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Sioux Lookout Home Hardware Building Centre staff present SLMHC Foundation staff, SLMHC Foundation Board members, and members of the MRI campaign committee with a $16,000 donation to be earmarked for the purchase of a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)(Story and Photo Courtesy Tim Brody / Sioux Lookout Bulletin)

Staff from Keewatin-Aski Ltd. presented SLMHC Foundation staff, SLMHC Foundation Board members, and members of the MRI campaign committee with a $15,000 donation to be earmarked for the purchase of a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner.(Story and Photo Courtesy Tim Brody / Sioux Lookout Bulletin)

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)