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Despite spending millions on prevention, feds don’t keep track of suicide epidemic of Indigenous people – APTN News
March 27, 2018 Millions of dollars are spent every year to fight suicide epidemics amongst Indigenous peoples in Canada but the federal government collects little to no data about the…
BR Health Organization Overhaul – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Mar 28, 2018 OTTAWA – A new report says the role played by the federal government and its arms-length organizations in the medical system needs a…
BR Opioids – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Mar 28, 2018 OTTAWA – The news about opioid deaths in Canada is not getting any better. The Public Health Agency of Canada has released grim…
TB rates in Inuit communities are unacceptable – Thestar.com
The spread of TB in most parts of Canada and other developed countries has been contained for decades. This is in sharp contrast to Inuit Nunangat — the Inuit homeland…
Northern MLA pushes SaskParty for better mental health care – paNOW
The Saskatchewan NDP’s critic for First Nations and Métis Relations has called for better mental health supports in the north. Buckley Belanger, the Athabasca region MLA, questioned the province on…
Alberta Health Services ratifies deal with union for 19,000 health workers – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2018 EDMONTON _ Alberta’s provincial health authority has ratified a three-year collective agreement with the Health Sciences Association of Alberta. The deal covers 19,000 Alberta Health Services…
Feds ease restrictions on prescription heroin to address opioid epidemic – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2018 By Geordon Omand THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ Access to treatment for opioid addiction is about to get easier as the federal government promises changes to…
Colville Lake has been under a boil water advisory since 2004, but chief doesn’t care – CBC
Wilbert Kochon drinks straight from the lake, says community has some of the cleanest water in the world Mar 26, 2018 For the past 14 years, Colville Lake, N.W.T. has…
Nunavut wraps up its 1st community-wide tuberculosis screening clinic – CBC
It’s going to take all of us to address TB and to eradicate it,’ said Health Minister Pat Angnakak Mar 26, 2018 Nunavut’s first community-wide mobile tuberculosis clinic wrapped up…
Thunder Bay Regional breaks down barriers – Northern Ontario Medical Journal
March 26, 2018 “There’s an understanding that Native spirituality’s presence can help break down these pre-existing barriers, be it communications, cultural misunderstandings, or a fear of being in the institution.”…
