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Aamjiwnaang First Nation files suit against INEOS over benzene emissions – CBC
Apr 20, 2026 The company has previously said benzene levels were not outside its prescribed limits Aamjiwnaang First Nation’s chief and council have initiated legal action against a company they…
Yukon MLAs vote to include RCMP in Whitehorse Emergency Shelter review – CBC
Apr 21, 2026 Health minister says advisory committee tasked with reviewing shelter to meet soon Yukon MLAs have voted together for an opposition motion to include the RCMP in a…
Doctors report false health information, lack of health data sharing put patient care at risk
Press Release April 21, 2026 Canada’s doctors are concerned that false health information and disconnected health systems are putting patient care at risk. In the latest edition of Physician Pulse,…
Family of Indigenous woman who died in Ontario hospital after 2 ER visits seeks homicide ruling at inquest – CBC
Apr 21, 2026 Autopsy shows bacterial blood infection but no infection source that led to sepsis Heather Winterstein’s family is urging an inquest jury to determine her 2021 sepsis death…
Enoch Cree Nation Provides Project Update on maskekosihk Recovery Community
Press Release TREATY 6, AB, April 20, 2026 – Enoch Cree Nation (maskekosihk) is providing an update on the development of the maskekosihk Recovery Community (MRC), a culturally grounded recovery…
Vanessa Ambtman-Smith is challenging colonial systems in healthcare – The Gazette
April 20, 2026 Vanessa Ambtman-Smith’s first experience at a hospital lasted 21 days. Now, she’s making it her life’s mission to make sure Indigenous children never have to fight for…
Meet a nurse practitioner and an Indigenous elder who are offering different kinds of help to people on the street in downtown Sudbury – CBC Radio
April 20, 2026 The Shkagamik Kwe Health Centre’s Outreach team is now setting up their mobile unit in downtown Sudbury twice a week… offering food and medical care to those…
Provincial Government Partners with First Light to Establish New Urban Indigenous Health Clinic
Press Release April 20, 2026 The new Provincial Government is partnering with the First Light Friendship Centre to support an Indigenous-led Health Clinic in St. John’s, which will provide culturally…
First Nation seeks federal funding to support first on-reserve birthing lodge in Sask. – CBC
Apr 20, 2026 Shirley Bighead Birthing and Childrearing Lodge set to officially open April 29 A new birthing and childrearing lodge is nearly ready to open on Sturgeon Lake First…
First Indigenous-led recovery community opens
Press Release Apr 17, 2026 The Blood Tribe Iitakamotsiipiohsopi Recovery Community is now open, expanding access to Indigenous-led, wholistic addiction treatment in southern Alberta. Alberta’s government joins the Blood Tribe…
