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When B.C. small businesses turn to Kickstarter, who wins? – BC Business Magazine
May 16, 2017 Small-town entrepreneurs may have an advantage raising Kickstarter cash In June 2014, Colin Pickell, a coffee shop manager in Ladysmith, set out to raise $7,000 on crowdfunding…
New gas sniffing crisis grips Natuashish Innu: ‘They’re doing it on the street’ – CP
Source: The Canadian Press May 15, 2017 By Sue Bailey THE CANADIAN PRESS NATUASHISH, N.L. _ Fifteen years after the Innu of Davis Inlet were moved to a fresh start in nearby Natuashish,…
Detox centre proposed to help make Inuvik ‘healthy again’ – CBC
Inuvik leaders propose detox centre to serve entire region May 15, 2017 Momentum is gaining for opening a detox centre in Inuvik as the community’s town council passed a controversial vote to…
More Indigenous nurses needed to change health-care system, practitioners say – CBC
‘We are absolutely vital. That’s the only way things are going to change,’ says registered nurse Tania Dick May 11, 2017 A trio of Indigenous nurses says on top of…
Beyond the grocery store: Feeding Québec’s Far North – Life in Québec
This article first appeared in the March 2017 issue of Life in Québec Magazine. Life in Quebec Magazine is a lifestyle publication covering Quebec and is published 4 times per…
Province releases interim report into domestic violence homicides in Saskatchewan – StarPhoenix
May 11, 2017 An interim report providing “needed insight” into domestic violence in Saskatchewan has gathered data from 48 cases of domestic homicide and nine domestic violence-related suicides that took…
After damning Nunavut health audit, auditor challenges GN to achieve results – NunatsiaqOnline
“I hope we will be able too see real improvement” May 11, 2017 Nunavut’s health department now has a navigational chart to keep it on course, although the big question…
Strident opponent of assisted dying won’t chair advance request review – CP
Source: The Canadian Press May 11, 2017 4:00 THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ A Toronto doctor who once likened assisted dying to the Holocaust is no longer in charge of a federally mandated process…
Bringing the right tools to bear – Reportca.net
May 10, 2017 A new tent will open this year at the Teddy Bears’ Picnic to treat the kind of booboos you can’t always see. For the first time, psychologists…
Cree health officials urge hunters to switch to steel shot, abandon lead – CBC
Health board putting pressure on federal gov’t to ban lead shot outright May 09, 2017 As many Quebec Cree are out celebrating one of the most important holidays of the…
