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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com SIOUX LOOKOUT \u2014 Officials with the Meno Ya Win Health Centre say they intend to submit preliminary design documents for a new long-term care facility to the province on or before September 1. The hospital in Sioux Lookout received a $2.5 million planning grant from the province in late 2024; that money went \u201cto complete the required planning, design and tender-ready submissions for the project,\u201d Michelle Beaulne, Meno Ya Win\u2019s director of corporate services said in an email to Newswatch, adding that will include working drawings. \u201cWe intend to undertake all of the detailed planning aspects necessary to enable the completion of the preliminary plan for the project to subsequently be reviewed to make the decision to proceed to the construction stage,\u201d… <\/p>\n

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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com SIOUX LOOKOUT \u2014 Officials with the Meno Ya Win Health Centre say they intend to submit preliminary design documents for a new long-term care facility to the province on or before September 1. The hospital in Sioux Lookout received a $2.5 million planning grant from the province in late 2024; that money went \u201cto complete the required planning, design and tender-ready submissions for the project,\u201d Michelle Beaulne, Meno Ya Win\u2019s director of corporate services said in an email to Newswatch, adding that will include working drawings. \u201cWe intend to undertake all of the detailed planning aspects necessary to enable the completion of the preliminary plan for the project to subsequently be reviewed to make the decision to proceed to the construction stage,\u201d... <\/p>\n

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