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‘A First World country with Third World rates’: Saskatchewan at the epicentre of HIV in Canada – National Post
Sept 15, 2016 PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Saskatchewan is one of the few places in the industrialized world where people are still dying from AIDS and HIV. The province has…
Deadly Record: Inside Saskatchewan’s HIV crisis – Regina Leader-Post
Something as simple as the common cold could kill Lauren Cardinal. A friend of hers died because he refused to see a doctor and get an abscessed tooth removed. In…
Saskatoon Health Region ‘regrets’ to announce its cutting jobs of about 70 people – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 15, 2016 SASKATOON _ The Saskatoon Health Region has announced it is cutting 70 jobs. It says in a news release Thursday that both union and non-union jobs…
Trudeau hosts AIDS conference starting today in Montreal – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 16, 2016 OTTAWA _ A conference that hopes to find ways to raise $13 billion U.S. to replenish the Global Fund in its fight against AIDS begins today…
Sami Blood addresses the assimilation of indigenous children in Scandinavia – Globe and Mail
Sep. 14, 2016 As Amanda Kernell’s first feature-length film, Sami Blood, demonstrates, measures of indoctrination and assimilation used against indigenous people are not territorially exclusive: They traverse the world over,…
Province supports student mental health
Sep 15, 2016 College and university students returning to classes across Alberta this fall will continue to have access to mental health services on campus. The province is investing $3.6…
“He could have a tremendous impact”: indigenous physicist recruited by Perimeter Institute – Starphoenix
September 15, 2016 Percy Paul hacks away at a laptop computer in downtown apartment, a masters degree in physics duct-taped to the wall. He is completely immersed in quantum mechanics…
A new approach to food security – The Chronicle Journal
September 14, 2016 Providing healthy, nutritious food in a cost-effective way to isolated First Nation communities in the Far North continues to be a problem — for the federal government…
Chippewas clear school, offices of black mould – London Free Press
September 14, 2016 CHIPPEWAS OF THE THAMES FIRST NATION – This First Nations southwest of Delaware shut down Antler River elementary school and administrative offices Tuesday after officials suspected they…
Nutrition North on the agenda at Igloolik food security meeting – CBC
2-day event organized by Nunavut Food Security Coalition Sep 13, 2016 People in Igloolik outraged by the high cost of groceries have a chance to speak their mind at a…
