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Spinal surgeries are now being conducted at the Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora. (File photo)
KENORA – Kenora-area residents now have a chance to access spinal surgery closer to home, thanks to a new partnership between the Lake of the Woods District Hospital and the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
Multiple patients have already undergone orthopaedic procedures in Kenora, the hospitals reported in a joint release Monday.
The expansion of services comes through the TBRHSC’s Regional Surgical Services program, which has also seen partnerships created with Dryden Regional Health Care and Riverside Health Care in Fort Frances since launching in 2016.
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Emo Food Bank is now open for in-person visits twice a month.
Since the COVID-19 province-wide lockdown in December, the Emo Food Bank has been forced to deliver food by curbside until last week. As of March 3, the Food Bank is now open every first and third Wednesday of every month.
Due to limited space in the building, it requires only one customer enter and be served at a time.
“We’re starting to see an increase now because the government funding is done,” said Charlene McTavish, chairperson of the Emo Food Bank and Thrift Store. “Statistically provincially, small rural food banks during COVID saw a decrease because of the government input of CERB and the increase of child tax benefits… and we felt that here.”
Single-vehicle collision sends two to hospital
City police are investigating a single-vehicle collision that took place late Monday night.
Mar 16, 2021 10:55 AM By: Thunder Bay Police
The Thunder Bay Police Service is continuing to investigate a single-vehicle collision that took place Monday night.
Police were dispatched to Island Drive near Baffin Street just before 10:10 p.m. on Monday, March 15 following reports of a motor-vehicle collision. Firefighters with Thunder Bay Fire Rescue and paramedics with Superior North EMS were also dispatched to the scene.
Police learned a blue hatchback sedan was being driven at a high rate of speed when the motorist failed to navigate a turn at the intersection, collided with a pole, and came to rest in a ditch.