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The Labelle family of Cochrane donated $5 million on Jan. 31 to Health Sciences North's Innovation and Learning Centre. (Heidi Ulrichsen / Sudbury.com)

1 / 1 The Labelle family of Cochrane donated $5 million on Jan. 31 to Health Sciences North's Innovation and Learning Centre. (Heidi Ulrichsen / Sudbury.com)

Updated at 10:4 a.m.: Marcel and Frances Labelle of Cochrane have donated $5 million to support Health Sciences North's new Innovation and Learning Centre.

It's the largest private donation ever made to the Sudbury hospital and the largest private donation ever made to any hospitrtal in Northern Ontario.

The couple are the owners of MJ Labelle Company, a large general contractor that has been a Northern Ontario mainstay for more than 60 years.

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Health Sciences North is set to unveil the largest private donation in the hospital's history at a 10 a.m. press conference today.

Calling the event 'historic', the hospital said the donation will have "lasting benefits for the people of northeastern Ontario."

Not only is the largest private donation in HSN's history, it's the largest private donation to any hospital in Northern Ontario.

The donation "is being made by a very well known family from the region and will go towards HSN's new Innovation and Learning Centre."

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