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Health officials want barriers removed to opioid treatment on northern reserves – Ottawa Citizen
Oct 17, 2016 As Ontario expands access to drugs to treat opioid addiction, federally funded reserves in northern Ontario still face unnecessary barriers, say health officials there. Dr. Claudette Chase,…
Jane Philpott says any new health dollars must go directly to health – CBC
Oct 17, 2016 Federal government, provinces prepare to do battle over transfers Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says it will take more than just money to fix Canada’s “middle-of-the-road” health…
Alcoholism, abuse, neglect threaten Nunavik children: human rights commission – NunatsiaqOnline
October 19, 2016 “And the solutions cannot come from [Quebec]” PHILIPPE TEISCEIRA-LESSARD Translated and re-published with the permission of La Presse The president of the Quebec Human Rights and Youth…
Amid funding debate, a tweet causes trouble among health ministers – CBC
Federal and provincial governments circle each other on the subject of a new health accord Oct 19, 2016 Over lunch on Tuesday, in the Belgravia room on the second floor…
BR Sick Babies Nunavut – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Oct 19, 2016 New research shows newborn babies in some Arctic regions have the highest rates of serious lung infections ever recorded in medical literature. A…
This is a crisis’: 4th girl takes own life in northern Saskatchewan – CBC
Sadness and disbelief at Prince Albert Grand Council annual assembly Tuesday Oct 18, 2016 CBC News has learned another girl in northern Saskatchewan has taken her own life. Prince Albert…
Provinces, territories push against idea health funding not going to health care – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 18, 2016 20:36 By Kristy Kirkup THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ Health Minister Jane Philpott offered an apology of sorts to her provincial and territorial counterparts Tuesday after some…
A by the numbers look at health care funding and spending in Canada – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 18, 2016 18:53 OTTAWA _ Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott and her provincial and territorial counterparts are at odds over how much Ottawa should shell out for health-care funding…
Health Region’s Mobile Clinic Getting New Stops – 730 CKDM
Prairie Mountain Health’s mobile clinic is getting a second route. PMH CEO Penny Gilson says the first route has been going for two years, and now they’re looking at a…
Panhandler knows the right strings to pull – Winnipeg Free Press
Presenting a human face enough to earn sympathy – and five dollars It was a mid-morning on an October Saturday in the Exchange District and the slightly-built young man in…
