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Between Good Health And Home – Uphere.ca
It’s a sad fact of life in much of the North: if you’re seriously sick, you have to leave home. If you live in one of the territory’s larger centres,…
Milestones reached in Indigenous Health Initiative – McMaster Daily News
April 12, 2018 Important milestones are being reached in the development of the Indigenous Health Initiative of McMaster University’s Faculty of Health Sciences. The comprehensive project aims to address systemic…
Milestones reached in Indigenous Health Initiative – McMaster Daily News
April 12, 2018 Important milestones are being reached in the development of the Indigenous Health Initiative of McMaster University’s Faculty of Health Sciences. The comprehensive project aims to address systemic…
Navajo Nation latest to sue over opioid epidemic in US – CP
Source: The Associated Press Apr 11, 2018 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. _ One of the country’s largest American Indian tribes is the latest to sue pharmaceutical companies and drug distributors, alleging their conduct caused the…
Mental health services for Ontario First Nations being expanded – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Apr 12, 2018 OTTAWA – The federal and Ontario governments are putting up $5 million each to establish 19 new mental wellness teams for First Nations communities.…
B.C. families say they’re sidelined from involvement in addiction treatment – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 11, 2018 19:07 By Camille Bains THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ Families with loved ones addicted to illicit drugs struggle to navigate British Columbia’s health-care system and are often…
New money for culturally-grounded mental health and addiction programs in the Sudbury region – CBC
1.8M over three years will expand land-based treatment co-ordinated by Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre Apr 10, 2018 The provincial government is committing $1.8 million to expand and develop culturally-grounded treatment of…
Marchers walking to raise awareness about meth crisis – CTV News Winnipeg
A group of marchers arrived at the Manitoba Legislative Building on Tuesday after travelling hundreds of kilometres by foot to raise awareness about the meth crisis in Northern Manitoba. The…
Media advisory: Parliamentary Secretary Bill Blair to hold town hall in Iqaluit to discuss cannabis
From: Health Canada Iqaluit, NU, April 11, 2018 – On behalf of the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Federal Minister of Health, Bill Blair, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and…
Jordan’s Principle changes shared at information sessions – Northeast Now
Jordan’s Principle is a federal mandate designed to ensure Indigenous children in the care system, both on and off reserve, receive the same level of care, regardless of their federal,…
