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Caution level high over Halloween themed fentanyl blotters in Winnipeg – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 30, 2017 WINNIPEG _ A push to keep children safe in Winnipeg is underway this Halloween as police warn about potentially lethal fentanyl blotters. Winnipeg police found blotters…
Northern Quebec police warn of cannabis laced candies ahead of Halloween – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2017 By Morgan Lowrie THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL _ It may be nearly Halloween, but authorities in northern Quebec are trying to keep a certain type of…
Skills Building, Wise Practices and Annual General Meeting – CAAN
Sep 26, 2017 2017 Annual General Meeting “Honouring 20 years: Transforming Wholistic Approaches to Indigenous Health!” The Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network and the Aboriginal HIV and AIDS CBR Collaborative Centre…
Fort McMurray Métis and government study health of ‘disappearing’ freshwater clams – CBC
‘My only assumption is that it has got to be something in the waters’ says Métis elder Oct 27, 2017 Harvey Sykes remembers when he was a child and his…
Funding boost allows patients who travel for medical needs in northern Ontario to be eligible for more money – CBC
Starting Nov. 1, coverage for lodging expenses will increase from $100 to up to $550 Oct 27, 2017 Patients who need to travel for medical needs in northern Ontario will…
Indigenous parents forced to give up children for better access to healthcare: opposition MP – RCI
The federal government is denying opposition claims that Indigenous parents in Canada continue to face the impossible choice of either keeping their children or surrendering them to the country’s “badly…
More than 600 cases of doctor assisted death in Quebec in 2016 17 – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 26, 2017 18:12 By Giuseppe Valiante THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL _ Quebecers are increasingly asking about having the province’s doctor-assisted suicide law expanded, the woman behind the legislation said…
Sturgeon Lake youth leader awarded for mental health work – Paherald.sk.ca
October 26, 2017 Three years ago, Clifford Ballantyne could barely get out of bed. He had no motivation, and no self worth. “I know how it felt,” the youth worker…
The evolution of Thunder Bay – The Chronicle Journal
NEWS that Thunder Bay’s regional hospital is getting new beds to cope with near-constant crowding resonates with Wednesday’s startling census figures on the city’s Aboriginal population explosion and the well-documented…
Mac team to tackle ‘unacceptable’ water issues in First Nations communities – McMaster
October 24, 2017 The numbers are staggering. An analysis of water security and climate change in Indigenous communities shows that up to 72,000 people may have been affected by drinking…
