Students gain overdose response skills in school program
The Advanced Coronary Treatment Program, supported by Amgen Canada AstraZeneca Canada and Hydro One, provides high school students with life saving emergency response skills. By 2025 nearly 80 percent of Ontario high schools will have training including opioid overdose response and CPR and AED use.
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Amgen Canada
AstraZeneca Canada
Hydro One
Ontario
Rob Globocki
Motion to remove Red Rock chief defeated amid tensions
At a Feb 7 general band meeting Red Rock Indian Band members voted 57 for removal, 23 against, with 11 abstentions, but the motion to remove Chief Marcus Hardy failed. A band office gathering followed with calls for clarity on ruling and access to offices, as a quorum remained unmet and potential referral to Indigenous Services Canada was discussed.
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Red Rock Indian Band
Marcus Hardy
Hardy
Shannon Michelle-Ruth
Michelle-Ruth
Michelle Ruth
Indigenous Services Canada
Same-sex couple pursues parenthood through IUI in Winnipeg
Bernier, a Sioux Lookout resident, and her wife chose Heartland Fertility in Winnipeg for intrauterine insemination. After an initial failed attempt, their second round produced daughter Charlotte in July 2023. Doctor Gordon McTavish notes IUI's affordability and entry-level nature.
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Myriam Bernier
Winnipeg
Bernier
Ber
Nier
Charlotte
Sioux Lookout
Heartland Fertility
Gordon McTavish
IUI
Heartland
Ontario
Manitoba
McTavish
North Shore Fertility Clinic
Thunder Bay
Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser backs Thunder Bay walk
Organizers aim to raise 90000 for Grace Place as the 10th Coldest Night of the Year returns to Thunder Bay on February 24. About 350 walkers will start at Summit Church on Syndicate Avenue North to simulate homeless conditions and fund daily needs like meals, showers and clothing for the needy. Across Canada roughly 190 locations join the event.
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Thunder Bay
Summit Church
Syndicate Avenue North
Gary Macsemchuk
Blue Sea Foundation
Kitchener
Macsemchuk
Grace Place
Canada
Dryden approves 2024 budget with 6.4 percent tax levy increase
With a 6.4 percent levy. The Dryden council passed the 2024 operating budget by a 438 vote. The plan includes road and infrastructure projects with Memorial Avenue repair costing over 726000 and a net city cost of 206675 after funding. Police spending leads operating expenses at 5.55 million, up nine percent from 2023.
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Dryden
Jack Harrison
Council
Harrison
Memorial Avenue
Coun
Catherine Krewning
RFDA thanks volunteers in Thunder Bay hamper drive
The RFDA expresses gratitude to high school students, Shawn at No Frills, 211 Lakehead Social Planning Council, Kristen and Leah, delivery drivers, and local media for distributing over 1500 hampers to the hungry. Volunteers packed nearly 387 hampers for shut ins over two days and coordinated four pickup sites while deliveries extended to those unable to pick up. Thunder Bay residents are thanked for supporting the mission to let no one go hungry.
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RFDA
Shawn
Lakehead
Chronicle-Journal
Ckpr TV
CBC
Thunder Bay
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