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Bella Bella, the town that solved suicide – Macleans.ca
September 22, 2016 How remote Bella Bella emerged from its ‘dark time’ by reconnecting troubled youth with the land The airport in Bella Bella is a one-room shack with plastic…
Mental Health Foundation to bring end family violence campaign to New Waterford Monday – Cape Breton Post
September 22, 2016 NEW WATERFORD — The Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia will bring the fourth event in its year long ‘Opening Doors: End Family Violence’ campaign to the…
Healing the scars left by residential schools – Troy Media
By participating in Orange Shirt Day, we honour the victims of Canada’s residential school system and move toward reconciliation PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. Sept. 22, 2016 — In the fall of…
Give them a chance’: A son’s struggle with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder – CBC
Sep 22, 2016 21-year-old Mark Lynn went missing on Aug. 24, near Dettah, N.W.T. He was confirmed dead earlier this month The father of a man who went missing in…
Sep 23, 2016 Eight new support recovery beds are coming to Cranbrook as the Interior Health Authority announced the first round of contracts that are aimed at creating 57 new spaces across the IHA jurisdiction. The East Kootenay Addiction Services Society will be providing four support recovery beds in Cranbrook, while the Ktunaxa Nation Council Society will also provide four Aboriginal support recovery beds. “More beds mean more people can get their lives back,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. “Bed by bed, we are following through on our commitment to create new substance use treatment beds, so families can be made whole again, and communities can benefit from engaged, healthy members.” Read More: http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/394579051.html
Sept 21, 2016 The North East Local Health Integration announced its plan Wednesday to improve the health-care status of aboriginal people, seen as a key step in the reconciliation process.…
MPs head to Nunavut to study ‘tragic epidemic’ of suicide – CBC
Sep 22, 2016 Standing committee chair says suicide study will ‘change Canadian policy with regards to the North’ Nunavut’s struggle with a high rate of suicide will once again be…
New program aims to increase cancer screening in First Nation women – CBC
The goal of the new campaign is to get more First Nations women talking about cancer screening Sep 21, 2016 While cervical cancer and mortality rates have been declining for…
DNA tests confirm second switched at birth case in northern Manitoba – APTN
September 21, 2016 NORWAY HOUSE, Man. — A second set of DNA tests have confirmed that two men were switched at birth at a hospital in northern Manitoba in 1975.…
Tribal leaders meet with feds in push against opioid abuse – CP
Source: The Associated Press Sep 20, 2016 By Russell Contreras THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. _ American Indian tribal leaders from northern New Mexico _ an area of the country devastated by heroin…
Liberals On Notice Over Treatment Of First Nation Children – Huffington Post
Sept 19, 2016 OTTAWA — The Canadian Human Rights Commission and two major First Nations groups are planning to ask a Federal Court judge to find the Liberal government in…
