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6 – June 25, 2009 The Review-Mirror Family Health Care and Screening Unit (FHT) Family Health Care and Screening Unit (FHT) Implementation Branch Implementation Branch Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care 1075 Bay Street, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 2B1 1075 Bay Street, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 2B1 Inquiries should be directed to: FHT.Inquiries.MOH@ontario.ca Inquiries should be directed to: FHT.Inquiries.MOH@ontario.ca Greater Toronto Area: 416-212-1741, or Toll-free: 1-877-830-1808 Greater Toronto Area: 416-212-1741, or Toll-free: 1-877-830-1808 Family Health Care and Screening Unit (NPC) Family Health Care and Screening Unit (NPC) Implementation Branch Implementation Branch Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care 1075 Bay Street, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 2B1 1075 Bay Street, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 2B1 Inquiries should be directed to: NPClinicInquiries.MOH@ontario.ca Inquiries should be directed to: NPClinicInquiries.MOH@ontario.ca Greater Toronto Area: 416-212-1741, or Toll-free: 1-877-830-1808 Greater Toronto Area: 416-212-1741, or Toll-free: 1-877-830-1808 Paid for by the Government of Ontario. Call for Applications: Family Health Teams Call for Applications: Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics Paid for by the Government of Ontario. The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is inviting applications from health care providers and/or community- based groups for the establishment of Family Health Teams in the following Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs): North West, North East, Erie St. Clair, North Simcoe Muskoka, Central West, Central East, Champlain and South East. These LHINs were selected based on a range of key indicators of need, including proportion of Ontarians without a family health care provider, chronic disease prevalence and existing family health care resources. In addition, the ministry is extending an invitation for the establishment of Family Health Teams to existing Shared Care Pilots and to applicants interested in expanding family medicine training capacity in an interdisciplinary family health care setting, within any LHIN. Completed applications must be received by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, 2009. A comprehensive application package is available on the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's website at: www.health.gov.on.ca/familyhealth Family Health Teams are locally driven family health care delivery organizations which include family physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and a range of other interdisciplinary health care providers who are committed to working together collaboratively to provide comprehensive, accessible, coordinated family health care within their local community. Completed applications received after this time will not be considered. Applications can be submitted by e-mail, Canada Post or courier to: The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is inviting applications from health care providers and/or community-based groups for the establishment of Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics in the following Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs): North West, North East, Erie St. Clair, North Simcoe Muskoka, Central West, Central East, Champlain and South East. These LHINs were selected based on a range of key indicators of need, including proportion of Ontarians without a family health care provider, chronic disease prevalence and existing family health care resources. Completed applications must be received by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, 2009. A comprehensive application package is available on the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's website at: www.health.gov.on.ca/transformation/np_clinics/np_mn.html Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics are locally-driven primary family health care organizations, which include registered nurses in the extended class, registered nurses, family physicians and a range of other health care professionals, who will work together to provide comprehensive, accessible and coordinated family health care services to a defined population. These clinics are part of the government's strategy to ensure that people have access to health care in their community instead of having to rely on hospital emergency departments. Completed applications received after this time will not be considered. Applications can be submitted by e-mail, Canada Post or courier to: The Rideau District Museum is the new home of the military medals and pins of Westport son Wil- frid Laurier Fredenburgh, a soldier of WWI. Fredenburgh was one of the founders of the muse- um in 1961 and a veteran of the WWI. He was born in 1895 and died in 1964 after a lifetime in West- port. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in February 1916 with the 156th (Leeds and Grenville) Overseas Bat- talion and sailed to France in May 1917, Overseas he was wounded in the battle of Passchendaele in Belgium and was eventually dis- charged in January 1919. Fredenburgh's military memorabilia became part of a number of items from one of his relative's estates which ended up for sale at a Toronto antique store in 2006. Westport native Dave Roberts by chance discov- ered the items, purchased them for over $600 and then tried to sell them in a Westport bookstore. Mary Forrester Barr's letter to The Review Mir- ror offering to pay some part of the medals sparked a fundraising campaign which was coordinated by The Review-Mirror and raised the additional $550 needed to purchase the medals. The medals now have a place of honor in the museum thanks to the gen- erosity of members of the community. Xplorenet tower proposal withdrawn A proposal to erect a 150-foot high tower in a resi- dential area near Bedford Mills has been withdrawn after neighbours voiced objections. The proposed tower, meant to broadcast an Xplorenet Internet signal, caught some neighbourhood residents off guard when they learned they had little or nothing to say about its location. The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and Bar- rett Xplore Inc. signed an agreement in 2008 to provide coverage in areas where high-speed internet service is unavailable. Fredenburgh medals find new home The Rideau District Museum board chair Janice Steele, right, was presented with W.L. Fredenburgh's medals on Saturday at the heritage festival after a fundraising effort in the community paid for Dave Roberts, left, find in a Toronto antique store. Woody Harrington, Fredenburgh's great nephew, was on hand for the ceremony and donated a drum of Fredenburgh's which he had owned since childhood. Photo by Mar- garet Brand