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Media advisory – Release of the Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan
OTTAWA, Feb. 20 – On Tuesday February 24th, Dr. Eldon R. Smith, Chair of the Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan Steering Committee, will unveil Canada’s first comprehensive Heart…
Community Health & Social Services Infrastructure Fund To Bring Services Closer to Ontarians
TORONTO, Feb. 19 – The opportunity to vastly improve the quality and accessibility of services provided to Ontarians in their communities is behind the work now underway to establish a…
Health Care Review Steering Committee Selected
FOR RELEASE #09-029 February 18, 2009 WHITEHORSE – Premier Dennis Fentie and Health and Social Services Minister Glenn Hart are pleased to announce the members of the Health Care Review…
Statistic Canada – Aboriginal Peoples Survey: Health of the Métis population
2006 In 2006, just over half (54%) of all Métis aged 15 and over reported that they had been diagnosed with a chronic condition, about the same as in 2001.…
Trappers Fest, Skateboard Park Among First Neighbourhoods Alive! Projects To Be Supported In The Pas
February 18, 2009 THE PAS – The Trappers Festival and the Kelsey skateboard park are among the first projects to benefit from investments by the Neighbourhoods Alive! (NA!) community revitalization…
Government of Canada Announces Three New Berries at 7th Annual Agri-Food Industry Gala
Abbotsford, British Columbia –(Feb. 19, 2009) – Ed Fast, Member of Parliament (Abbotsford), today announced the release of Nisga’a, a new early strawberry, and two new raspberries: Ukee and Rudyberry.…
Federal budget – Investments in Housing and Safe Drinking Water to Aboriginal Communities: “A Far Cry from the Needs”
WENDAKE, QC, Feb. 19 – In the recently-adopted federal budget, $400 M, over a two-year period, have been earmarked for First Nation on-reserve housing. An additional $165 M have been…
Government of Canada Works with Nunavut to Help Curb Smoking Among Aboriginal Youth in the Territory
RANKIN INLET – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced support for two separate tobacco-related projects designed to help prevent Aboriginal youth from smoking. “The Government of Canada…
Statistics Canada: Health Reports
February 2009 The February 2009 edition of Health Reports contains two articles. The article, “The natural history of heath-related quality of life: A 10-year cohort study,” describes how Canadians’ health…
Media Advisory – Historic day in organ and tissue donation
Religious Leaders stand together to support organ and tissue donation TORONTO, Feb. 17 – << WHAT: Religious leaders stand united in support of organ and tissue donation and affirm their…
