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Experts Question First Nations Drinking Water Engagement Process – Water Canada
June 19, 2017 On May 29, 2017, the federal ministry of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada posted a notice online that engagement with First Nations for safe drinking water would…
Auditor General to audit Alberta Health grants to Pure North private health foundation – CBC
Liberal health critic David Swann says Alberta Health also needs to conduct own investigation Jun 19, 2017 Alberta’s auditor general has partially acceded to a request from Liberal health critic…
Drug Shortage Rationing – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Jun 17, 2017 OTTAWA – A recall of a drug used to treat critically ill patients has prompted some Canadian health authorities to begin rationing it…
Wapekeka First Nation mourns suicide of third 12-year-old girl this year – TheStar.com
Members of the northwestern Ontario community had feared more youths would take their lives in the wake of January deaths. June 14, 2017 For the third time this year, an…
Canada not so great for kids compared with other rich countries: UNICEF – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jun 14, 2017 By Camille Bains THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ Canada ranks 37th on a list of 41 rich countries for children having access to enough nutritious food,…
A door screwed shut, a tiny window, an ignored smoke alarm, and two lost lives – Thestar.com
Fire service’s report on foster home blaze near Lindsay, Ont., reveals tragic details of two deaths and dramatic rescue. June 12, 2017 Firefighters arrived at the scene of a raging…
Opinion: We need to protect drinking water, not just treat it – Edmonton Journal
June 13, 2017 Our drinking water comes from a kitchen tap — that’s the belief of most Canadians. And why would we think otherwise? We pay our water bills, as…
BR Philpott Overdoses – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Jun 13, 2017 VANCOUVER – Health Minister Jane Philpott says the number of opioid overdoses in Canada is going to get worse before it gets better.…
Rainy River residents get more addictions and mental health help – CBC
Jun 12, 2017 People in the Rainy River district will have better access to mental health and addictions treatment when a new health centre opens in Fort Frances, Ont., this…
Mobile addictions treatment underway in western Nunavut, says minister – NunatsiaqOnline
June 12, 2017 Program was piloted in 2012, then shelved until 2017 The news came a few years late but Health Minister George Hickes came into the Nunavut Legislature June…
