Help Us Reach Our Fundraising Goal!

Sioux Lookout, Ontario – January 24, 2025 – The Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) Foundation is thrilled to announce that Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) services will soon be available in Sioux Lookout. As announced on January 24, 2025, the Ontario government is improving access to diagnostic imaging services and reducing wait times in Sioux Lookout and across Northern Ontario by investing up to $8.1 million to build and operate a state-of-the-art Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) suite at Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre to support the first-ever MRI machine in Sioux Lookout.

Members of the 2024 Skip to Equip committee present $160,000 proceeds from this year’s event to the SLMHC Foundation. From left: Skip to Equip Committee members Muriel Anderson, Janine Lavoie, Lori Durante, Jackie Duhamel, Kelli-Dawn Baker, Katie Positano, Marlene MacDonald, SLMHC Foundation Board Member Rita Demetzer, SLMHC Foundation Board Chair and MRI Campaign Chair Rob McClendon, SLMHC Foundation Board Member Christine Hoey, and Melissa Slade, Donor Relations/Operations Coordinator, SLMHC Foundation. (Story and Photo Courtesy Tim Brody / Sioux Lookout Bulletin)

The MRI Campaign billboards have been recently updated to reflect an increase toward our target. Currently, $2.5 million dollars is accessible for the project, leaving the required amount to fulfill the endeavor at an estimated amount of $4.5 million to be raised.

A donation for $25,000 was presented to the SLMHC Foundation recently in support of the MRI Campaign. Pictured from left: Staff from The Standard Insurance Brokers in Sioux Lookout Michelle Olson, Greg Baas, Rhonda Bertrand, Jennifer Blanchard, Evan Caul, and Stuart Rattai, Foundation Board Member Monique Mousseau, SLMHC Foundation Donor Relations/Operations Coordinator Melissa Slade, Foundation Board Member Rita Demetzer, SLMHC Board Chair and MRI campaign Chair Rob McClendon, MRI campaign Member Darrell Morgan, and SLMHC President and CEO Dean Osmond. (Story and Photo Courtesy Tim Brody / Sioux Lookout Bulletin)

A donation for $100,000 was presented to the SLMHC Foundation recently in support of the MRI Campaign from Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA). Pictured from left: SLFNHA Vice President, Finance and Corporate Services Brian Calleja, SLFNHA President and CEO Sonia Isaac-Mann, SLMHC President and CEO Dean Osmond, SLMHC Foundation Donor Relations/Operations Coordinator Melissa Slade, SLMHC Board Chair and MRI campaign Chair Rob McClendon, Foundation Board Member and MRI Committee Member Rita Demetzer, MRI campaign Member Darrell Morgan, and Foundation Board Member and MRI Committee Member Monique Mousseau. (Story and Photo Courtesy Tim Brody / Sioux Lookout Bulletin)

Pictured from left: SLMHC Foundation Board Member and MRI Committee Chair Rob McClendon, SLMHC Foundation Board Member Rita Demetzer, Legion Ladies Auxiliary members Edna Robertson, Carol-Ann Madsen, Charron Sippola, SLMHC Foundation Donor Relations/Operations Coordinator Melissa Slade, and Legion Ladies Auxiliary member Sandra Lockhart. ( (Story Courtesy Tim Brody / Sioux Lookout Bulletin)