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We Matter campaign to host March workshops in La Ronge and Stanley Mission – MBC Network Radio Online
24 February 2017 The We Matter campaign for Indigenous Youth is hitting the road, with plans to hold workshops in northern Saskatchewan in mid-March. Northwest Territories-raised Tunchai and Kelvin Redvers…
Such courage’: How one First Nation is fighting opioid addiction – CBC
After surviving the oxycontin crisis, Eabametoong First Nation in northern Ontario braces for fentanyl Feb 23, 2017 It’s a bitterly cold February morning in Eabametoong First Nation in northern Ontario…
New YMCA on Membertou First Nation sign of aboriginal healing and wellness – CBC
CEO for YMCA Canada excited about possibilities for other First Nations communities Feb 22, 2017 The grand opening of a YMCA branch on Membertou First Nation in Nova Scotia could…
Vancouver Council to vote on proposed ‘Drinker’s Lounge’ amid addiction initiatives – iNews 880
February 22, 2017 Vancouver City Council is voting on a long list of items as it seeks to combat the opioid crisis. One item is a ‘Drinker’s Lounge’ for people…
We’ll create internal committee for QGH, Nunavut’s health minister says – NunatsiaqOnline
February 22, 2017 “The motion specifically said a board of management and we all agreed to that” The Government of Nunavut will create an internal advisory board for Iqaluit’s Qikiqtani…
Food Bank receives two tonne donation from Flying Dust First Nation – StarPhoenix
February 22, 2017 Having too much food is usually never a problem — unless you’ve run out of places to keep it. Storage is tight at the Flying Dust First Nation’s Market Garden.…
B.C. Liberals’ Pre-Election Budget Cuts Health Premiums – Huffington Post Canada
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s government is staking its re-election on a nearly $1 billion cut in medical service premiums, a small business tax reduction and carefully targeted spending increases on…
B.C. Liberals’ Pre-Election Budget Cuts Health Premiums – Huffington Post Canada
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s government is staking its re-election on a nearly $1 billion cut in medical service premiums, a small business tax reduction and carefully targeted spending increases on…
Excited over the simple things’: First Nation enjoys turning on the taps after 10 years without clean water – CBC
Pic Mobert First Nation got a new water treatment plant last year — but still worries about sustainability Feb 22, 2017 Makayla McWatch can clearly remember the first time she…
Identity, belonging, purpose, key to kids well-being, says Sixties Scoop survivor – CBC
Feb 22, 2017 Marcia Brown Martel says connection to community, not just genetics, integral to Indigenous identity The woman who led thousands of Indigenous adoptees to a hard-won victory in…
