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N.B. health deal weakens provincial bargaining position, hardens federal resolve – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Dec 22, 2016 OTTAWA _ New Brunswick’s decision Thursday to strike a separate health funding deal with the Trudeau government has weakened the premiers’ bargaining position and hardened Ottawa’s…
B.C. ‘disappointed’ with New Brunswick ‘deal on health funding with Ottawa – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Dec 22, 2016 VICTORIA _ British Columbia’s health minister says he’s disappointed New Brunswick negotiated what appears to be a side deal on health care funding with the federal…
Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex should apologize to Oneida Nation of the Thames, Chief Randall Phillips says – London Free Press
Dec 22, 2016 The chief of an area First Nation still reeling after losing five people to a deadly house fire is demanding a public apology from the Children’s Aid…
Teen hadn’t been deemed high suicide risk – Brandon Sun
Dec. 21, 2016 She’d attempted suicide before — and made suicidal comments three weeks prior to being admitted at the Brandon jail — but corrections officers were unaware of that…
Why Toronto anti-poverty warrior Sigrid Kneve is one of our heroes in 2016 – Now Toronto
Through rain, snow and whatever else the city throws at her, Kneve is in Allan Gardens and on the streets fighting for some of Toronto’s most vulnerable December 21, 2016…
Death of Nunavut homeless man sparks call for community action – NunatsiaqOnline
December 21, 2016 “It’s not about falling between the cracks, because it’s almost like deaths like Jake’s have become normalized” A couple of summers ago Jake Angurasak, whose frozen body…
Overt environmental injustice’ continues at Grassy Narrows, medical journal concludes – CBC
New medical research looks at ‘interwoven history of mercury poisoning in Ontario and Japan’ Dec 21, 2016 A medical student at Queen’s University says he was surprised to discover the…
Shelter staff to try absence forms in effort to monitor safety of Iqaluit’s homeless – CBC
Death of Jake Angurasuk has people asking who is responsible for reporting homeless people missing Dec 21, 2016 It was 14 days from the last time Jake Angurasuk was seen…
Nunavik Inuit demand closure of Leaf River caribou sports hunt – NunatsiaqOnline
December 20, 2016 New survey shows Leaf River herd has shrunk by more than half in five years Nunavik Inuit and other Indigenous groups in northern Quebec have sounded the…
All moms now welcome in support group, says Labrador’s Aboriginal Family Centre – CBC
Only Indigenous women had been eligible for pre- and post-natal services Dec 20, 2016 The Aboriginal Family Centre in Happy–ValleyGoose Bay is opening its doors to more moms and offering…
