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Fourth COVID-19 shot/second booster now available through …

WEBThe Porcupine Health Unit has begun administering fourth shots of COVID-19 vaccine – a second booster, if you will. Program manager Kendra Brunet says it began this week. “The (health) […]

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PHU announces another outbreak, more vaccination clinics, lower

WEBA Timmins apartment building is the scene of the latest COVID-19 outbreak for the Porcupine Health Unit. It says that a cluster of confirmed cases are related to the Senator Place

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OMA recommendations to address north’s ‘unique healthcare …

WEBReported by Richard Coffin. Ontario’s doctors have released a ‘Prescription for Northern Ontario’. The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) says it’s part of a larger master

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New Clinic Open to Help Battle the Opioid Crisis

WEBThere is a new clinic helping people fight alcohol and opioid addiction. The North East Local Health Integration Network has launched a Rapid Access Addiction Medicine clinic for the Cochrane and James Bay regions in Timmins. South Cochrane Addiction Services received $460,000 from the NE LHIN to kick start the clinic.

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Timmins & District Hospital names new CEO

WEBTimmins and District Hospital has a new president and chief executive officer. Kathleen Fyfe’s appointment becomes effective July 27th. She replaces Blaise MacNeil, who is retiring.

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Francophone health centre open at Timmins Square

WEBBy Bob McIntyre. Friday, Jan. 24th, 2020. Timmins’ first-ever community health centre aimed at the francophone population celebrates its grand opening on Monday. Centre de santé communautaire de Timmins has been open since November. Executive director Julie Béchard says it currently has about 250 patients receiving …

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Local history: The early board of health

WEBIn local history, we wrap up our look at the board of health established in the mining camp during the First World War, the predecessor of the Porcupine Health Unit.

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City fills in a couple perceived blanks regarding physician …

WEBCity Clarifies Support for Physician Recruitment. In response to recent media articles around the doctor shortage in Timmins reaching “crisis” level, the City of Timmins is clarifying the municipality’s role in supporting physician recruitment.

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'Field of vision' ophthalmology clinic opens at Timmins & District

WEBA new facility for visiting ophthalmologists – eye doctors – has officially opened on the grounds of the Timmins and District Hospital. It’s for locums who come in for a week or two at a time, to work alongside fulltime local ophthalmologist Dr. …

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Peer support available for people whose kids have mental health …

WEBMonday, Apr. 3rd, 2023. The first Monday of every month, a support group dealing with their kids’ mental health issues meets in Timmins. Parents for Children’s Mental Health is part of a provincial group of more than 20 chapters. Chapter leader is Cathy Courville, who has lived experience with it… and admits it “comfortably overlaps

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Sensenbrenner Hospital CEO says healthcare in Kap is at a …

WEBThis, as the town is expecting evacuees within the coming weeks. Sensenbrenner Hospital CEO France Dallaire says she doesn’t want to create panic but healthcare is in a crisis. She adds that 2,500 people don’t have a doctor and are using the emergency department, and that’s just the beginning. “From an acute care perspective …

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Community paramedicine program expanding in Cochrane District

WEBMonday, Nov. 30th, 2020. (pixabay.com) More funding from the province is allowing the Cochrane District Emergency Medical Service to expand its five-year-old community paramedicine program. It’s aimed at keeping seniors healthy in their own homes, keeping them out of emergency rooms and long-term care. Paramedic chief Jean Carriere says …

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Council approves amendments to downtown safety improvement …

WEBThursday, Oct. 26th, 2023. Timmins City Hall. (File photo by Bob McIntyre, MyTimminsNow.com staff) More business owners across Timmins will soon be able to apply for a safety improvement grant of up to $7,500 to add safety features like security cameras and fencing to their property. It comes after council’s approval to amend the …

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Francophone community health centre hires its first executive …

WEBThe board set up to establish the first-ever francophone community health centre in Timmins has taken a big step, hiring its first-ever executive director. Centre de santé communautaire de Timmins […]

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More northern trained doctors are staying in north

WEBMore doctors who are being trained in the north are staying in the north. Nine Northern Ontario School of Medicine graduates started practising in the Sudbury area this year. Chief of Staff and VP of Medical Affairs for Health Sciences North, Dr. Chris Bourdon, says recruitment is going well because of the partnership between the school and HSN.

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CMHA locks out workers; they worry about the impact on their …

WEBOPSEU Local 631 president and bargaining chair Maggie Wakeford (with megaphone) is suurounded by some of her members on the picket line outside the CMHA office in Timmins. (Bob McIntyre, MyTimminsNow.com) Almost 150 unionized employees of the Cochrane-Temiskaming branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association have …

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CMHA workers back on job, ending lockout

WEBThe workers were locked out and forced onto picket lines on February 13th, into what turned out to be the coldest part of the winter. They get a three-percent raise retroactive to last April; two percent this year; and one percent in each of years 3 …

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SHST has strong case for permission to stay open, and renewable

WEBCMHA executive director Paul Jalbert says several developments since it opened in July, 2022 make a good case to extend that permission and provide renewable government funding. “We’ve seen the reduction in opioid overdose deaths in our community,” he cites. “We were at somewhere around 80 per 100,000 and I think we’re …

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Street drugs tainted with opiates on the upswing in Cochrane …

WEBIn the past month-and-a-half and especially the last week, paramedics in Cochrane District have been responding to an increase in the number of poisonings caused by tainted street drugs. Deputy Chief Seamus Murphy says it involves all street drugs, from crack to even hash that is tainted by opiates. He says the Opioid Task Force, composed …

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