Source: The Canadian Press Aug 31, 2016 By Camille Bains THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ Canada’s plans to restrict six chemicals used to make fentanyl will only increase demands for a more dangerous…
Aug 31, 2016 ‘No one taking care of our mental health,’ former worker says At least seven mental health workers in northern Ontario say they have been pushed out of…
VANCOUVER – Canada needs innovative solutions to improve home and primary health care so it can match other countries including Britain and Australia, which have overcome similar problems by spending…
Aug. 30, 2016 The Assembly of First Nations is calling on the government to invest immediately in First Nations’ access to clean drinking water after a Globe and Mail report…
Aug. 29, 2016 If a government’s first obligation is to ensure the safety of its citizens, a Globe and Mail investigation illustrates how dismally Canada has failed aboriginal communities when…
Number of homeless Indigenous people disproportionate to population percentage August 30, 2016 Fewer beds remain empty each night in Canada’s emergency homeless shelters as users stay days, sometimes weeks, longer…
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 30, 2016 13:45 NORWAY HOUSE, Man. _ Health Canada says it is offering free DNA tests following the discovery of four men who were switched at birth at a…
August 30, 2016 Supports for people dealing with mental health or addictions issues in Saskatoon appear to be overloaded, which may be stopping people from getting help before it’s too…
August 30, 2016 A leading Sudbury doctor will be lending her expertise to help improve the health of Canada’s First Nations, Inuit and Metis people. Dr. Janet McElhaney will serve…
David Tait Jr. sat before reporters late last week, tears in his eyes. “I want answers,” he said. “So bad.” Tait was born in 1975, in Norway House Indian Hospital…