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Tense federal provincial talks on health care underway – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 18, 2016 By Kristy Kirkup THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ Ottawa knows health costs are ballooning, yet it is trying to sell provinces and territories on $60 billion…
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network’s funding to be slashed 70% by 2017 – CBC
Organization expects drastic cut in money received from community action fund Oct 17, 2016 A non-profit group for Indigenous people living with HIV and AIDS will soon have to work…
New accord, opioid abuse, Indigenous health on agenda as ministers meet – CBC
Oct 17, 2016 Provinces are pushing for more funding to help with changing demographics A new health accord is expected to be at the top of the agenda when provincial…
Family hopes organ donation saves life after northern Sask. deaths – CBC
Oct 17, 2016 Parents of young girl donate heart valves hoping to save other child’s life The chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band in Saskatchewan says the family…
Health Ministers – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Oct 18, 2016 TORONTO – Health Minister Jane Philpott faces a tough discussion with her provincial and territorial counterparts in Toronto this morning. The health ministers…
Millions coming to help indigenous people living in Montreal – iHeartRadio.ca
Native affairs minister Geoffrey Kelly announcing an $8.9 million investment into local organizations helping indigenous people living in urban centres. “If we don’t support community groups we end up trying…
Northern reserves need easier access to opioid addiction treatment – Ottawa Sun
October 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, the…
Fired up Philpott challenges provinces, territories over health transfers – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 17, 2016 15:58 By Kristy Kirkup THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ Health Minister Jane Philpott drew a proverbial line in the sand Monday as she warned her restive provincial…
Media advisory – Making the case to improve mental health services for immigrant, refugee, ethno-cultural and racialized populations: New MHCC report
OTTAWA, Oct. 17, 2016 – Media are invited to the launch of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s report, The Case for Diversity: Building the Case to Improve Mental Health Services for Immigrant, Refugee,…
Selling any piece of eHealth is ‘absolutely’ off the table, says Ed Clark – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 17, 2016 TORONTO _ Ontario’s privatization guru says that as he does a “value assessment” of the province’s digital health system, consideration of selling any piece of it…
