CHAPLEAU EXPRESS
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Vol. 27, Issue 20, January 19, 2023
Ontario Ice Fishing Challenge 2023
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he Township of Chapleau is pleased to announce that the community of Chapleau has been sponsored in the 2023 Ontario Ice Fishing Challenge through the generous contribution from GreenFirst Forest Products and True North Timber. This is a 28day virtual fishing tournament through the My Catch App by Angler's Atlas. The tournament starts on February 1st until the 28th and is open to all registered communities in Ontario. More information on the Tournament can be found on the Angler's Atlas website : https://www.anglersatlas.com/event/609/2023ontario-ice-fishing-challenge-2023
Along with the cash prizes through the tournament, I wanted to share the opportunity with you for prize sponsorship. You may sponsor a specific prize leaderboard, create your own or simply sponsor a prize. There are no set monetary values or rules with what can be donated as a prize i.e. gift cards, cash, gift baskets, services, packages are all possible prize ideas. The locally sponsored prizes will only be eligible for local participants. By sponsoring a prize, you will receive some free advertising on our local social media pages and on the Angler's Atlas website and social media pages.
Ontario Reducing Wait Times for Surgeries and Procedures Community surgical and diagnostic centres connecting people to faster, more convenient care with your health card
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he Ontario government is making it easier and faster for people to access the publicly-funded surgeries and procedures they need by further leveraging community surgical and diagnostic centres to eliminate surgical backlogs and reduce wait times. As the government significantly expands the number of surgeries being done through community surgical and diagnostic Long Term centres, it will do so with Forecast measures in place to Thursday protect the stability of High -7 health human resources Low -11 at public hospitals, Friday including requiring new High -8 facilities to provide Low -14 detailed staffing plans as Saturday High -6 Low -8 Sunday High -4 Low -8 Monday High -4 Low -8 Tuesday High -4 Low -8
part of their application and requiring a number of physicians at these centres to have active privileges at their local hospital. “When it comes to your health, the status quo is no longer acceptable,” said Premier Doug Ford. “Our government is taking bold action to reduce wait times for surgeries, all while ensuring Ontarians use their OHIP card to get the care they need, never their credit card.” Community surgical and diagnostic centres have been valuable partners in responding to the pandemic and addressing the pandemic-related backlog in surgeries. Increasing community delivery of surgeries has proven to increase patient and provider satisfaction and reduces the risk of a rescheduled appointment. Surgeries performed at these
centres will be publicly-funded. Ontario has a three-step plan that better integrates and uses these state-of-the-art facilities to speed up how quickly people are able to get surgeries and procedures using their health card. Step One: Ontario is urgently tackling the existing backlog for cataract surgeries, which has one of the longest waits for procedures. New partnerships with community surgical and diagnostic centres in Windsor, KitchenerWaterloo and Ottawa will add 14,000 additional cataract surgeries that will be performed each year. This number represents up to 25% of the province's current cataract waitlist, and accounts for the estimated COVID-related backlog of cataract surgeries. These centres will perform the Cont’d on P.2
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