The gift, which will bring the Munk's support of UHN and the PMCC to more than $175 million since 1993, will primarily be used to develop a data-driven digital cardiovascular health platform that reduces costs.

Provinces and territories, beginning by Ontario, need to follow the lead of Nunavut, where Inuit communities have benefitted from successful gold and iron ore mines.

A fitting reflection of the enormous contributions that the mining sector has made to the development of many northern parts of our vast country and unfortunately, are largely ignored by our mainstream media.