This is the Best of Edition of Northwest Monitor.
On the way below, a look at the new Dean at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, an effort in Thunder Bay to find those responsible for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and TbayTel honours a medical lending device program in Kenora.
First we start in Fort Frances, where there’s a direct effort to combat bullying in schools. Part of that includes showing what happens to many bullies later in life such as incarceration. But, getting to students when they’re young is vital, and helping them to realize they have a role to play.
Randy Thoms explains.
Several organizations have come together this winter to light four Christmas trees in front of the Thunder Bay Police headquarters in memory of those Indigenous residents who have gone missing or were murdered. It started with one police officer who felt the need to do something to assist efforts of bringing to justice those responsible.
Sheri Leviski-Kotyk has the details.
A new Dean is now settled in and classes are in full session at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. It’s a busy time as staff concentrate on day-to-day programming and future needs.
As Mike Ebbeling tells us there’s a lot of exciting ventures on the go at the regional facility and plenty of opportunity for local students and organizations to get involved.
The first prize of $5,000 was awarded to the Borrowing Cupboard in Kenora, from the TBay Tel For Good program. To add to that good news, the group recently found out it doesn’t have to pay the hospital anything going forward to stay there.
Tim Davidson talked to Theresa Bowen about the award and how the medical device lending program got started.
