Highlights

The Northwestern Health Unit said one in seven households in area are food insecure, with weekly cost to feed family of four just under $300

At the special council meeting on Wednesday, council moved to establish a physician recruitment committee and to assist with funding for locum physicians at the Meno Ya Win Health Centre.

Small and rural hospitals in Northwestern Ontario now have a new model of pediatric emergency room care with the launch of a pediatric virtual ER consult service.

The finding was part of the auditor general's value-for-money audit of highway planning and management in Ontario

Both of the the Lake of Woods District Hospital’s pathologists will retire on Friday, leaving the hospital without one and with a new lab model for services.

12 patients in the last two weeks who would have previously had to travel to Thunder Bay have had additional imaging done at the hospital

Atikokan resident Kaleen Torbiak, who lost both legs to frostbite in 2015, participated in a 120-mile-long kayaking and biking biathlon in Florida.

New standard requires Highways 11 and 17 be cleared to bare pavement within 12 hours from the end of a winter storm

Three people were found dead at a Second Street residence in Hudson last weekend

The new mayors of Fort Frances, Kenora and Dryden are looking forward to working with their new councils as terms started this week