Province invests $80,000 for northeast diabetes services

Province invests $80,000 for northeast diabetes services

Province invests $80,000 for northeast diabetes services

Media Outlet: Northern Life
Posted: Feb 17, 2014

Investment will improve access to diabetes resources in First Nations communities

The province has made an investment of $80,840 to improve access to culturally appropriate diabetes services within First Nations communities, announced Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci Thursday.

 

Collaborative project improves Aboriginal cancer screening rates

Collaborative project improves Aboriginal cancer screening rates

Collaborative project improves Aboriginal cancer screening rates

Media Outlet: Northern Life
Posted: Feb 07, 2014

Pilot project aimed to reach under screened communities in northeastern Ontario

The North East Cancer Centre’s Under/Never Screened pilot project has helped increase the number of screenings for breast and colorectal cancer in 21 Aboriginal communities, announced Health Sciences North on Thursday.

 

Wild food bank offers options

Wild food bank offers options

Wild food bank offers options

Media Outlet: CBC News
Posted: Dec 16, 2013

For the last few years, the Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre has been collecting food that’s been hunted and harvested from around the region.

 

Grits would offer guarantees to jumpstart Ring – Trudeau

Grits would offer guarantees to jumpstart Ring – Trudeau

Grits would offer guarantees to jumpstart Ring: Trudeau

Media Outlet: The Sudbury Star
Posted: Dec 13, 2013

A Liberal federal government would play a key role in helping Ontario develop the Ring of Fire by providing matching funds or loan guarantees similar to those offered in the Upper Churchill to develop infrastructure, says Justin Trudeau.

The Ring of Fire is a tremendous resource not just for Northern Ontario, but for the entire country, said the Liberal Party leader during a visit Thursday to Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre.

“The federal government needs to be part of the infrastructure projects that are going to unlock this great potential,” Trudeau told reporters after a tour of the aboriginal health centre where a chorus of three-year-olds sang to him in Ojibwe.

Grits would offer guarantees to jumpstart Ring – Trudeau

Trudeau on Trudeau: Grit leader in his own words

Trudeau on Trudeau: Grit leader in his own words

Media Outlet: Northern Life
Posted: Dec 13, 2013

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau sits down with Darren MacDonald to talk politics, his pedigree and dinner with the kids

Justin Trudeau brought his star power to Gloria’s Restaurant in Sudbury on Friday, chatting with diners excited to see Canada’s most popular politician, a man whose personal fame dates back long before he was elected to the House of Commons in 2008.