Charity golf tournament raises money for local cancer care
More than 80 golfers took to the the links Wednesday swinging their clubs at the 23rd Annual Osprey Links Golf Tournament as they raise money for local cancer care in North Bay.
"An event like this, it’s critically important to our fundraising effort," said hospital president and CEO Paul Heinrich.
The last 18 months have forced the hospital to shift the way it fundraises, but hospital officials told CTV News the generous North Bay community continues to support even throughout the pandemic.
"We have an incredibly generous and engaged community when it comes to their hospital, we’ve been very fortunate that they’ve been very generous throughout the pandemic," said Tammy Morison president and CEO of the hospital foundation.
"Healthcare has been on the for front of everyone’s attention over the last 18 months, we have been able to maintain our momentum to make sure the hospital has the funds it needs to care for all patients," she added.
Money raised from the charity golf tournament will go towards upgrading and purchasing equipment as well as continuing care in the hospital.
“Due to the pandemic we were forced to cancel surgeries, despite that, in the past two years we never delayed a cancer related surgery, at no time,” added Heinrich.
It’s the fourth year that funds from the golf tournament have gone directly to local cancer care at North Bay Regional Health Centre. Hospital staff say the goal it to raise $150,000.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Large numbers of New York City police officers begin entering Columbia University campus
Large numbers of New York City police officers began entering the Columbia University late Tuesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters remained on the campus.
Poilievre kicked out of Commons after calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 'wacko'
Testy exchanges between the prime minister and his chief opponent ended with the Opposition leader and one of his MPs being ejected from the House of Commons on Tuesday -- and the rest of Conservative caucus walking out of the chamber in protest.
Baby, grandparents among 4 people killed in wrong-way police chase on Ontario's Hwy. 401
A police chase which started with a liquor store robbery in Bowmanville Monday night ended in tragedy some 20 minutes later when a suspect fleeing police entered Highway 401 in the wrong direction and caused a pileup which killed an infant and the child's grandparents, as well as the suspect, investigators say.
Freeland leaves capital gains tax change out of coming budget implementation bill, here's why
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will be tabling yet another omnibus bill to pass a sweeping range of measures promised in her April 16 federal budget, though left out of the legislation will be the government's proposed capital gains tax change.
Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others
A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a northeast London suburb Tuesday, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four other people, British authorities said.
Man dies after suffering cardiac arrest while waiting in ER, widow wants investigation
When an ambulance took David Lippert to the hospital in March of 2023, the 68-year-old Kitchener, Ont., executive was hoping to find out why he was feeling weak and unable to walk. Some 24 hours later, he was found unresponsive in the ER.
CSE says it shared information on Chinese hacking of parliamentarians in 2022
While several MPs and senators say they were only recently made aware of China-backed hackers targeting them, the Communications Security Establishment, one of Canada's intelligence agencies, says it shared information about the incident with parliamentary officials in June of 2022.
WATCH Arnold Schwarzenegger spotted filming in Elora, Ont.
The name of the project has not been officially released although it’s widely believed to be the Netflix series FUBAR.
Eviction for landlord's use was legitimate, despite owners' partial move, B.C. court rules
A B.C. judge has upheld the eviction of a family from their North Vancouver townhouse, finding that the landlords did not take an unreasonable amount of time to move into the home after the tenants vacated it.