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Sask health professionals helping abroad with Doctors Without Borders -Regina Leader Post
August 22, 2016 Doria Melville has worked in difficult conditions, but nothing compares to South Sudan. “It’s unlike anything you’ve done before, even if you think you’re well prepared,” says…
That’s criminal to me’: How Canada is failing to end HIV/AIDS at home – CBC
Stigma remains a major problem that discourages people from getting tested Aug 22, 2016 Two studies released last month show the tools exist to potentially end the more than three-decades-old scourge…
Report highlights health problems First Nations face – The Chronicle Journal
Aug 18, 2016 Aboriginal people are more than twice as likely to be admitted to hospital than non-aboriginal people, according to new health report by Statistics Canada. The report, Acute…
BR NWT Health Investigation – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Aug 18, 2016 YELLOWKNIFE – The Northwest Territories has promised an independent investigation into the death of an aboriginal man who was assumed to be drunk…
N.W.T. to probe stroke death of elder who was assumed to be drunk – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 17, 2016 YELLOWKNIFE _ The Northwest Territories has promised an independent investigation into the death of an aboriginal elder assumed to be drunk when he was suffering from a…
N.W.T. orders review of Hugh Papik’s case after niece says stroke victim was treated as drunk – CBC
Health minister orders external review into Aklavik man’s case August 17, 2016 The Northwest Territories government now says it will launch an external investigation into the care of an Aklavik…
Homeless need more than a roof over their heads – The Chronicle Journal
Aug 17, 2016. The Thunder Bay Shelter House executive director knows the organization’s clients need more than just a roof over their heads. Gary Mack, who has served in the…
Winnipegger helps Indigenous man having heart attack, calls out those who didn’t – CBC
Aug 17, 2016 ‘You can deny that there’s racism all you want but the fact is, people are driving by it every day, literally’ A Winnipeg man who pulled over…
Homeless Victoria man released from hospital to street finds help – Times Colonist
Donald Peter Prevost had nowhere to go after he was discharged from hospital following gallbladder surgery this month — until last week, when he was offered a supportive housing bed.…
Saskatchewan village to get health, education help after school shooting – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 16, 2016 LA LOCHE, Sask. _ A remote northern Saskatchewan village where people were traumatized after a deadly school shooting is getting help to improve its future. Premier…
