April 3, 2017 The Screen for Life Coach is on the road again, returning to a season of mobile cancer-screening service to more than 70 communities. “We are excited to…
The morning of his sister’s funeral, Jonathan Ewenin walked out of Vancouver General Hospital not knowing why he’d slept there. Rail-thin, dazed and alone, he worried what his sister, Mary…
March 31, 2017 The reach and impact of Dalhousie’s Aboriginal Health Sciences Initiative (AHSI) over its eight-year run stretches far beyond its small offices and two staff members based in…
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Mar 30, 2017 WINNIPEG – Manitoba First Nations have rolled out the first provincewide indigenous mobile crisis team. Sheila North Wilson, grand chief of the Manitoba…
March 29, 2017 I am writing to urge city council to support both of the housing applications from the Aboriginal Housing Society. I would also urge council to encourage the…
Northumberland health care workers learn about maternal, newborn and child health in Guatemala COBOURG — Losing five of her children to preventable illnesses, Guatemala Indigenous midwife Nazaria Ajanel knows the…
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 29, 2017 By Alexander Panetta THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON _ In the screams of a right-wing radio host came the faint whisper of a fractured political coalition. “Lie…
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Mar 28, 2017 18:04 REGINA – The Saskatchewan government has introduced legislation to consolidate the province’s 12 health regions into a single provincial health authority. Health Minister…
Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman, Christine Elliott, is visiting the North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) this week to learn more about patient-centred initiatives. Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman, Christine Elliott, paid…
March 28, 2017 OTTAWA – With $6 billion earmarked for home and palliative care in the 2017 federal budget, Canada is on track towards making quality end-of-life care more accessible.…