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Anonymous donor gives $380000 to remote First Nation for suicide prevention – The Globe and Mail
Jan 25, 2017 A private donor has stepped forward to provide a remote First Nations community in Northern Ontario with money for suicide prevention, money refused by Health Canada seven…
We Matter Campaign features Ontario Regional Chief – WeMatter
Jan 25, 2017 We Matter is a national multi-media campaign designed to gather positive messages from people across the country, to offer support for Indigenous youth going through a hard…
You are taking the food from my fridge’: Indigenous hunter shoots down regulating night hunting – CBC
Jan 24, 2017 Elissa Gabriel says safety comes first when she hunts at night When Elissa Gabriel needs to feed her large family she heads out with her husband to…
No hope for remote communities – Thestar.com
Jan. 25, 2017 Re: Stop these child suicides, Editorial Jan. 16 Stop these child suicides, Editorial Jan. 16 The Star editorial states that “longer term, the solution must be to…
Ottawa still failing to provide adequate health care on reserves: report – The Globe and Mail
Jan 25, 2017 An assessment of First Nations health care produced by the federal health department early last year shows the government is aware that it is failing in almost…
Sick and angry’: Sask. First Nation responds to oil spill near Stoughton, Sask. – Global News
After an oil spill was detected north of Stoughton, Sask., the cleanup effort continued Tuesday with Tundra Energy Marketing Limited (TEML) working to recover the remaining 30,000 litres of crude…
La Loche school principal says staff, students still struggling year after shooting – APTN
January 23, 2017 A year after a gunman opened fire at a high school in La Loche, Sask. the school’s principle says students and staff continue to struggle. Dene High…
The high cost of food on First Nations reserves – TVO
Jan 19, 2017 EXCERPT: Living on Kashechewan First Nations reserve in northern Ontario, Alexandra Shimo experienced what life is like with an insufficient — and expensive — food supply Journalist…
Video: Indigenous cultural practices around birth – First Call BC
The video (10:55 min.) shares valuable information from the Tsimshian, Tahltan, Haisla, Gitxsan and Nisǥa’a people on their cultural practices and how these impact their health-care needs. This video was…
Enhancing health care – Queen’s Gazette
Monday January 23, 2017 New research highlights the importance of culturally safe care for Indigenous patients with diabetes. In Canada, rates of Type 2 diabetes are three to five percent…
