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Architect pitches housing solution for the North
Ottawa :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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An Ottawa-based architect is proposing a housing solution for northern First Nations. Andy Thomson is part of a group of concerned citizens working on a plan for better housing in the North. He said shipping houses to the region is like paying to
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Ontario nurses blast gov't inaction on First Nations drug crisis
Ontario :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The federal and provincial governments have failed to adequately address the prescription drug abuse crisis that is devastating remote northern Ontario communities, says the association that represents 33,000 registered nurses in Ontario. "This
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Northern reserves seeing rising number of drug-addicted newborns
Ottawa :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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In Sioux Lookout, Ont., nurses recognize Oxy babies by their plaintive high-pitched cries. These newborns, who enter the world addicted to the same drug that has hooked their mothers and is choking their communities, face an uncertain future...
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Northern Ontario communities band together to help evacuees
Geraldton :: Australia | almost 2 years ago
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In a cramped high-school kitchen on the Ginoogaming First Nation reserve, Krista Taylor fries bacon and toasts bread, making breakfast for close to 100 forest-fire evacuees. She labours in the kitchen with two other women from the reserve who have
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FSIN Chief Lonechild calls for flood relief
Saskatoon :: Canada | almost 2 years ago
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Lonechild with Premier Brad Wall's support, he said is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to provide $40-million-$60-million in emergency funding to deal with the flooding crisis...The main concern is Cumberland House, the community of 2,200
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Oshawa MPP scores with northern First Nations people
Durham :: NC :: USA | over 2 years ago
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In some northern Ontario First Nations communities, suicide rates amongst youth are at epidemic proportions. To help combat that, Oshawa MPP Jerry Ouellette has been collecting used hockey equipment and shipping it north to communities. The next van
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Treaty Process Doesn’t Treat First Nations Right
Toronto :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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Dec 16, 2010 M ost of us are familiar with the contention surrounding Aboriginal land...Both the Crown and industry must consult with First Nations before developing land that is still under Treaty Negotiation. The duty to consult is usually carried
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Manitoba chiefs want federal commitment on safe drinking water
Ottawa :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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A group of First Nations chiefs from Manitoba wants the federal government to agree to provide clean running water for all reserves in that province within two years a commitment the opposition says is "eminently doable." The chiefs travelled to
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Canada accused of ignoring TB rates on remote First Nations
Berlin :: Germany | over 2 years ago
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Over the past year, Canada contributed close to $140 million to global efforts to fight tuberculosis and other diseases in developing countries, including Sudan, Ethiopia and the Philippines. But at home, where the silent killer has remained a
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Small band, big salaries for First Nations leaders
Saskatoon :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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A Saskatchewan First Nations chief paid more than $188,000 to govern a tiny community is one of more than 40 First Nations leaders in the province whose incomes topped $100,000 in 2008-09, according to federal government documents obtained by the
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