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First responders call for national strategy to tackle PTSD crisis – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 22, 2017 By Laura Kane THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ Natalie Harris was afraid to fall asleep. As a young paramedic in Barrie, Ont., Harris went to bed…
Environmental group finds mercury in soil upstream from Grassy Narrows community – CP
TORONTO – An environmental group believes it may have found a source of ongoing mercury contamination that has plagued a northern Ontario First Nation for more than 50 years. The…
Indigenous women’s concerns about tubal ligation spark external review – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 20, 2017 SASKATOON _ Saskatchewan’s largest health region has launched a review into concerns raised by some indigenous women who said they felt coerced into having tubal ligations after…
After two more children commit suicide, First Nations leaders demand support from federal government – Ottawa Citizen
Jan 19, 2017 A week after his 12-year-old niece was buried in Wapekeka First Nation, an emotional Joshua Frogg held her glove in his hand Thursday as he and First…
Ontario chief suggests class action lawsuit to stop Indigenous youth suicides – CBC
Highest rate of suicide is among children aged 10 to 14, according to First Nations statistics Jan 20, 2017 It’s time for First Nations leaders to consider a class action…
Cost of ‘complacency’ will be paid for in full with children’s lives’ says northern doctor of suicide crisis – APTN
Jan 19, 2017 They crossed the ice on snow machines pulling the casket of Chantel Fox, and used their own hands to dig her grave through the permafrost with pick…
BR Wapekeka Suicides – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Jan 20, 2017 OTTAWA – An indigenous leader says the pain from the suicides of two 12-year-old girls on a remote northern Ontario reserve is “just…
Report a Jordan’s Principle Case
January 19, 2017 If you think you have encountered a Jordan’s Principle case, please complete the below form and mail to: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society 401-309 Cooper…
Saskatchewan and federal government reach deal on health care – CBC
Jan 17, 2017 Separate agreement made on province’s private MRI clinics Saskatchewan and the federal government have reached a health-care deal, allowing the province to get new federal money for…
BR Overdose Crisis – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Jan 19, 2017 2:30 New numbers show last month was British Columbia’s worst ever when it comes to illicit drug overdose deaths. December saw 142 fatalities, topping…
