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Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations releases report on suicide numbers – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 22, 2017 By CJME THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA _ Grim numbers from the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations are showing First Nations youth face a significantly higher risk…
Recovery Day Ottawa Spreads Hope and Awareness – Ottawa Life Magazine
September 22, 2017 “If we don’t break the stigma associated with substance use disorders and process addictions, then we will never see recovery. If there is no visible recovery and…
Legal, yes. Fair? No. Gov’t responds to ER doctors’ threat of resignations over proposed tax changes – The Chronicle Journal
Sep 20, 2017 First and foremost we would like to thank all physicians who choose to work and live in Northwestern Ontario. The live-saving and difficult work you do every…
Opioid overdose ER visits sharply rising in Ontario, new data shows – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 19, 2017 By Allison Jones THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ Opioid overdose-related visits to Ontario emergency rooms are sharply rising, the provincial government said Tuesday as it announced…
28 days on the land: Is this the future of addictions treatment in Nunavut? – CBC
Cambridge Bay designs its own mobile treatment program so people can heal closer to home Sep 19, 2017 Kathleen Hogaluk is nervous about what the next 28 days will bring.…
Feet are the focus of expanded diabetes-treatment programs on First Nations – Winnipeg Free Press
Ottawa is expected to pump $1.5 million over the next year into the first comprehensive diabetes-treatment program for foot care on Manitoba First Nations. The first ever regional program designed…
Interim report on Indigenous man’s death seeks end to racism in health care – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 19, 2017 WINNIPEG _ An interim report on the role racism played in the death of an Indigenous man in a Winnipeg hospital is recommending health-care stakeholders take…
Cabinet shuffle brings “seismic shifts” to Indigenous affairs, health – CMAJ
Canada has a new health minister and a new ministry of Indigenous services after a surprising federal cabinet shakeup Monday. A week after Dr. Jane Philpott decried the health system’s…
The next battleground in Canada’s euthanasia debate: advance directives – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 18, 2017 By Michael Tutton THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX _ Liana Brittain says each additional day with her husband would have been a precious gift, but a gap…
Doctors angry at opposition to planned tax changes urge Ottawa to forge ahead – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 17, 2017 By Colin Perkel THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ Doctors across Canada who support Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s proposed tax reforms say they want their voices to…
