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Hepatitis A Immunizations Available to First Nations People Living in the Cowichan Valley
January 18, 2011 Cowichan – Hepatitis A has been circulating in the Cowichan Valley over the past several months and First Nations people have been disproportionately affected. Hepatitis A immunizations…
Province Launches Latest Instalment of Youth Anti-smoking Program
Manitoba News Release …………………………………………………… January 19, 2011 Review and Rate VII Gets Underway During National Non-smoking Week Another instalment of the Review and Rate program is being kicked off in…
Government of Canada Celebrates New Canada Research Chair at the University of Winnipeg
Chairs program brings best and brightest researchers to Canada’s universities Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 13, 2011 — The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, today celebrated the awarding of a…
Calling All Youth Videographers!
January 6, 2011 Ontario First Nations Integrated Health Promotion Strategy We are looking for 1-3 minute videos focusing on any of the 3 areas that OFNIHPS targets: Smoke-Free Communities, Nutrition…
Canada’s Health Minister Chooses To Ignore Today’s Real Tobacco Problem
Imperial Tobacco Canada asks the Minister where the proposed health warnings will be on the illegal “baggies” Montreal, Quebec, December 30, 2010 – Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited today lamented the…
The poor still pay more: Challenges low income families face in consuming a nutritious diet
For Immediate release December 21st, 2010 The Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity, in collaboration with Open Policy Ontario’s John Stapleton and research consultant from Toronto Public Health, Brian Cook, releases…
Social inclusion and poverty reduction reports released
FOR RELEASE #10-229 December 22, 2010 Whitehorse – The Yukon government today released two reports: the Whitehorse Housing Adequacy Study and the Dimensions of Social Inclusion and Social Exclusion in…
Get Active NWT Grants Awarded
R(16)563 – Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Thanks to the 87 Get Active NWT grants, over 250 new and exciting physical activity events will be happening this winter. The Department of…
$50M lottery winner promotes “Healthy Living”
A Manitoba couple who won a CA$50 million (US$46.7 million) lottery jackpot in the Nov. 6 Canada Lotto Max drawing are sharing the wealth with their Sagkeeng First Nation community.Kirby…
Poverty Reduction in Québec: The First Five Years
The Caledon Institute of Social Policy by Sherri Torjman December 2010 Québec was the first government in Canada to enact a law on poverty reduction. The province has led the…
