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New UBC study reveals health dangers when extreme heat and smoke collide – CTV
June 23, 2025 As wildfires burn across the country and temperatures continue to climb, many Canadians are likely to face a mix of smoky skies and intense heat this summer.…
How to help your body cope in hot weather – CBC
Skin flushes, heart pounds and we breathe faster as body aims to cool itself Jun 23, 2025 As people across Ontario, Quebec and major cities in the U.S. swelter under…
Getting clean drinking water to First Nations communities in Canada: Ken Coates on Longform North – MLI
June 23, 2025 Distinguished Fellow Ken Coates discusses the how it is that, in a first-world country like Canada, there are still communities of people who don’t have access to…
Operator chosen for long-awaited Indigenous Northwest B.C. addiction centre – Vernon Morning Star
June 23, 2025 Province says priority will be given to Indigenous populations but treatment will be open to all A southern B.C. addictions recovery provider has been chosen as the…
Impact of high-potency cannabis rippling through courts, health-care system – CBC
Cannabis today is a far cry from the ‘hippie pot’ of 4 decades ago: forensic psychiatrist Jun 22, 2025 Matthew Fox says he has two words for customers wanting to…
Ontario, Quebec, large swathes of U.S. swelter under heat dome – CBC
Heat dome effects also playing out in Prairies, albeit with less scorching temperatures Jun 23, 2025 Much of Ontario and southwestern Quebec will continue to bake in high temperatures on…
The need for food sovereignty in northern Indigenous communities – Policy Option
My colleague Jasmine Ramze Rezaee rightly highlights the importance of food insecurity in Canada as a policy failure. I work closely with the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre in Iqaluit as…
Even just a nail in the structure: How Chyna Steele is building a better future for Indigenous healthcare – Niagara Health
Jun 20th, 2025 Chyna Steele remembers a moment from her time working at the only pharmacy in her home community of Wabasca, Northern Alberta – population 1,600. An Elder came…
Celebrating Indigenous culture and heritage – NCCIH
Jun 20, 2025 Authored by Dr. Terri Aldred, Academic Lead of the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH), this editorial delves into the origins and significance of National Indigenous…
New measles cases increase for third week in northern Ontario public health unit – CTV
June 19, 2025 TORONTO — A northern Ontario region that saw its first measles infection in April is now seeing dozens of new cases for the third week in a…
