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Lac La Ronge Indian Band looking for long term solutions in response to crisis – PA Now
Moving forward in the wake of an emergency may seem an insurmountable task. The chief of one of Saskatchewan’s largest northern First Nations says the community – specifically its youth…
Terrace city council calls for strategy session on bid to replace aging Mills Memorial Hospital – BCLocalNews.com
Nov 2, 2016 CITY COUNCIL is continuing its efforts to have the provincial government pay more attention to the need for a new Mills Memorial Hospital by discussing strategy with…
Double amputee veteran receives scooter – The Northern View
Nov 2, 2016 A double amputee in Lax Kw’alaams, who had been home-bound, received an electric scooter this month, enabling him to move around his community again. Through money collected…
New board chair named for Interior Health as Malzer prepares to end two-year term – Longwoods.com
Interior Health board member John O’Fee of Kamloops has been appointed incoming chair of the board of directors, to replace current board chair Erwin Malzer when he completes his tenure…
Acknowledging the hurt: N.L. social workers have new cultural competence standards to follow – CBC
Labrador’s Indigenous groups “distrust” social workers Nov 02, 2016 There’s a sore relationship among social workers and Indigenous peoples in Newfoundland and Labrador according to one of the main contributors to…
Northern suicides ‘big priority’ for Sask’s new children’s advocate – StarPhoenix
As the province reels from six recent suicides in the north, Saskatchewan’s new children’s advocate began his first day on the job by saying he’ll make the safety of youth…
Putting indigenous communities under suicide watch is no answer – The Globe and Mail
Nov. 01, 2016 Suicide is not a spectator sport. The epidemic of self-harm occurring in indigenous communities warrants urgent attention, but the right kind of attention. We don’t need ghoulish…
6 Indigenous Girls Committed Suicide In Saskatchewan In October – Huffington Post Canada
November 01, 2016 LA RONGE, Sask. — There is more heartbreak in northern Saskatchewan where another indigenous girl has committed suicide — the sixth in the province this month. The…
Truth and Reconciliation summit in Banff hopes to educate and heal – APTN
October 31, 2016 A summit on truth and reconciliation was held in Banff, Alberta. The goal was to educate Canadians and try to find the path to reconciliation. Read More: http://aptn.ca/news/2016/10/31/truth-and-reconciliation-summit-in-banff-hopes-to-educate-and-heal/…
Opinion: Aboriginal suicide an issue for us all – The StarPhoenix
10.31.2016 Dr. Richard Thatcher The tragedy of recent teenage suicides in northern Saskatchewan should cut to the sympathetic core of all of our hearts. Of course, the grief that so…
