS
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Non-emergency ambulance calls are creating a load concern for the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) system in Temiskaming, Temiskaming EMS chief Mike Trodd told the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board (DTSSAB) recently.Speaking at the preliminary budget meeting of DTSSAB in Englehart