The hunger strike prompted an investigation by a health panel that looked into issues in the Sioux Lookout region and “recommended solutions to improve health-care delivery."
Over five years ago, the Ontario government vowed to build 76 long-term care beds in Sioux Lookout, which serves as a health-care hub for dozens of remote First Nations. Now running out of room for everyone who needs care, the community is ramping up efforts to get the province to deliver on its promise.
Northern Ontario School of Medicine University program goes beyond simply training new doctors by teaching students a few things that could influence where they choose to practice.
A residential school survivor in Sioux Lookout says he fears that amendments to the province’s Fixing Long-Term Care Act will result in him being shipped to another institution far from home.