Hospital North Bay 3 2014

Women ages 50 to 74 are being encouraged to take part in a one day breast screening challenge today (Wednesday) at the North Bay Regional Health Centre.

Parking is free for the event.

Mammothon runs from 7am to 7pm.

Last year 67 women in North Bay were screened during the one day challenge.

Province-wide, 835 women were screened.

The goal of breast screening is to detect breast cancer at an early stage before symptoms appear.