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Len Gillis

Len Gillis

Graduating from the Journalism program at Canadore College in the 1970s, Gillis has spent most of his career reporting on news events across Northern Ontario with several radio, television and newspaper companies. He also spent time as a hardrock miner.

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Recent Work by Len

Cancer is expensive: New study looks at impact on patients' health

Cancer is expensive: New study looks at impact on patients' health

Health Sciences North Research Institute will examine the health impact of day-to-day, out-of-pocket costs for cancer patients
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Shooting inquest: Jury wants better phone links during crisis negotiations

Shooting inquest: Jury wants better phone links during crisis negotiations

Five-person jury wraps up inquest that examined the details of the death of a Garson man who died in 2018 during an armed standoff with police
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Inquest hears about phone failure during negotiations with suicidal man

Inquest hears about phone failure during negotiations with suicidal man

Inquest into a 2018 police standoff in Garson probes whether a dying phone battery contributed to the suicide of a man who had been talking with crisis negotiators for several hours
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Nurses union says consumption site announcement a ‘death sentence’

Nurses union says consumption site announcement a ‘death sentence’

Dr. Doris Grinspun, chief executive officer of the Registered Nurses Association, said the Ontario government is only making things worse for people with addictions
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Nurses union says consumption site announcement a ‘death sentence’

Nurses union says consumption site announcement a ‘death sentence’

Dr. Doris Grinspun, who heads up the Registered Nurses Association, said Ontario government is only making things worse for people with addictions
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Nurses ‘dread’ going to work in Ontario hospitals, union says

Nurses ‘dread’ going to work in Ontario hospitals, union says

CUPE unveils study titled ‘Running on Empty’, which they say highlights the staffing crisis in Ontario hospitals
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Queen's Park plans to expand health-care role of pharmacists

Queen's Park plans to expand health-care role of pharmacists

More than 4,600 Ontario pharmacies already help to assess and treat 19 common ailments ranging from pink eye to urinary tract infections
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BEYOND LOCAL: Ford wants med schools to favour Ontarians, NOSM U already does

BEYOND LOCAL: Ford wants med schools to favour Ontarians, NOSM U already does

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said this week he wants Ontario medical school spaces dedicated to Ontario medical students only, but by virtue of its design, Northern Ontario’s med school is already doing that
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Survey shows rising opposition to childhood vaccinations

Survey shows rising opposition to childhood vaccinations

Angus Reid Institute reports parental opposition to childhood vaccination grows as Canadians worry about harms of anti-vax movement
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COLUMN: Trudeau takes tough stance on provinces pushing private health care

COLUMN: Trudeau takes tough stance on provinces pushing private health care

Prime minister touts new $3.1-billion Canada-Ontario health agreement during visit to Sudbury
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