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Lake Country bylaw will ban smoking in parks, public areas – Kelowna Daily Courier
November 23, 2016 Lake Country parks and public areas will be smoke-free in the new year. A new bylaw that prohibits smoking in any public space, at or within 7.5…
NB Transition House – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Nov 24, 2016 SAINT JOHN, N.B. – An emergency housing facility for at-risk youth is scheduled to reopen in Saint John after getting financial help from…
BR NS Opioid Deaths – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Nov 24, 2016 HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s chief public health officer is warning the province to get ready for a potential wave of deaths due to…
Anti poverty groups calls on Liberals to make immediate changes to child benefit – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Nov 24, 2016 By Jordan Press THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ An anti-poverty group is calling on the federal government to make a small change to its key measure…
Nak’azdli First Nation builds ‘tiny houses’ for homeless men – CBC
‘Everybody deserves to have a home,’ says capital housing and lands manager Nov 23, 2016 Four men on the Nak’azdli Whut’en reserve northwest of Prince George have just moved into…
Hay River, N.W.T., soup kitchen struggles with increase in demand – CBC
With more visitors and less funding, the Hay River soup kitchen itself is hitting hard times Nov 23, 2016 Laura Rose flits from station to station – muffins being made…
BR CEOs Climate Action – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Nov 24, 2016 OTTAWA – A group of Canadian corporate executives whose companies together employ more than a million people are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
From housing to health, Trudeau’s rhetoric on First Nations out of step with reality, critics say – National Post
Nov 23, 2016 OTTAWA — Under fire from his political opponents for not doing enough for the welfare of aboriginal children, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was indignant in reply. “The…
AFN Calls for Major Change in First Nations Healthcare – Netnews Ledger
Nov 22, 2016 OTTAWA – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is reigniting its call for transformational change to First Nations healthcare in the wake of a growing opioid crisis…
Education programs available for diabetics in Brant, Six Nations – Sachem.ca
Diabetes is one of the most dangerous diseases ailing people in North America. That’s why the Brant Community Healthcare System and De dwa de desy nyes Aboriginal Health Centre have…
