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Cost of ‘complacency’ will be paid for in full with children’s lives’ says northern doctor of suicide crisis – APTN
Jan 19, 2017 They crossed the ice on snow machines pulling the casket of Chantel Fox, and used their own hands to dig her grave through the permafrost with pick…
BR Wapekeka Suicides – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Jan 20, 2017 OTTAWA – An indigenous leader says the pain from the suicides of two 12-year-old girls on a remote northern Ontario reserve is “just…
Report a Jordan’s Principle Case
January 19, 2017 If you think you have encountered a Jordan’s Principle case, please complete the below form and mail to: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society 401-309 Cooper…
Saskatchewan and federal government reach deal on health care – CBC
Jan 17, 2017 Separate agreement made on province’s private MRI clinics Saskatchewan and the federal government have reached a health-care deal, allowing the province to get new federal money for…
BR Overdose Crisis – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Jan 19, 2017 2:30 New numbers show last month was British Columbia’s worst ever when it comes to illicit drug overdose deaths. December saw 142 fatalities, topping…
Ontario First Nations abandon request for emergency stop on TransCanada pipeline work – National Observer
Jan 17, 2017 Two northern Ontario First Nations have abandoned a request for an emergency injunction to stop work on a TransCanada pipeline on their land, but plan to launch…
Health groups want Alberta to raise tobacco tax, bolster anti smoking programs – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 18, 2017 By John Cotter THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON _ A coalition of health groups wants the Alberta government to raise the tobacco tax in its next budget…
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…
