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A delicate conversation: How to talk about suicide in the public sphere – CBC
‘We need to be cautious about how we have these kinds of conversations,’ researcher says Jan 04, 2017 It’s a topic once too taboo to mention in polite company, but…
BR Health Transfers – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Jan 4, 2017 OTTAWA – The federal government’s plan to negotiate bilateral health transfer deals with provinces and territories is running out of momentum. After talks…
BR Veterans Marijuana – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Jan 4, 2017 OTTAWA – Almost three-quarters of veterans who use medical marijuana will feel the impact this spring when the federal government places a new…
Feds provide inadequate mental health care for First Nations: internal memo – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Dec 23, 2016 By Joan Bryden THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ Even as the federal government pressures provinces and territories to take up its offer of billions to improve…
Planned Parenthood Regina wins award for Indigenous outreach program – CBC
Program has so far reached 830 youth, 10 community agencies Dec 22, 2016 Planned Parenthood Regina was recently recognized for its work increasing Indigenous leadership at the organization and reaching…
N.B. health deal weakens provincial bargaining position, hardens federal resolve – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Dec 22, 2016 OTTAWA _ New Brunswick’s decision Thursday to strike a separate health funding deal with the Trudeau government has weakened the premiers’ bargaining position and hardened Ottawa’s…
B.C. ‘disappointed’ with New Brunswick ‘deal on health funding with Ottawa – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Dec 22, 2016 VICTORIA _ British Columbia’s health minister says he’s disappointed New Brunswick negotiated what appears to be a side deal on health care funding with the federal…
Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex should apologize to Oneida Nation of the Thames, Chief Randall Phillips says – London Free Press
Dec 22, 2016 The chief of an area First Nation still reeling after losing five people to a deadly house fire is demanding a public apology from the Children’s Aid…
Teen hadn’t been deemed high suicide risk – Brandon Sun
Dec. 21, 2016 She’d attempted suicide before — and made suicidal comments three weeks prior to being admitted at the Brandon jail — but corrections officers were unaware of that…
Why Toronto anti-poverty warrior Sigrid Kneve is one of our heroes in 2016 – Now Toronto
Through rain, snow and whatever else the city throws at her, Kneve is in Allan Gardens and on the streets fighting for some of Toronto’s most vulnerable December 21, 2016…
