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British Columbia and Ottawa to sign health agreement – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2017 By Dirk Meissner THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA _ British Columbia and the federal government will sign an agreement on health funding that includes extra money to…
B.C. coroner calls for clean heroin supply to addicts as January OD toll at 116 – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2017 VICTORIA _ The number of illicit overdose deaths was down in January in British Columbia, but the toll of 116 people is still the third-highest on…
Nunavut Coroner says Iqaluit’s health system failed Annie Kootoo – APTN
February 17, 2017 A Nunavut Coroner report has left the family of Annie Kootoo with a map of how the Nunavut Health system failed her. The report, given to the…
Research examines culturally responsive mental health services for First Nations youth – URegina
A U of R research team is examining the need for culturally responsive mental health services for First Nations. The project funded by the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation could help…
Judge apologizes to parents of girl left in ‘limbo’ for years after flawed Motherisk drug test – The Star
Feb. 17, 2017 A 10-year-old girl has been in “legal limbo” for nearly half her life after she was “wrongly apprehended” from her mother who had failed a flawed drug…
We’ve got hard decisions to make on Nutrition North, Carolyn Bennett says – NunatsiaqOnline
February 17, 2017 Consultation tour wraps up, minister awaits report from officials Now that her department’s consultation tour of northern communities has ended, Carolyn Bennett, the minister of Indigenous and…
Provincial funding provides midwives for Indigenous health centre in Sudbury – CBC
3-year investment to provide 40 women access to culturally appropriate child, maternity care Feb 17, 2017 The Ontario government has announced the latest recipient of its funding to establish Aboriginal…
Mi’kmaq children get help to manoeuvre through health care barriers – CBC
Feb 16, 2017 Health Canada having trouble reaching Indigenous children in need The Mi’kmaq Confederacy of P.E.I. is hiring someone to help connect First Nations children and their parents with…
Racism: The Missing Social Determinant of Health – U of Toronto
Doctors and public health practitioners have long known that the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age have a profound impact on their health. They refer…
No mental health support available for First Nations artist who died in jail, chief says – CBC
Moses (Amik) Beaver, 57, of Nibinamik First Nation, helped students express themselves through art Feb 15, 2017 A colourful First Nations artist who was “warm, outgoing and giving” died in…
