The Northern Ontario Large Urban Mayors are adding their voices to those calling for an annual provincial investment of $435 million to stabilize homelessness and health systems. The mayors of North Bay, Timmins, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay are calling on the province to act on a new report developed for the Northern Ontario Service Deliverers Association and Canadian Mental Health Association. They say it shows rising homelessness has become a direct threat to the region’s workforce, health systems, and long-term economic growth, but that the trend can be reversed through targeted, integrated investment. “In North Bay, we see firsthand how housing instability and unmet mental health and addictions needs ripple through every part of the community,” says Mayor Peter Chirico, City of North Bay.