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B.C. Liberals’ Pre-Election Budget Cuts Health Premiums – Huffington Post Canada
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s government is staking its re-election on a nearly $1 billion cut in medical service premiums, a small business tax reduction and carefully targeted spending increases on…
B.C. Liberals’ Pre-Election Budget Cuts Health Premiums – Huffington Post Canada
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s government is staking its re-election on a nearly $1 billion cut in medical service premiums, a small business tax reduction and carefully targeted spending increases on…
Excited over the simple things’: First Nation enjoys turning on the taps after 10 years without clean water – CBC
Pic Mobert First Nation got a new water treatment plant last year — but still worries about sustainability Feb 22, 2017 Makayla McWatch can clearly remember the first time she…
Identity, belonging, purpose, key to kids well-being, says Sixties Scoop survivor – CBC
Feb 22, 2017 Marcia Brown Martel says connection to community, not just genetics, integral to Indigenous identity The woman who led thousands of Indigenous adoptees to a hard-won victory in…
Manitoba toddler’s arm burned during cast removal, mom says – CBC
Feb 21, 2017 Doctor apologized, but mother worries her child is scarred for life A mother from Sandy Bay First Nation in Manitoba is worried her two-year-old daughter may be…
Hard-to-house’ weak link in effort to end homelessness in Edmonton, report says – CBC
The dark side of all this is the fact that we have not looked after these people’ Feb 21, 2017 Edmonton is nearing the end of its 10-year plan to…
Investment into Shelters for Family Healing – Netnewsledger
21 February 2017 OTTAWA – “Providing a safe and secure space for Indigenous women and children who are victims of family violence on reserve is a priority. These five new…
Unsafe to drink – The Globe and Mail
A Globe review shows water treatment plants are failing on reserves across Canada. For every system the government fixes, plenty remain in a shambolic state Several days each week last…
Sask HPV Boys – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Feb 20, 2017 REGINA – The Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Cancer Society is hoping the provincial government will find some room in the budget for…
B.C., Ottawa sign health agreement worth $1.4 billion, $65 million for overdoses – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2017 RICHMOND, B.C. _ Canada’s health minister has announced a 10-year, $1.4 billion health-funding agreement with British Columbia, and a multimillion dollar investment to fight the opioid…
