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Indigenous leaders to press federal government on services in northern community – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 18, 2017 By Kristy Kirkup THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ Indigenous leaders are set to press the federal government on Thursday over services available in Wapekeka First Nation…
B.C. set record for drug overdose deaths last year, appeals for federal help – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 18, 2017 By Dirk Meissner THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA _ More than 900 people died in British Columbia last year from illicit drug overdoses, but the provincial health…
Wapekeka First Nation feared suicide pact, says they were denied help – Thestar.com
’We lose children literally every single day due to lack of services,’ says NDP MP Charlie Angus One of the last postings made on Facebook by a 12-year-old Wapekeka First…
Hold out provinces urged to sign health agreements for mental health patients – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 18, 2017 OTTAWA _ Mental health advocates are urging holdout provinces to end their funding standoff with Ottawa in order to ensure struggling patients have access to critical…
Health groups want Alberta to raise tobacco tax, bolster anti smoking programs – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 18, 2017 EDMONTON _ A coalition of health groups wants the Alberta government to raise the tobacco tax in its next budget and spend some of the money…
Quebec Coroner compares First Nation reserve system to apartheid in report on suicides – APTN
Jan 16, 2017 A Quebec coroner’s report on five suicides in two Innu communities in the province said a system similar to apartheid is at the root of the problems…
Nunavut prepares to hand out naloxone kits to combat fentanyl overdoses – CBC
100 kits will be distributed to all the health centres in the territory Jan 18, 2017 The Government of Nunavut’s health department is getting prepared for possible fentanyl overdoses in…
Saskatchewan, Ottawa reach health funding deal despite province’s concerns – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 17, 2017 REGINA _ The federal and Saskatchewan governments have struck a health- funding deal despite the province’s concerns about the amount of money and Ottawa dictating how…
Federal government fails on First Nations child health delivery: advocate – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 17, 2017 OTTAWA _ An outspoken child advocate is taking the federal government to task over its approach to a policy designed to ensure all First Nations children…
Grassy Narrows chief wants Trudeau’s commitment to mercury cleanup – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 17, 2017 By Colin Perkel THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ The chief of the Grassy Narrows First Nation says he welcomes Ontario’s promise to find mercury hot spots that…
