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Suicide of young Iqaluit man sparks calls for better mental health services – Nunatsiaq.com
All suicides are preventable, but not when there’s a 3-4 month wait list for counselling” April 10, 2018 Many in Iqaluit are asking for more mental health services after the…
Autopsy on 4-month-old Stoney Nakoda First Nation girl fails to reveal cause of death – Global News
The RCMP say an autopsy on a four-month-old girl from the Stoney Nakoda First Nation has failed to determine a cause of death. An RCMP news release issued Sunday said…
Long-term drinking water advisories in Red Earth, Poundmaker lifted – paNOW
Three Saskatchewan Indigenous communities had long-term drinking water advisories lifted recently, including the Red Earth and Poundmaker Cree Nations. March saw the Federal government make headway on a promise they…
Wanted: Caregiver to join cycling adventure to tackle Parkinson’s symptoms – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 6, 2018 By Kelly Geraldine Malone THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG _ A Winnipeg couple planning the trip of a lifetime realized they would need some help along the…
B.C. review draws link between corrections system and some overdose deaths – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 5, 2018 By Camille Bains THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ Two-thirds of people who fatally overdosed in British Columbia during a 19-month period were involved with the corrections…
Investigators look for answers in baby’s death on Alberta First Nation – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 5, 2018 By Bill Graveland THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY _ RCMP were still looking Thursday into why a baby girl died and 14 others were taken to hospital…
Opioid Crisis The Living Legacy Of Public Health Agency’s Neglect – Huffington Post
The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed that 2,923 Canadians died of opioid-related overdose between January and September of 2017. This article was co-written by Brandi Abele, a counselor with…
Family recovers in hospital from illness that claimed infant at Morley home – CTV Calgary
April 5, 2018 The death of a child on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation on Wednesday is under investigation and health officials are working to determine the nature of the…
6 ‘probable’ cases of TB in Nain as screening continues after teen’s death – CBC
More nurses sent to Nain to screen patients after 14-year-old Gussie Bennett died in March Apr 05, 2018 Health officials say more nurses have been sent to Nain to track…
BR Alta Children Distress – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Apr 5, 2018 MORLEY, Alta. – R-C-M-P and paramedics were called to a rural home west of Calgary yesterday where an infant was pronounced dead and…
