New Far North hospital moves closer to being built after $1.8B design, build contract awarded

New Far North hospital moves closer to being built after $ 1.8B design, build contract awarded.

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority ( WAHA ) and the Government of Ontario have awarded a $ 18B fixed-price contract.

The new state-of-the-art facility is set to replace the Weenebayko General Hospital on Moose Factory Island that was originally built in 1950 to sequester tuberculosis patients.

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority awarded a $1.8 billion fixed-price contract to design, build and finance a new Far North hospital.

The construction of the campus is expected to be completed in 2030 with patient occupancy planned the same year .

The eight sons of Richard and Sarah Harvie from Gormanville , N.S. , are believed to be the most siblings from one family to serve in World War II .

The Windsor Lancers dropped their first OUA football game of the season 45-40 Saturday in Guelph .

The eight sons of Richard and Sarah Harvie from Gormanville , N.S. , are believed to be the most siblings from one family, from either North America or the British Commonwealth , to serve in World War II .

An estimated four billion birds will navigate man-made environments as they travel south from North America during fall migration.