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Truth, reconciliation and mercury poisoning – NOW Magazine
November 22, 2017 Justin Trudeau travels to Labrador to deliver residential schools apology on Thursday amid growing opposition to the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project that local Inuit say will poison…
Safe drinking water an issue for many Aboriginal communities – The Omega
Nov. 21, 2017 Clean and safe drinking water for Aboriginal communities across Canada was the topic of discussion at the Nov. 16 Storytellers Gala. The event, run by TRUSU’s Equity…
NS Auditor Health – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Nov 22, 2017 7:05 HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s auditor general says the province hasn’t clearly defined what to expect from a strategy to recruit family doctors or…
Health Canada doesn’t know if its dental programs benefiting Indigenous Canadians: report – CBC
Inuit and First Nations people have nearly twice as much dental disease as other Canadians November 22, 2017 Health Canada does not know whether its dental programming for Indigenous Canadians…
Saskatchewan should make 21 the legal age to buy pot: Canadian Cancer Society – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Nov 21, 2017 23:14 SASKATOON _ The Canadian Cancer Society and the Lung Association are recommending that Saskatchewan make 21 the legal age to buy marijuana. The organizations are also…
Report calls on federal and provincial policies to address child poverty in B.C. – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Nov 21, 2017 19:52 By Camille Bains THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ A coalition of child and youth advocates says one in five children in British Columbia lives in poverty,…
Child Poverty, Update – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Nov 21, 2017 VANCOUVER – A coalition of child and youth advocates says one in five children in British Columbia lives in poverty, but immigrant kids,…
Report calls on federal and provincial policies to address child poverty in B.C. – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Nov 21, 2017 VANCOUVER _ A coalition of child and youth advocates says one in five children in British Columbia lives in poverty, but immigrant kids, off-reserve Indigenous kids and…
Nunavut creates country food safety guidelines to boost traditional menus across territory – CBC
We want things to support their appetite, so they can use food as part of their healing,’ says nutritionist Nunavut now has food safety guidelines on how to handle and…
Federal government seeks northern input on new Arctic policy – Nunatsiaq online
November 20, 2017 Quebec government calls on Ottawa to ensure Nunavik is part of process Residents of Nunavut and Nunavik have until the new year to weigh in on a…
