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Report urges feds to spend more on affordable housing, wipe out homelessness – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 21, 2016 OTTAWA _ A new report on homelessness proposes nearly doubling federal spending on affordable housing over the next 10 years to effectively eliminate the problem. Two…
Suicide crisis in Northern Saskatchewan as four young people take their own lives in recent days – Global News
October 19 2016 Wed, Oct 19: A number of northern First Nations are grappling with tragedy after aboriginal leaders and northern Saskatchewan community members reported a fourth young girl took…
Nunavut boy battling serious illness ‘happiest kid in the world’ after toy shopping spree – CBC
Oct 20, 2016 Victor Uluadluak grabbed Nerf guns, Wii games and more at Starlight Children’s Foundation event A Nunavut boy battling a rare illness enjoyed a frantic but fun scramble…
We Matter’ campaign speaks directly to Indigenous youth contemplating suicide – CBC
Videos of inspiration encourage Indigenous youth to not give up during tough times Oct 19, 2016 A brother/sister duo from Hay River, Northwest Territories, launched a new online campaign, We…
Health Ministers Meeting Wraps In Toronto – PortageOnline.com
18 October 2016 Manitoba Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen says they didn’t get the commitment they were looking for. Provincial health ministers met with the federal Health Minister Tuesday in a…
Health officials want barriers removed to opioid treatment on northern reserves – Ottawa Citizen
Oct 17, 2016 As Ontario expands access to drugs to treat opioid addiction, federally funded reserves in northern Ontario still face unnecessary barriers, say health officials there. Dr. Claudette Chase,…
Jane Philpott says any new health dollars must go directly to health – CBC
Oct 17, 2016 Federal government, provinces prepare to do battle over transfers Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says it will take more than just money to fix Canada’s “middle-of-the-road” health…
Alcoholism, abuse, neglect threaten Nunavik children: human rights commission – NunatsiaqOnline
October 19, 2016 “And the solutions cannot come from [Quebec]” PHILIPPE TEISCEIRA-LESSARD Translated and re-published with the permission of La Presse The president of the Quebec Human Rights and Youth…
Amid funding debate, a tweet causes trouble among health ministers – CBC
Federal and provincial governments circle each other on the subject of a new health accord Oct 19, 2016 Over lunch on Tuesday, in the Belgravia room on the second floor…
BR Sick Babies Nunavut – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Oct 19, 2016 New research shows newborn babies in some Arctic regions have the highest rates of serious lung infections ever recorded in medical literature. A…
