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Get Active NWT Grants Offer Another Healthy Choice

Get Active NWT Grants Offer Another Healthy Choice

Sep.20 The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT), in partnership with the NWT Recreation and Parks Association (NWTRPA), is offering $750 Get Active NWT grants to community groups to help…

Canada Signs UN Declaration on Preventing and Controlling Chronic Diseases

Canada Signs UN Declaration on Preventing and Controlling Chronic Diseases

2011.09.20 – 47033 – Canada Signs UN Declaration on Preventing and Controlling Chronic Diseases.mp3September 19, 2011 For Immediate Release Fact Sheet: Government of Canada Chronic Disease Initiatives Backgrounder: United Nations NCD Summit…

Media Invitation/Photo Opportunity – Touchpoint Pharmacy to Open at Curve Lake First Nation Health Centre

Oakville, ON, Sept. 20, 2011 – Members of the media are invited to attend the opening of Touchpoint Pharmacy, a new pharmacist-led, remote dispensing pharmacy, at the Curve Lake First…

Media Advisory – Canadian Cancer Society Announces its First Aboriginal Approaches to Cancer Prevention Symposium

Media Advisory – Canadian Cancer Society Announces its First Aboriginal Approaches to Cancer Prevention Symposium

Manitoulin Island, ON, Sept. 20, 2011 – With incidence rates of cancer among Ontario’s First Nation communities surpassing levels in the Canadian population at large, the Canadian Cancer Society’s Screening…

Minister Duncan Congratulates Saddle Lake First Nation on the Grand Opening of a New Water Treatment Plant

Ref. #2-3538 Saddle Lake First Nation, Alberta (September 14, 2011) –The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, today congratulated Saddle Lake First Nation on the opening…

15,831 Got On Board The Pink Bus

15,831 Got On Board The Pink Bus

Vancouver, Sept. 13, 2011 – When the province’s first breast health education centre on wheels completed its provincial tour, over 15,831 people had toured the bus and 803 had signed…

Child-Serving System Descended in to Disarray rather than Rising to Protect Infant

Child-Serving System Descended in to Disarray rather than Rising to Protect Infant

For Immediate Release Sept. 13, 2011 VICTORIA – An investigation into the chaotic life and unexpected death of a four-month-old infant illustrates holes in how government and delegated Aboriginal agencies…

Canadian Foundation on Fetal Alcohol Research Awards Research Grants

Canadian Foundation on Fetal Alcohol Research Awards Research Grants

Stanhope, ON, Sept. 13, 2011 – The Canadian Foundation on Fetal Alcohol Research (CFFAR) today announced its fourth round of grants awarded for the research, prevention and treatment of Fetal…

NAN Calls for Commission of Inquiry into the Deaths of Seven NAN Youth in Thunder Bay

NAN Calls for Commission of Inquiry into the Deaths of Seven NAN Youth in Thunder Bay

9/12/2011 Thunder Bay, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose is calling on the Government of Ontario to call a Commission of Inquiry into the deaths of…

Media Advisory * Inuit to Gather on Parliament Hill to Mark World Suicide Prevention Day

Media Advisory * Inuit to Gather on Parliament Hill to Mark World Suicide Prevention Day

Media Release Media are invited to join the Inuit community and friends for an “Inuit Embrace Life” event to mark World Suicide Prevention Day. Jennifer Watkins, President of the National…

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