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UNBC’s Ninth Canada Research Chair to Study the Relationship Between Water and Health in the North
November 16, 2009 A better understanding of how waterways influence the health of communities, economies, and the world is the focus of the University of Northern British Columbia’s newest Canada…
Healthy food increasingly out of reach for low income people
November 16, 2009 Toronto Medical Officer of Health Dr. David McKeown is calling on the provincial government to ensure that all Ontarians have access to safe, nutritious and culturally acceptable…
SK – More Groups For H1N1 Vaccinations Announced
News Release – November 17, 2009 The H1N1 flu vaccination campaign will be expanded this week to include persons of all ages with an underlying health condition and students from…
Inuit Tobacco-free Network Launched
November 13, 2009 For Immediate Release OTTAWA, ON — Inuit Tuttarvingat of the National Aboriginal Health Organization has created a resource Web site and listserv for Inuit smoking cessation counsellors,…
Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addictions Take Centre Stage at Issues of Substance 2009
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA – Nov. 17, 2009 – The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) today announced that Issues of Substance (IOS) 2009-Canada’s biennial national conference on substance abuse-will look…
Issues of Substance 2009 Explores the Role of Substance Abuse Treatment Through a National Treatment Strategy in Canada
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA – Nov. 16, 2009 – The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) today announced that it will open Issues of Substance (IOS) 2009, Canada’s biennial conference on…
IBERA makes its Canadian launch
At Nov 16th 2009 The IBERA project was formally launched by Native Counselling Services of Alberta on November 4, 2009 at a launch ceremony at the Winspear Centre in Edmonton.…
Alberta Diabetes Atlas 2009
The Alberta Diabetes Atlas provides information on the number of people living with diabetes in Alberta, their related health conditions, and the health services they use. Cardiovascular disease, renal disease,…
Weekly Distribution of the H1N1 Flu Vaccine
The Government of Canada is overseeing the distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine from the vaccine manufacturer to the provinces and territories. The vaccine is being distributed to the provinces…
Frontier Posts College Of Physicians And Surgeons Investigation Of Wrongly Alleged “Cancer Epidemic” In Oilsands
Readers may recall a controversy in Alberta in 2006 where Dr. John O’Connor, a Nova Scotia physician then working in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, alleged that an epidemic of cancer was…
