Manitoba Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen has announced appointments to the boards of the provinces regional health authorities.  In the Northern Health Region Cal Huntley, Mayor of Flin Flon and senior contracts administrator for Hudbay has been appointed board chair replacing interim chair Lloyd Flett of Norway House while Carrie Atkinson of The Pas is Vice-Chair.  New to the Board are Leslie Oystryk of Creighton, Elaine Kobelka from The Pas, Wayne Hall, Judith Kolada, Christopher Matechuk and Duncan Wong of Thompson. They join current members John Marnock and Glen Norman Ross of The Pas and Anne Kenny Thompson of Lynn Lake.

 Minister Goertzen says the boards are responsible for the resources and performance of the health care system and he knows these knowledgeable and skilled Manitobans will work to ensure the future of health care in this province.