This morning, the Hawkesbury General Hospital (HGH) proudly raised the Franco-Ontarian flag in honour of Franco-Ontarian Day. Several hundred organizations across Ontario also held a flag-raising ceremony.

Mr. Marc LeBoutillier, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HGH, employees and physicians gathered outside the hospital to mark the occasion. The Franco-Ontarian flag was hoisted for the first time in Sudbury in 1975 and officially recognized as a symbol of the Francophone community by the Government of Ontario in 2001.

In 2010, the province of Ontario proclaimed September 25th to be Franco-Ontarian Day. This date coincides with the flag anniversary.