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Opioid Crisis – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Jun 30, 2017 VANCOUVER – More than four people a day on average died in British Columbia in May from illicit drugs, a death toll the…
BR Mba EMS Stations – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Jun 30, 2017 WINNIPEG – A total of 18 emergency medical services stations in rural Manitoba will close under provincial government plans to make the system…
As darkness falls over Ontario First Nation, volunteer Ranger patrols come face to face with suicide crisis – National Post
For the past week, members of the Canadian Rangers have been patrolling the isolated Wapekeka First Nation community at night in response to a suicide crisis. As darkness falls over…
Canadian Rangers Assisting in Wapekeka Suicide Crisis – NetNewsLedger
28 June 2017 WAPEKEKA FIRST NATION – In an unprecedented move, the Canadian Army has sent Canadian Rangers to a small, isolated First Nation in Northern Ontario to provide help…
Ullivik’ offers Inuit a safe place to heal in Montreal – CTV News
June 27, 2017 A new facility in Montreal is making life easier for Inuit forced to travel south for medical appointments. The provincially-funded rest house in Dorval is called Ullivik,…
Video: Tofino General Hospital hosts Aboriginal Day event – Westerly News
“Witnessing that group, all children from the school, doing the singing and the dancing, moves you.” Jun 27th, 2017 It’s never to late to celebrate. Tofino General Hospital hosted an…
U of Ottawa: Shattering the health care sector glass ceiling
Women have been making steady gains in the traditionally male-dominated health care field. They make up over 50% of medical school students across Canada and over 80% of the health…
Boil Water Orders Continue to Plague First Nations – Net Newsledger
27 June 2017 Water Issues Harm the Youth LAC SEUL FIRST NATION – One of the ongoing problems that community members and leadership have repeatedly raised is that of safe…
Federal food subsidy extended to Churchill following rail line loss – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jun 26, 2017 WINNIPEG _ The federal government is extending its northern food subsidy program to Churchill, a Manitoba town that has been without rail service for more a…
Nunavut’s suicide strategy includes Facebook, giving communities more control – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jun 26, 2017 IQALUIT, Nunavut _ Social media plays a central role in a five-year plan aimed at reducing the number of suicides in Nunavut. “Just about everyone up…
