Residential school counselling program makes little impact in Nunavut

A federal program that offers individual counselling to former residential school students has not been used by as many people in Nunavut as in the rest of Canada, some officials in the territory say.
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$305 million for improving health outcomes for First Nations and Inuit patients.

Both Ouellet and Wendy Fucile, president of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO), said they were pleased the budget earmarked $305 million for improving health outcomes for First Nations and Inuit patients.
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$1.4B for water systems and to build or repair homes, schools

The federal government will spend $1.4 billion to tackle aboriginal priorities with projects to upgrade water systems and health services.
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Aboriginal spending tops $1.4-billion

The federal Conservatives will spend an extra $1.4-billion on Aboriginal issues – mostly to help Canada's impoverished reserves – as native concerns are addressed in a wide range of budget items covering everything from seaports to railways.
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Houses, Arctic research facility among budget goodies for North

Hundreds of millions of dollars are expected to flow to Canada's North as a result of Tuesday's federal budget, with money promised for projects ranging from much-needed public housing to a High Arctic research station.
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Residential school cash has deadly fallout

Payments to Indian residential school survivors, meant to compensate them for mistreatment, have led to suicides, substance abuse and depression across the country, documents obtained by Canwest News Service show.
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Sacred Circle Project

Alberta Health Services (Edmonton Area) and the Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association (ANFCA) have signed a letter of agreement to create the Sacred Circle project. The project will create a set of culturally-relevant and age-specific type 2 diabetes resources for Alberta’s Aboriginal children ages 8-12 years old. Project resources will be produced collaboratively between the Aboriginal Urban Diabetes Initiative (AUDI) of the ANFCA and the Holistic Interactive Program (HIP) to be Healthy project, including the Ways of Life for Families (WOLF) program, of the Aboriginal Diabetes Wellness Program of Alberta Health Services.
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Pauktuutit to hold sexual health conference

Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada is holding a conference on youth sexual health in Kuujjuaq, February 24 to 26 at the Kattitavik Town Hall
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Government of Canada Works With Aboriginal Groups in Alberta to Curb Illicit Drug Use

Laurie Hawn, Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced today that the Government of Canada is supporting projects under the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund that will strengthen drug prevention in Aboriginal communities in the Alberta region.
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Government of Canada Takes More Action to Clean Up Drinking Water in First Nation Communities

The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians and the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced upcoming engagement sessions on the development of a proposed legislative framework for drinking water and wastewater in First Nation communities to begin in February 2009.
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B.C. health authority to include Aboriginal beliefs to improve health outcomes

A new program in several B.C. communities hopes to improve the health of First Nations patients by including culturally appropriate practices and beliefs.
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Ottawa sweetens pot for Arctic pipeline

The federal government has formally thrown its financial support behind a proposed multibillion-dollar Arctic pipeline Monday, labelling the Mackenzie gas project important to Canada's sovereignty and energy security.
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Nipawin Union Hospital needs dialysis unit

Chief Miller Nawakayas, Red Earth Cree Nation speaks on the need for a dialysis unit for the Nipawin Union Hospital.
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Studies will benefit Nunavut: researchers

The people of Nunavut stand to benefit from scientific research that takes into account their cultural values, opinions and local knowledge, according to Nunavummiut involved in International Polar Year (IPY) projects.
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No common ground at first polar bear summit

They gathered in the spirit of piliriqatigiingniq - Inuktitut for seeking a common goal - but panel members at the federal government's first polar bear roundtable were hardly speaking with a single voice.
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Aboriginal Peoples Survey: School experiences of First Nations children aged 6 to 14 living off reserve

First Nations children aged 6 to 14 who lived off reserve were as likely as all children in Canada to be doing well in school (based on parents' knowledge of their child's school work, including report cards).
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House fire on B.C. reserve focuses attention on Aboriginal housing

The deaths of five people in a house fire on Vancouver Island has renewed calls for improved housing conditions for Canada's Aboriginal peoples.
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Native leaders talk cash over dinner with PM, premiers

Canada's five Aboriginal leaders met with the prime minister and premiers Thursday night over Alberta sirloin and a $22-a-bottle wine selection. Also on the menu: calls for federal-budget cash for native housing, job training and a range of building projects totalling more than $4.4 billion over the next two years.
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Province of Manitoba Seeks Public Input on Health Needs of Manitoba Women

The province is seeking input from members of the public concerning the health needs of women to create an updated Women’s Health Strategy, Health Minister Theresa Oswald, Labour and Immigration Minister Nancy Allan, minister responsible for the status of women, and Healthy Living Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross announced today.
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Study finds high rates of street involved and marginalized Aboriginal youth in BC

A report released today provides a detailed analysis of the experience of marginalized and street involved Aboriginal youth in B.C.
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Number of Nunavut suicides up in 2008: coroner

The number of suicides in Nunavut went up slightly in 2008 compared to previous years, according to Nunavut's chief coroner.
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Scientists track impact of climate change using teeth of beluga, walrus

Researchers are hoping the huge tusks of the walrus and choppers of the beluga whale will help track the increasing impact of global warming on Canadian Arctic mammals and the Inuit communities that depend on the creatures for food.
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Home-brewed 'superjuice' plagues dry communities in Manitoba's north

A potent new homebrew that is fuelling violence, suicide and crime is plaguing dry northern reserves in Manitoba.
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Iron Eagle Fitness aims to pump up First Nations

Robert Pelletier is promoting physical exercise in First Nation communities across Canada and the U. S.
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