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Hold out provinces urged to sign health agreements for mental health patients – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 18, 2017 OTTAWA _ Mental health advocates are urging holdout provinces to end their funding standoff with Ottawa in order to ensure struggling patients have access to critical…
Health groups want Alberta to raise tobacco tax, bolster anti smoking programs – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 18, 2017 EDMONTON _ A coalition of health groups wants the Alberta government to raise the tobacco tax in its next budget and spend some of the money…
Quebec Coroner compares First Nation reserve system to apartheid in report on suicides – APTN
Jan 16, 2017 A Quebec coroner’s report on five suicides in two Innu communities in the province said a system similar to apartheid is at the root of the problems…
Nunavut prepares to hand out naloxone kits to combat fentanyl overdoses – CBC
100 kits will be distributed to all the health centres in the territory Jan 18, 2017 The Government of Nunavut’s health department is getting prepared for possible fentanyl overdoses in…
Saskatchewan, Ottawa reach health funding deal despite province’s concerns – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 17, 2017 REGINA _ The federal and Saskatchewan governments have struck a health- funding deal despite the province’s concerns about the amount of money and Ottawa dictating how…
Federal government fails on First Nations child health delivery: advocate – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 17, 2017 OTTAWA _ An outspoken child advocate is taking the federal government to task over its approach to a policy designed to ensure all First Nations children…
Grassy Narrows chief wants Trudeau’s commitment to mercury cleanup – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 17, 2017 By Colin Perkel THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ The chief of the Grassy Narrows First Nation says he welcomes Ontario’s promise to find mercury hot spots that…
Cash crunch means TCH could board up a unit a day in 2018 – Thestar.com
Jan. 17, 2017 Repair money to run out by end of the year, with more than 177,000 people already on the waitlist for subsidized housing. Toronto Community Housing is on…
Yale First Nation launches program to help bands with housing – Hope Standard
Jan 16, 2017 Yale First Nation has launched the BC First Nation Housing Mentorship Program to help other indigenous bands in their housing programs, headed by its housing manager Crystal…
Opinion: Social conditions key factor in violence against females – The Chronicle Herald
January 17, 2017 This past November, I received the Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case from His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston. This award honours people…
