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Research to Assess Needs of NAN Children and Youth at Risk
THUNDER BAY, ON Wednesday February 4, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy today announced a medical needs assessment and environmental scan project that will assess the needs…
New Rules may Strip Rural, Remote Areas of their Physicians, Colleges Warn
February 5, 2009 By Patrick Sullivan Canada’s political leaders say an agreement that will allow workers with occupational certification in one province to transfer it to all others will be…
Media Advisory – Minister Aglukkaq To Visit Budding Health Researchers At Aqsarniit Middle School In Iqaluit
IQALUIT, Feb. 5 – Media representatives are invited to attend an appearance by the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, at Aqsarniit Middle School. Minister Aglukkaq will speak to students…
$14.5M SRO Hotel Opens for Downtown Eastside Women
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release 2009HSD0016-000153 Feb. 4, 2009 Ministry of Housing and Social Development Health Canada Vancouver Coastal Health VANCOUVER – Women who are homeless or at risk of…
GNWT and NWTMA Announce New Four-Year Contract for NWT Physicians
YELLOWKNIFE (February 3, 2009) – The Government of the Northwest Territories and the Northwest Territories Medical Association (NWTMA) have reached an agreement on a new four-year contract for physicians in…
Government Helps Polar Games Celebrate 40 Years
FOR RELEASE #09-012 February 3, 2009 WHITEHORSE – Health and Social Services is helping to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Polar Games by promoting healthy eating and active living…
Indigenous Teen Resilience To Be Studied By Circumpolar Researchers
The people of Alakanuk, Alaska already know the problems their young people face. Those problems have been well documented and studied, said Debbie Alstrom, a field research coordinator with the…
Fish Consumption Limit Established for Lac la Nonne and Lac Ste. Anne
News Release February 2, 2009 PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY After reviewing results of recent testing for mercury in walleye and northern pike taken from Lac la Nonne and Lac Ste. Anne,…
HIV Programs Don’t Reach Aboriginal Women
Even though aboriginal people living in Canada represent more than 3 per cent of the country’s total population, they represent more than three times that number in prevalent HIV infections…
Appointment of Chief Medical Health Officer
YELLOWKNIFE (January 29, 2009) – A new Chief Medical Health Officer was appointed by Health and Social Services Minister Sandy Lee today for the Department of Health and Social Services.…
