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AMC Raises Alarm Over Rural and Northern Healthcare Crisis Amid Emergency Room Closures
Press Release December 12, 2024 Treaty One Territory, Winnipeg – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) expresses grave concern over the growing crisis in rural and northern healthcare due to…
Federal government and Northwest Territories sign agreement to address unsheltered homelessness
Press Release From: Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, December 12, 2024 — Today, Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament for Northwest Territories, and R.J. Simpson, Premier of the…
Ontario Regional Council brings awareness to intimate partner violence, mental health, defending Canadian jobs during the age of Trump
Press Release December 12, 2024 The push for the Ontario government to declare IPV an epidemic The opening day of Unifor’s 2024 Ontario Regional Council coincided with December 6—the National…
Media Awards: Journalists can submit their nursing or health-care story today
Press Release Dec. 12, 2024 The annual Media Awards competition honouring outstanding nursing and health-care journalism is now open. Organized by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), members of…
Cree family of 20 left without housing after fire, with some living in shacks during winter – CBC
Dec 12, 2024 Situation illuminates broader housing crisis for Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Sask., leadership says A family that lost its home to a fire in July has been…
Indigenous man’s braids cut off, thrown away in Edmonton hospital – Caledonia Courier
December 11, 2024 Alberta Health: ‘deeply regrettable and should never have happened’ Alberta Health Services says it has taken a number of steps to better train staff, after an Indigenous…
Placenta tissue saved this man’s leg from amputation. How can more people benefit? – CTV
Dec. 12, 2024 Placenta tissue saved Ron Williams’ leg from being amputated below the knee. Williams, a 64-year-old Toronto screenwriter, was packing for a move in March 2020 when a…
Certain foods may disrupt your body’s fight against cancer cells, study says – CTV
Dec. 12, 2024 The food you eat may be affecting your body’s ability to fight cancer cells in the colon, according to a new study. The potential culprit: an overabundance…
Alberta hospital patients waiting to move into continuing care are paying millions in fees – CBC
‘Alternate level of care’ patients have paid AHS $32M since 2019, data shows Dec 12, 2024 Adam Preston and his family had a decision to make: let their grandmother stay…
Health minister won’t say when millions more Canadians can apply for dental coverage – CBC
Program expanding ‘as soon as possible in the new year’ to remaining Canadians, health minister says Dec 11, 2024 Canada’s health minister says millions of Canadians who aren’t currently eligible…
