UPDATED: Coverage secured for Richards Landing ER, Thessalon will still shutter

Physician coverage has been secured for at least one east Algoma emergency department slated to close for period this week. The Matthews site ED, in Richards Landing on St. Joseph Island, will not shutter, as earlier planned. However, coverage has not been found for the Thessalon site, which still plans to be without service from Thursday at 8 a.m. until Friday at 8 a.m. North Shore Health Network had originally said Tuesday morning the Matthews site ED would close Wednesday, at 8 a.m., and reo