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Nunavut voters want to bring their elders home, is anyone listening? – CBC
Lack of regional elder care facilities leave residents in Rankin Inlet wondering when the government will act October 24, 2017 It’s a common theme for MLA candidates across Nunavut in this…
Local First Nation leadership pleased with government investment in water treatment facilities – SooToday.com
Federal and provincial governments investment of over $200,000 in five projects in Batchewana and Garden River communities helps provide clean water and protect waterways The governments of Canada and Ontario…
Western Nunavut hamlet seeks support for elder care centre – Nunatsiaq Online
October 23, 2017 Kugluktuk needs $4 million to move ahead on $21.4-million project CAMBRIDGE BAY—The western Nunavut hamlet of Kugluktuk has a big plan to meet the needs of its…
First Nation says governments failing to protect residents – Sarnia Observer
October 22, 2017 SARNIA – A First Nation in Sarnia’s Chemical Valley says a promised Ontario health study needs to focus on the community surrounded by the petrochemical industry. That’s…
Marijuana dispensary operates in grey area – Northumberland Today
October 22, 2017 ALDERVILLE – There are different opinions on whether a marijuana dispensary located on Alderville First Nation is legal. The Medicine Wheel Natural Healing – Indigenous Healing Through…
Canada’s health ministers set to discuss progress on legalizing marijuana – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 20, 2017 EDMONTON _ It’s cannabis day today at the meeting of federal, provincial and territorial health ministers in Edmonton. Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor is to…
Health ministers looking at electronic database to fight opioid crisis – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 19, 2017 By Dean Bennett THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON _ Canada’s health ministers are looking at ways of working together, including an electronic prescription database, to fight the…
Rocket debris is a risk to Inuit food security – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 19, 2017 By Tiff-Annie Kenny, Nereus Program Fellow; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa and Tad Lemieux, PhD researcher in sovereignty and rhetoric, Carleton University THE CANADIAN PRESS This…
Do no harm: National conference explores blending Indigenous and mainstream medicine – Thespec.com
Uneasy marriage of native and mainstream medicine explored at Indigenous health conference in Hamilton Oct 17, 2017 Freshly-minted McMaster med school graduates slipped on ceremonial short white coats, symbolizing their…
Health ministers to talk cannabis, opioids during two day meeting in Edmonton – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 19, 2017 EDMONTON _ Canada’s health ministers kick off a two-day meeting in Edmonton today, and topics on the agenda include the ongoing opioid crisis and the pending…
